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Congressional letters sent to the CEOs of Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, BMS and AbbVie this week voicing concerns about the pharmas’ clinical trials in China highlight an ongoing discrepancy in how government and industry think about the rise of the Asian country’s biotech industry.
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The total of 52 mergers and acquisitions for the first half of 2026 reflects what analysts, industry watchers and executives are saying over and over: M&A is back.
At the BIO International Convention in San Diego, attendees marked the 50th anniversary of original biotech Genentech, reflecting on the immense challenges facing companies as China becomes a powerhouse innovator.
A recent FDA reversal sparked new hope for patients with Huntington’s disease. Flying under the radar, Skyhawk Therapeutics revealed 12-month functional data from a midstage trial of its own candidate showing improvements on a key disease measurement scale.
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The announcement follows a subgroup analysis of the Phase III SOLO3 trial which showed patients treated with Lynparza saw a 33% greater risk of death than controls who received standard chemotherapy.
Seagen and LAVA Therapeutics inked a licensing deal for LAVA’s Gammabody platform for solid tumors, which can potentially exceed $700 million.
The FDA might only have two PDUFA dates on the calendar this week, but all eyes in the neurodegenerative disease community will be on the first one: Amylyx’s AMX0035 for ALS.
September 24 is World Cancer Research Day, and September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. BioSpace spoke with leaders from three companies tackling pediatric glioma.
Recently published research into repairing nerve damage caused by injury may also pay off in treating some of the most vexing neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
NovoCure announced the launching of a U.S.-based arm to focus on and attempt to grow its glioblastoma (GBM) business and increase its patient population.
The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted 14-2 against Oncopeptides’ Pepaxto, a drug that has been on the market since 2021 for multiple myeloma under accelerated approval.
The FDA will meet Friday to discuss the future of Secura Bio’s Copiktra (duvelisib), which has been approved as a third-line treatment for relapsed or refractory CLL/SLL.
This week, researchers delivered insights and breakthroughs in regenerative medicine, Long COVID, immuno-oncology and inflammatory diseases.
Merck announced positive results on its patent infringement case against Viatris, while Amgen faces political headwinds from the White House.