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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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President Joe Biden tapped Ginkgo Bioworks veteran Renee Wegrzyn to helm the recently-established Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).
It was a busy weekend at ESMO 2022 with Merck, Astellas, Seagen, Regeneron, AstraZeneca and GRAIL all presenting data from their various cancer programs.
Pretzel Therapeutics launched Monday with $72.5 million in Series A financing to develop novel, mitochondria-based therapies to treat rare genetic disorders and diseases of aging.
Regeneron’s oncology strategy is centered around improving checkpoint inhibitor treatments with combination therapies, according to a pipeline overview presented Monday morning.
BMS announced that the FDA approved Sotyktu for adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, marking this indication’s first oral treatment innovation in nearly a decade.
The week has seen a series of significant updates from BioVie, Regeneron, Relay Therapeutics, Oxford University, Vistagen and Palatin.
The FDA is heading into fall with a few Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) dates. Here’s a look at this week’s upcoming action.
Now that most people in North America and Europe are vaccinated and the COVID-19 pandemic is diminishing, Moderna is looking for its second act.
An AstraZeneca/Merck combination showed mostly positive ovarian cancer data, Adaptimmune posted a strong ORR in solid tumors and BioNTech revealed data from a CAR-T cell therapy.
TumorGen and PhenoVista are partnering to explore metastatic cancer cell clusters, while NIH has developed a potential new gene therapy approach for Leber congenital amaurosis.