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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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CytomX Therapeutics is shifting its focus to preclinical and early clinical studies, emphasizing alliances and slashing its workforce by about 40% to extend cash flow to 2025.
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Mindset Pharma was granted allowance by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its application for a psilocybin-based family of drugs to treat central nervous system disorders.
Emory University’s Ken Thorpe told BioSpace that the average Medicaid spending on drugs approved under the accelerated pathway in relation to total Medicaid spending is.2%.
Mogrify and Astellas have forged a collaboration surrounding in vivo regenerative medicine approaches, while CardiNor inked a distribution deal with IBL-America.
Veru Inc. has announced the publication of positive Phase III results from its COVID-19 antiviral therapeutics that could lead to potential Emergency Use Authorization.
Sarepta Therapeutics and its partner, Roche, presented promising functional data from several trials of its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
A cancer drug co-developed by Coherus BioSciences and Junshi Biosciences, toripalimab, is getting another opportunity before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Boehringer, Evotec and bioMérieux found Aurobac to combat antimicrobial resistance, Turnstone and Moffitt Expand TIL Collab, Skyhawk to gain potential $2B from Sanofi RNA splicing deal.
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