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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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BridgeBio released early data from its Phase I/II CANaspire clinical trial, indicating that BBP-812 might be a promising gene therapy for the ultra-rare Canavan disease.
The WHO will decide whether to declare a public health emergency following the recent outbreaks of monkeypox, and poliovirus has been detected in London water samples.
In addition to patent cases, partnerships and pledging money to global tropical disease efforts, Novartis scored a win on a combo-treatment for solid tumors.
Regeneron has broken ground on a $1.8 billion expansion of its Tarrytown, NY facilities that will add at least 1,000 new full-time jobs.
DEM BioPharma has $70 million to get started on novel immunotherapeutics to treat cancer following a successful financing round.
According to a recent report, the New York City Metro area is home to 7% of the U.S. population but contains 10% of all U.S. biochemists and biophysicists and 12% of U.S. chemists.
PhaseBio is working toward mitigating the surgical risks for cardiac patients taking antiplatelet therapies with bentracimab, which is currently in Phase III development.
Funding for life sciences companies picked up this week as investors pumped new money into firms developing treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), immuno-oncology, allergies and rare diseases.
Takeda announced it secured 600,000 square feet of research and development and office space in new construction at Cambridge’s Kendall Square.