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After debuting on the public markets with $256.3 million and raking in an additional $472 million, Veradermics has emerged as one of biotech’s biggest post-IPO standouts. CEO Reid Waldman credits the weight loss craze for establishing consumer-driven channels.
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Last month, the FDA launched TrialBlazer, intended to streamline the IND path and bring early clinical trials and medical innovation home to the U.S. It’s a start, but new agency leadership must see it through.
Significant leadership instability at the FDA—compounded by continued workforce attrition—led to a slight slowdown in overall regulatory productivity in the first half of this year, but the agency has been catching up of late.
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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If cell and gene therapy makers are going to achieve their mission to improve patients’ lives, the industry must come together to share information across stakeholders, from regulators to manufacturers to payers.
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The ASGCT’s 25th Annual Meeting features the latest scientific research in genetics and cellular therapies. Read on for highlights from the meeting.
Evotec and Sernova partnered to develop an implantable induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based beta cell replacement therapy that can be used to treat both type 1 and 2 diabetes patients.
During the past several years, data generation, data mining and analytics have progressed to the point that it is now possible to bring precision medicine to psychiatry.
Agios Pharmaceuticals is cutting its staff numbers by 50 as part of plans to lay low on exploratory research efforts to focus on the success of late-stage initiatives.
Cugene and AbbVie came together on autoimmune diseases and cancer, while Proteros and AstraZeneca expanded their collaboration on epigenetic cancer drugs.
Sofinnova Partners announced on Monday that it entered into a long-term strategic and financial partnership with Apollo to expand its presence in the life sciences.
Orna announced first-ever data from its lead isCAR program that validates both the technology and its LNP delivery platform. BioSpace spoke with ORNA CEO Tom Barnes.
Sanofi, AstraZeneca, Avillion and Diadem recently announced clinical results, providing positive news for patients with multiple myeloma, asthma and Alzheimer’s disease.
The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Annual Meeting kicked off Monday with multiple presentations highlighting the potential of new treatments for a myriad of diseases.
Orphazyme has several products with potential, with biopharma company KemPharm acquiring nearly all of the company’s assets and operations.