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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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Eisai and Biogen have completed the rolling submission of a Biologics License Application for lecanemab drug to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
CRISPR Therapeutics reported in its first-quarter financials, as of March 31, it had $2.221 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities to drive its progress.
Three life sciences companies, ADC Therapeutics, Longeveron and Adimab, are undertaking leadership transitions with the announcements of new chief executive officers.
Pfizer made the splash of the young week Tuesday morning, inking an acquisition deal with New Haven, Connecticut-based Biohaven Pharma totaling $11.6 billion.
A recent study describes how researchers at the UK Research Institute at the University of Cambridge stumbled upon a potential target of dementia research.
In honor of World Lupus Day, BioSpace spoke with several companies making inroads in research and development for the treatment of the disease.
OncoResponse is developing an innovative cancer therapy based upon antibodies produced by patients to components in the tumor microenvironment that regulate the immune response.
Janssen discontinued the development partnership due to advancements made by other companies against the human papillomavirus and its own changing strategic priorities.
Could big pharma buy out much of the biotech industry? Yes, according to analysts. But that’s not likely to happen anytime soon.
Aspen Neuroscience closed on a Series B funding round of $147.5 million. The company is focused on developing personalized cell replacements for Parkinson’s disease.