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Vera Therapeutics’ atacicept, to be marketed as Trutakna, will go up against Novartis, Otsuka and possibly Vertex in the kidney disease primary IgA nephropathy after receiving an accelerated FDA approval.
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Molecular glue degraders are gaining traction in the clinic as well as funding from Big Pharma, with their potential to treat previously “undruggable” cancers and immunological diseases. Here are five clinical programs worth keeping an eye on.
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.
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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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David Sabatini, who was ousted last year by the Whitehead Institute over allegations of sexual harassment, may have found a new home at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
New research suggests that treatment with anti-amyloid-beta protofibril antibody lecanemab is estimated to slow the rate of disease progression in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease.
GlaxoSmithKline exceeded expectations for its first-quarter sales and earnings forecasts. This was largely driven by its sales of Xevudy, an antibody treatment against COVID-19 it developed with Vir Biotechnology, and its Shingrix vaccine against shingles.
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Novartis, Nektar and BridgeBio confirm their plans to restructure their operation, including a number of their employees being laid off.
Cassava Sciences CEO Remi Barbier is hitting back at The New York Times, calling out the newspaper for an article that he claims misrepresented the research of his company.
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All development and commercialization rights for MP0310, a clinical stage immunomodulator intended to treat solid tumors, will be reverted to Molecular Partners.
Pheast Therapeutics launched today with $76 million in Series A financing. Pheast is focused on developing cancer checkpoint therapies to fight malignant cells, focusing on ovarian and breast cancers.
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