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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.
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.
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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 Chinese government has halted the recommendation of Lianhua Qingwen used as a traditional Chinese treatment for mild cases of COVID-19.
Thinking about starting a career in biotech? We’ve put together a guide to help you decide where to go within the biotech field and what steps you should take to get there.
There are very few ongoing clinical trials on treatments for Long COVID and there has been what appears to be a successful treatment using Pfizer’s Paxlovid. Read on for more details.
TG Therapeutics voluntarily withdrew its pending BLA and supplemental NDA for its treatment dubbed U2 for adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).
It was a very busy week for clinical trial news, with much of it coming out of the American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Read on for details.
McKinsey & Company is under fire for allegedly allowing its employees to work simultaneously for big pharma companies and serve as consultants for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
There are an estimated 2.3 million people living with Multiple Sclerosis and hundreds of thousands more undiagnosed, adding up to an annual cost of nearly $85 billion for care in the United States.
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The U.S.Food and Drug Administration has granted Emergency Use Authorization to a breathalyzer that can detect COVID-19 within three minutes.
The SEC added 12 China companies to their delisting watchlist this week. The companies will need to release evidence by May 3 to remain listed.
Regeneron announced that the U.S. FDA has extended its review of the BLA for monoclonal antibody REGEN-COV, which treats COVID-19.