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Early-stage financing rounds are on track to hit their lowest dollar value in years as funders continue to eschew risky investments, experts told BioSpace.
A mostly black box since emerging with more than a billion dollars in hand, Xaira Therapeutics is slowly pulling back the curtain, revealing plans to find partners and validate its pipeline.
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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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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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Dozens of life sciences companies are relocating to accommodate more employees and production capacities.
Job cuts in biotech tend to occur during the end of a quarter, and the end of this first quarter is no different. Continue reading for news of four biotech companies making workforce layoffs this week.
Ishtiaq Ali Saaem is sentenced to three years of probation following a guilty plea to charges he obstructed a federal investigation into his efforts to acquire the deadly toxin ricin.
The FDA requested additional data analyses from the pediatric studies that Merck stated it has submitted. The final decision is expected on July 1, 2022.
The increased resignation of employees is making it difficult for companies to keep up with production and meet deadlines. Here are the best ways to attract and keep top talent in the pharma industry.
Kenneth Frazier, executive chairman and former chief executive officer of Merck, joins former colleagues Roger Perlmutter and Roy Baynes at the well-financed company.
Although the data suggests the vaccines are extremely effective and generally safe, analysis is still coming in about adverse events as well as effectiveness in specific patient populations.
Silverback is halting its clinical oncology programs and letting go of about 27% of its workforce as part of a restructuring initiative that would leave it with more cash reserves.
Cerevance reported positive clinical trial results for CVN424, an experimental treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
Origami’s precision technology platform, Oricision™, is focused on diseases that affect the central nervous system rather than oncology.