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Nearly 90% of senior leaders who were at the FDA a year ago are no longer with the agency, a BioSpace analysis shows. None remain from the Office of the Commissioner.
Early decisions about manufacturing and supply chains could prove costly as a company reaches the commercial stage.
While the TrumpRx deals only cover Lilly and Novo for now, the agreements are good for any cardiometabolic biotechs waiting in the wings, according to a new 2026 preview report from PitchBook.
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The life sciences industry continues to be one of the fastest growing industries in the world as the end of the year draws near.
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Incyte Corporation’s Phase III LIMBER-304 clinical trial has come to an end following a third-party investigation that forecasted poor results.
Voyager Therapeutics unlocked a potential $600 million plus $25 million upfront as Novartis exercised its option to leverage the company’s capsids against two undisclosed neurologic disease targets.
The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will meet March 9 to discuss Roche’s sBLA for Polivy in first-line DLBCL, while Acadia awaits potential approval of the first therapy for Rett Syndrome.
Shares of Praxis Precision Medicines dropped 48% Friday morning following mixed Phase II results for ulixacaltamide (PRAX-944), its candidate being studied in movement disorder essential tremor.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sent a letter to Sanofi and Novo Nordisk urging them to lower insulin prices.
Phase III data showed the combination of Roche’s Tecentriq and Exelixis’ Cabometyx fell short of its primary endpoint in renal cell carcinoma.
In 2022, Elon Musk’s Neuralink tried – and failed – to secure permission from the FDA to run a human trial of its implantable brain-computer interface, according to a report published Thursday.
MorphoSys AG announced Thursday it plans to drop its pre-clinical programs and cut 17% of its workforce in an effort to extend its cash runway.
Novo Nordisk announced Thursday it plans to expand its research and development operations in the greater Boston area and add over 200 new jobs this year.
Thymmune is backed by an A-list team of investors including Pillar VC, former Alnylam CEO John Maraganore and famed geneticist George Church.