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Just weeks after Pfizer’s Seagen-acquired antibody-drug conjugate sigvotatug vedotin failed a Phase 3 non-small cell lung cancer study, the big pharma has quietly culled another program being developed by the ADC specialist.
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Biopharma is entering its second-quarter earnings season riding high on a wave of massive deals and venture capital flow, plus a clearing of regulatory and policy overhangs. What can industry watchers expect to hear on the upcoming investor calls?
Biogen touted an “unprecedented” drop in tau in a Phase 2 trial, backing the company’s decision to take diranersen to Phase 3 despite a missed primary endpoint and seemingly supporting the anti-tau approach.
As antibody-drug conjugates advance and move into earlier lines of treatment, drug developers have to build gentler therapies that don’t just extend survival but improve it.
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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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Moderna announced mixed interim results Thursday from a Phase III trial of mRNA seasonal flu vaccine candidate, mRNA-1010.
Pfizer and Valneva are dropping approximately half of enrolled participants in the Phase III VALOR study for their Lyme disease vaccine candidate, VLA15.
One-year data from a Phase II study of Newron’s schizophrenia candidate evenamide showed sustained efficacy and continued improvements in symptoms of psychosis and disease severity.
Seagen did not address rumors of a buyout from Merck during its fourth-quarter and full-year financial report. Instead, it focused on upcoming label expansions and its promising pipeline.
Talaris Therapeutics is cutting one-third of its workforce and dropping two clinical trials studying its lead candidate.
Aera Therapeutics emerged from stealth mode Thursday with a platform based on the work of Feng Zhang, Ph.D. and ex-Alnylam executive Akin Akinc at the helm.
Skye Bioscience, Inc. (OTCQB: SKYE) (“Skye” or the “Company”), a pharmaceutical company developing a proprietary, synthetic cannabinoid derivative to treat glaucoma, has appointed Dr. Deborah Charych to its board of directors effective immediately.
Taxpayer-funded research in biosciences will no longer sit behind paywalls. Instead, all of this data will be publicly available for no cost.
Spanish drugmaker Grifols announced a comprehensive plan Wednesday to improve its efficiency and cost-effectiveness – a move that will reportedly cost some 2,000 U.S. jobs.
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals has gained full rights to ARO-PNPLA3, formerly JNJ-75220795, the company announced Wednesday.