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        Ensho Therapeutics CEO Neena Bitritto-Garg, recently named to BioSpace’s 40 Under 40, proved her mettle managing one of the toughest partnerships out there: the one between Eisai and Biogen that led to new Alzheimer’s drugs Aduhelm and Leqembi.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        While the FDA continues to put out guidance documents and approve drugs, some companies are already reporting delays in dealings with the agency, while insiders warn of falling morale and a negative perception from the rest of the biopharma world.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
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        Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced new Repatha® (evolocumab) combined data from the Phase 3 FOURIER and FOURIER Open Label Extension (OLE) studies and the Phase 2 OCEAN(a)-DOSE study of investigational olpasiran, an siRNA that reduces lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] by more than 90%.
    
        
    
        
    
        
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        Novo Nordisk, under new CEO Maziar Mike Doustdar, has a new attitude. It’s making Pfizer livid.
    
        
    
        
    
        
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        On the heels of last week’s FDA rejection of Lykos’ MDMA-assisted PTSD therapy, Atai announced Tuesday positive preliminary results for its DMT-based treatment for depression from a Phase Ib study.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        While some biopharma companies beat expectations, others fell short for various reasons, with some deciding to return or axe assets.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The layoffs are intended to help provide an operating runway into the fourth quarter of 2026.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Swiss company’s monoclonal antibody Nemluvio is also undergoing regulatory review for atopic dermatitis, which is a potentially larger market for the first-in-class IL-31 blocker.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        On the heels of the FDA’s denial of its petition, a Delaware district court on Monday handed Novartis another loss in its efforts to keep the market free of Entresto copycats.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        By the end of the year, Novo Nordisk intends to make a regulatory filing for the combination of its icodec and semaglutide, keeping its once-weekly insulin program afloat.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The acquisition announced Monday will give Crown access to Revance’s Daxxify, a competitor to AbbVie’s Botox, which is indicated for frown lines and for cervical dystonia.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        At a private event held amid the fallout from the CrowdStrike incident, cybersecurity issues took a front seat, with the consequences of the evolving EU AI Act and the Loper Bright and Corner Post decisions also raising concerns for quality assurance and regulatory affairs professionals.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Pfizer on Monday reported a “strong neutralizing response” against both subtypes of respiratory syncytial virus across all cohorts and age groups, according to topline data.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Connecticut-based biotech, which emerged from stealth last year, has secured $202 million to date as it looks to move two assets targeting prostate and breast cancer into the clinic.
    
        
    
        
    
        
     
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
