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If a company’s final sales end up falling short of the consensus analyst estimate, then they have missed their number. Johnson & Johnson was close in the first quarter of 2024 but ultimately no cigar.
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After covering the Alzheimer’s space through every high and low, BioSpace’s Annalee Armstrong welcomes back Roche for the 2026 Alzheimer’s Renaissance.
Following FDA rejections, Regeneron and Scholar Rock are turning to other facilities to clear regulatory logjams created by quality problems at an ex-Catalent facility in Indiana. Novo Nordisk, meanwhile, has been tight-lipped about whether its own FDA applications have been affected.
As big pharmas including Takeda and Novo Nordisk flee the cell therapy space and smaller biotechs shutter their operations, these players are sticking around to take the modality as far as it can go.
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Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the EnSite™ X EP System with EnSite Omnipolar Technology (OT), a new cardiac mapping platform available in the U.S. and across Europe that is designed to help physicians better treat abnormal heart rhythms, also known as cardiac arrhythmias.
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Overcoming an FDA rejection in January 2022, Pfizer and OPKO’s Ngenla will provide a long-acting, reduced-frequency treatment option for children with growth hormone deficiency.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission settled with Eli Lilly for $2.4 million after filing a suit in September over the company’s recruitment of younger workers.
Citing issues with a third-party contractor, the FDA rejected Regeneron’s regulatory application for a higher-dose regimen of Eylea, the company’s blockbuster eye injection treatment.
Despite a challenging economic climate and gloomy forecast, 2023 has still notched some mega-deals for biopharmas. BioSpace highlights the biggest deals in the industry this year.
The biopharma’s monoclonal antibody is the first to win approval for the two most common forms of generalized myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune and neuromuscular disorder.
Phase II results of MoonLake’s sonelokimab suggest superiority to the competition. Funds raised in the stock offering will support Phase III trials with an anticipated launch in 2027.
Though the topline data were sparse, Sanofi’s potentially first-in-class candidate amlitelimab improved Eczema Area and Severity Index scores in patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis.
An FDA advisory committee voted Wednesday that Ipsen’s fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive candidate palovarotene was effective and the benefits of the drug outweighed its risks.
Patients treated in a Phase II study with Lilly’s retatrutide saw up to 24% weight loss at 48 weeks, driven by a triagonist mode of action that can bind and activate the GLP-1, GIP and glucagon receptors.
Here are 10 career paths to consider that don’t include bench work, along with role descriptions and links to jobs available now on BioSpace’s job board.