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Soleno’s Vykat XR is the first drug approved for the rare disease that directly targets its hallmark symptom.
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With two decisions originally scheduled for this week already announced, including BridgeBio’s approval in ATTR-CM, the regulator has just one PDUFA on its plate this holiday week.
ADC Therapeutics, Sutro Biopharma and Zai Lab are among those developing antibody-drug conjugates to address payload and toxicity challenges of current ADCs—and rapidly grow the multibillion-dollar market.
Sage Therapeutics discontinued development of its lead candidate dalzanemdor after a third clinical failure, leading analysts to question the biotech’s future profitability.
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PepGen Inc. announced that management will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences.
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Vaccine skepticism is at an all-time high in the U.S., and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making some drastic moves in the name of reversing that trend. But misinformation and inconsistencies within the country’s healthcare agencies highlight problems with his approach.
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The industry remains unwavering in the commitment to increased clinical trial accessibility and representation.
Price-negotiation provisions that are out of step with reality are discouraging funders and Big Pharma partners from investing in potentially transformative therapies. Fixing some of the unintended consequences of the IRA will clear the way for innovative medicines to reach patients in need.
Pemgarda has a standing emergency use authorization as a prophylaxis for immunocompromised patients, but FDA’s stringent requirements for antibody activity boxed out its potential use as a post-exposure treatment.
The treatment, called DB-OTO, is one of several early-stage gene therapies being developed to treat relatively straight-forward causes of genetic deafness.
The World Health Organization names antimicrobial resistance as one of the most urgent public health threats, but it remains an unattractive target for the pharmaceutical industry due to its weak profitability.
President Trump also refused to promise pharma execs that he would hamstring the IRA’s drug negotiation program.
Ctexli’s approval further entrenches Mirum as a leader in rare liver diseases, alongside its cornerstone product Livmarli and upcoming drug volixibat.
Drug development powered by artificial intelligence is countering incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act and making small molecules more attractive in the complex inflammatory & immunology disease space.
Around 300 FDA staffers laid off last week are being asked to return. So far, the Trump administration has terminated some 1,000 employees from the agency.
Non-opioid pain therapies are entering an unprecedented era, marked by the landmark FDA approval of Vertex’s Journavx and a growing number of alternative approaches. Their ultimate uptake, however, remains to be seen.