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Just a few days after FDA Commissioner Makary resigned, ally Tracy Beth Høeg is also leaving the agency. Her departure comes amid reports of tension over a commissioner’s voucher for Sanofi’s diabetes drug.
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European pharma companies splashed billions of dollars into the U.S. biopharma sector in a matter of days, but there are differing views on whether the activity represents the rise of a new buyer class or a quirk of timing.
Three pharma CEOs joined the $30 million compensation club in 2025 but Eli Lilly’s David Ricks exceeded his nearest peer by more than $4 million.
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After years of suffering from a bear market and more than 14 months of geopolitical turmoil shaking the macroenvironment, biotech appears to be moving on.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is spinning its wheels, unable to establish steady leadership at three major divisions—the CDC and the FDA’s two primary review units.
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Tuesday, the FDA approved Qalsody—formerly tofersen—on a conditional basis to treat SOD1-ALS.
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Govorestat failed its primary composite measure but showed signals of efficacy, leading the company to push forward with an NDA.
The partial clinical hold follows Foghorn’s voluntary pause of the study and is due to one patient developing irregular heartbeat following treatment with FHD-609.
Eplontersen halted ATTRv-PN disease progression and improved quality of life through 66 weeks. The drug has a PDUFA date of Dec. 22, 2023.
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To give the FDA more time to evaluate updates to quizartinib’s proposed REMS program, the regulator is pushing the target action date to July 24.
Friday, the Supreme Court granted the FDA’s application for a stay, effectively maintaining access to the abortion pill mifepristone as its case goes through the appeals process.
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The FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research is aiming to recreate the success achieved with the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines under a program of the same name.
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This week, the FDA will release its verdict on Biogen and Ionis’ ALS candidate tofersen and three other investigational medicines for psychiatric disorders, hormonal insufficiency and gut infection.
AbbVie shared more positive results for its migraine prevention drug, Qulipta, just three days after FDA approval to expand its label.