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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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Clene, Inc. posted new data from a Phase II trial of CNM-AU8 in multiple sclerosis featuring MRI results it claims reinforce neurological improvements reported in November 2022.
Bristol Myers Squibb and 2seventy bio published positive results Friday from a pivotal Phase III trial of Abecma in multiple myeloma patients who had received two to four prior lines of therapy.
Sanofi’s global head of R&D, John Reed, is leaving his position to pursue another opportunity outside the company, the French multinational announced Monday.
Due to safety concerns, Aristea Therapeutics announced Friday that it was discontinuing the development of its Phase II lead program. As a result, the San Diego-based biotech is also dissolving its business.
Feb. 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. BioSpace spoke with influential women in biotech and biopharma who are working to make a difference in the lives of other women.
Eliem Therapeutics is dropping a depression drug candidate and laying off 55% of staff in an attempt to stretch its cash runway to 2027.
The FDA issued complete response letters to Phathom Pharmaceuticals, flagging the presence of N-nitroso-vonoprazan (NVP) impurities in its Helicobacter pylori drug products.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is marching toward the launch of exa-cel with a lot of confidence, per its full-year 2022 presentation.
Amid mounting pressure from investors and shareholders, Bayer’s supervisory board unanimously appointed outsider Bill Anderson as its new CEO.
With just under 98,000 tech employees laid off just one month into 2023, many in the life sciences are likely wondering if biotech layoffs will reach similar peaks.