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While the pathogen appears unlikely to trigger a pandemic, analysts see potential for Moderna to build goodwill amid a period of political pressure on vaccine manufacturers.
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Biotech is increasingly financed, governed and regulated as though it were a mature pharmaceutical industry rather than a discovery system built around scientific uncertainty. Structural changes are needed to sustain the sector’s strategic innovation.
BioSpace examines how the FDA approval of Eli Lilly’s oral obesity drug Foundayo has ignited a key race with Novo Nordisk.
Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
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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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Shares of Spero Therapeutics soared in premarket trading following GlaxoSmithKline’s announcement that it will license the company’s late-stage antibiotic asset, tebipenem HBr.
New data from Novo Nordisk’s Phase IIIa ONWARD 2 trial studying insulin icodec shows it is effective as a once-weekly treatment for Type 2 diabetes.
Rivus raised $132 million in a Series B financing round that will be used in developing HU6, a new drug class designed to treat cardio-metabolic disease by addressing obesity.
Carisma Therapeutics is merging with Sesen Bio to advance Carisma’s cell therapy platform - in particular, its chimeric antigen receptor macrophage (CAR-M) therapies.
Celltrion agreed Wednesday to jointly develop Abpro’s cancer molecule ABP-102 in a deal that could net as much as $1.75 billion. See inside for more cancer collaborations.
Novo Nordisk and Octagon Therapeutics announced that they forged a research collaboration focused on inflammatory diseases.
After enduring nine months of clinical holds, Merck announced that it is restarting the Phase III clinical program for islatravir, its candidate for people with HIV-1 infection.
A 3-judge panel questioned the legitimacy of Johnson & Johnson’s plan to form a subsidiary company with the purpose of absorbing legal liabilities from talc-related lawsuits.
Poxel presented positive histology data from its Phase II DESTINY-1 trial in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), with its primary efficacy endpoint of liver fat decrease at 36 weeks.
This week’s money flowed into various therapeutic areas like cancer and inflammatory disorders, while government and philanthropic grants fund the fight against infectious diseases.