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Eli Lilly joins hands with Engage Bio, acquiring the DNA delivery platform developer in hopes of bolstering its genetic medicines portfolio.
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Clinical trial setbacks have limited the near-term opportunities for some of Daiichi Sankyo’s ADCs but the drug developer is betting near-term readouts will catapult it into the top tier of oncology companies in the coming years.
BioSpace analyzed the pay ratio across 10 major pharmaceutical companies to determine which CEOs were paid the most relative to typical employees. J&J, Eli Lilly and Pfizer once again topped the list.
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.
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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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Pres. Joe Biden vowed to bolster the U.S. biotechnology sector after signing an executive order to improve the fight against cancer.
Akero Therapeutics announced its mid-stage drug candidate, efruxifermin improved liver fibrosis and prevented disease worsening in patients with NASH.
Novartis has had a busy few days, announcing plans to shutter a Sandoz plant, a $300 million infrastructure investment, and Cosentyx, Kisqali and Tislelizumab readouts.
AstraZeneca presented data showing Imfinzi and Tagrisso boosted survival chances for patients in different forms of lung cancer at ESMO on Monday.
President Joe Biden tapped Ginkgo Bioworks veteran Renee Wegrzyn to helm the recently-established Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).
It was a busy weekend at ESMO 2022 with Merck, Astellas, Seagen, Regeneron, AstraZeneca and GRAIL all presenting data from their various cancer programs.
Pretzel Therapeutics launched Monday with $72.5 million in Series A financing to develop novel, mitochondria-based therapies to treat rare genetic disorders and diseases of aging.
Regeneron’s oncology strategy is centered around improving checkpoint inhibitor treatments with combination therapies, according to a pipeline overview presented Monday morning.
BMS announced that the FDA approved Sotyktu for adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, marking this indication’s first oral treatment innovation in nearly a decade.
The week has seen a series of significant updates from BioVie, Regeneron, Relay Therapeutics, Oxford University, Vistagen and Palatin.