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In his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump urged Republican leaders to pass legislation cementing his new drug pricing initiatives as he touted his efforts to lower healthcare costs for Americans.
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Rare disease drug developers struggle to survive in a biopharma investment market that prioritizes large patient populations. Initiatives like the Orphan Therapeutics Accelerator are attempting to solve what CEO Craig Martin says is not a science problem, but a math problem.
Eli Lilly’s win in a head-to-head trial drove Novo Nordisk’s market cap to pre-Wegovy levels not long after the victor became the first pharma company to top a $1 trillion valuation. It seems one company can do no right, while the other can do no wrong.
Corsera Health’s Chief Operating Officer Rena Denoncourt and CFO Meredith Kaya speak with BioSpace about the biotech’s mission and vision for the next generation of cardiovascular care.
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Following the FDA’s refusal to review Moderna’s investigational mRNA flu vaccine last week, Commissioner Marty Makary faced questions from the U.S. president about the agency’s handling of vaccines. It’s a clear signal that the tension long brewing at the drug regulator has now gone all the way to the top.
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The company said it’s preparing to file a New Drug Application with the FDA on the strength of late-stage study data for its investigational RNA-targeted donidalorsen in patients with hereditary angioedema.
An FDA advisory committee will meet to review J&J and Legend Biotech’s supplemental BLA for Carvykti for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma patients who have undergone at least one prior line of therapy.
In a Phase I/II trial, an 11-year-old boy gradually regained hearing—eventually reaching normal range for some frequencies at 30 days—following treatment with Eli Lilly’s dual adeno-associated viral vector-delivered gene therapy.
Drug discovery requires complex and multi-faceted decisions to justify billion-dollar investments that will take years to realize.
This week, Lori, Greg and Tyler discuss the first ⁠surge of IPO activity⁠ this year plus gene therapy pricing,
The Danish pharma has signed a collaboration and license agreement with Swiss biotech EraCal Therapeutics to access a novel candidate for controlling appetite and body weight.
After showing some unfavorable results for its data, AC Immune on Monday announced it will be getting back its Alzheimer’s disease candidates from Roche’s Genentech.
Johnson & Johnson exceeded fourth-quarter earnings estimates, reporting nearly $21.4 billion in revenue, as its pharma business faces a patent cliff with Stelara competition entering the market.
The French drugmaker is buying California-based biotech Inhibrx to gain access to its clinical-stage drug candidate for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, as it tries winning over investors with potential blockbusters.
Although the FDA did not outright say there is a causal secondary malignancy relationship, it asked BMS, Gilead, J&J and Novartis to add warnings to the labels of six CAR-T therapies noting the potential risks.