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Roche said the Phase II results help build the case for advancing CT-388 into late-stage testing, which is set to get underway this quarter.
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Some 200 rare disease therapies are at risk of losing eligibility for a pediatric priority review voucher, a recent analysis by the Rare Disease Company Coalition shows. That could mean $4 billion in missed revenue for already cash-strapped biotechs.
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The FDA’s rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program missed reauthorization at the last minute in 2024; advocates have been fighting to get it back ever since.
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Jefferies analyst Maury Raycroft said in a note to investors that Thursday’s mid-stage readout pointed to the “unprecedented” complete response rate of Intellia’s investigational in vivo gene editing therapy in the disorder.
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The group of like-named companies that include Novo Holdings and Novo Nordisk—the two tied to a multibillion-dollar buyout of Catalent currently under FTC review—ultimately send proceeds to the Novo Nordisk Foundation, one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
While the regulator has not approved their use in type 1 diabetes, off-label prescribing for GLP-1 receptor agonists has sharply increased, according to researchers, who warn about the risk of serious side effects such as ketoacidosis.
Following an end-of-Phase II meeting with the FDA in the fourth quarter, Viking Therapeutics plans to push its subcutaneous obesity therapy VK2735 into late-stage development and to start a Phase II trial for an oral formulation.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Wednesday backed the use of Merck’s Capvaxive and Pfizer’s Prevnar 20 in adults between 50-64 years of age, opening a bigger market for the respective companies.
Nineteen companies are receiving $21.4 million total in tax incentive awards to create 1,155 new life sciences jobs in Massachusetts. Moderna and Vertex received the largest awards and will add over 600 combined jobs.
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