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Biogen is growing as planned, with marketed products generating more revenue and multiple late-stage readouts expected over the next year. Building out an early-stage pipeline would be a bonus, CEO Chris Viehbacher said on a Q3 earnings call Wednesday.
BioSpace is launching an IPO dashboard to help the industry keep tabs on U.S. biotechs that have taken the public plunge in 2026.
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Analysts hailed the Phase 3 head and neck cancer results as a big victory for an asset central to Genmab’s growth plans.
The FDA has outlined a process for allowing a single application to cover multiple variants of a gene therapy. At the same time, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revealed plans to expand the Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model to increase patient access to these products.
With pressure on GSK’s vaccine business, analysts predict the U.K. pharma will face challenges as it prepares for the loss of exclusivity on a key product.
Eli Lilly’s next-gen weight loss drug retatrutide soundly beat Novo’s approved medicine Ozempic in weight loss and blood sugar reduction, padding the case for a regulatory application that’s expected in the first quarter of 2027.
Astellas Pharma could secure the exclusive global rights to Audax Biosciences’ DAX-044, an antibody-cytokine fusion therapy that activates the immune system in the vicinity of the tumor.
Growth portfolio products like Leqembi and Spinraza helped drive Biogen to $2.8 billion in revenue for the third quarter.
Merck stole the show at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) annual conference, with new data on its Moderna-partnered personalized cancer vaccine leaking prior to the presentation and antibody-drug conjugate sac-TMT making a splash in endometrial cancer; Bristol Myers Squibb revealed the death of a patient with multiple sclerosis in an early-stage trial of zola-cel; and pharma is on track to easily surpass last year’s deal count.
The largest pharmas have a collective $188 billion in firepower to spend on M&A transactions, with all but one signaling a desire to execute, according to a new analysis from Leerink Partners.
Kaye/Bassman’s Michael Pietrack explores the guilt and grief executives feel when their direct reports are downsized and provides a strategy that helps both the leader and the people who need new jobs.
Drug developers increasingly have the option of seeking regulatory approval and commercializing a medicine themselves, rather than accepting an early exit offer. Doing so requires a worldwide strategy.