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Analysts are cautiously optimistic about an IPO rebound for biopharma. BioSpace is keeping track of companies that seek to trade on the public markets this year.
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Analysts parsed the limited data available for Pfizer’s obesity candidate on the pharma’s fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday, looking for any nugget of additional context.
After advancing in lockstep through the pandemic, the fortunes of the biotechs have diverged as their use of COVID-19 windfalls has taken shape.
After suffering in the wake of expired tax incentives for pharmas, the island is trying to take advantage of geopolitics to grow its drug manufacturing sector.
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Phacilitate’s annual event dawns as cell and gene therapies reach a new tipping point: the science has hit new heights just as regulatory and government policies spark momentum and frustration.
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The company is paying $3.2 billion upfront in cash for Chinook’s two immunoglobulin A nephropathy candidates, atrasentan and zigakibart, which will complement its own IgAN hopeful iptacopan.
More than 3,000 state and local governments will receive nearly $19 billion in payments from drugmakers and pharmacy chains in the most recent round of opioid settlements.
Francis deSouza resigned from Illumina’s helm after strong campaigning from activist investor Carl Icahn and the ongoing regulatory roadblocks facing the company’s acquisition of GRAIL.
Unlimited paid time off may seem like a way to prevent burnout, but for many, it has the opposite effect.
The company paid $85 million upfront to Quell Therapeutics to develop Treg therapies for Type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disorder, with the deal potentially worth more than $2 billion.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday it will impose inflation penalties on 43 Medicare Part B drugs in the third quarter of 2023. The action follows fines on 27 drugs in March.
Data show the potential of Editas’ sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia gene therapy candidate, but it might not be enough to overtake Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics.
The FDA has launched a new super office to prepare for myriad decisions on cell and gene therapies, including the potential first CRISPR therapy and the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
The FDA’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee voted 21–0 that the companies’ respiratory syncytial virus antibody, nirsevimab, has a favorable benefit-risk profile in infants and young children.
The FDA has four target action dates this week for three supplemental approvals and one New Drug Approval.