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PitchBook’s 2025 biopharma VC analysis clocked $33.8 billion in capital dispatched in 2025, mainly to companies with later-stage programs ready to roll into the clinic.
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The limited supply of this common reagent is set to drive drug prices higher, but there are ways for companies to lessen the impact.
Suppliers are investing in production to support deals with AstraZeneca, Bayer and other drugmakers that are advancing radioisotope-based cancer therapies.
The FDA’s refusal to review Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine is “part of a disturbing pattern” of moving regulatory goalposts, according to Clay Alspach, executive director of the Alliance for mRNA Medicines. Meanwhile, streamlined communications with regulators in other countries pave the way for rapid uptake of novel modalities.
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The FDA’s refusal to review Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine is part of a larger communications crisis unfolding at the agency over the past nine months that has also ensnarled Sarepta, Capricor, uniQure and many more.
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The biotech’s “Fit for Growth” program, which includes the headcount reduction, is expected to generate a net savings of $700 million on operating expenses by 2025.
Late-stage data, which showed significant overall and progression-free survival benefits in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma patients, supports Elevar’s New Drug Application filed in May 2023.
The license and option deal, for an undisclosed amount, seeks to develop potentially first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate candidates against different oncology targets.
Following two BLA rejections for its Humira biosimilar, Alvotech is expanding its partnership with Teva Pharmaceuticals, which will enable the latter to have greater involvement with quality and control.
Company shares fell over 50% after two late-stage studies failed to demonstrate vision improvements in patients with diabetes macular edema.
The Danish vaccine maker’s respiratory syncytial virus candidate did not meet all primary endpoints in a late-stage study in older adults and the company is discontinuing the program.
James Ellis, an authority on employer branding for small businesses and biotechs, weighs in on the best ways to earn candidates’ trust.
With an upfront payment of $310 million in cash, Roche is partnering with Alnylam to develop the latter’s RNA interference candidate zilebesiran for hypertension patients with high cardiovascular risk.
Despite the lifting of the FDA’s partial clinical hold, Gilead will discontinue magrolimab’s development in higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes after a Phase III study met the bar for futility.
The infectious diseases market is expected to reach $150 billion in sales by 2029, with three pharma giants reaping most of its benefits, according to data analytics and consultancy GlobalData.