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Pfizer announces the first data from its Metsera-acquired pipeline just ahead of its earnings call, where analysts pressed execs for more details; Merck and Roche also released Q4 and full year earnings, with Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and others reporting Wednesday; REGENXBIO hits a regulatory snag ahead of its upcoming PDUFA; more.
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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.
AstraZeneca’s $15 billion pledge to its China operations highlights the country’s advantages. But other regions are also hoping to host more clinical studies.
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Building on a previous 2021 collaboration, Bristol Myers Squibb is paying $100 million upfront for the development of five cardiovascular targets utilizing Avidity Biosciences’ antibody oligonucleotide conjugates.
The biotech blames contract research organization Fortrea for incorrectly coding the dosing sequence in a psoriatic arthritis trial, which it contends resulted in some patients being given the wrong treatments.