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The FDA outright refuses to review Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine as CBER director Vinay Prasad’s conduct is scrutinized; Disc Medicine receives an unexpected rejection, which Prasad may also have had a hand in; Compass Pathways posts new late-stage data on its psilocybin-based depression drug; CDC is once again leaderless.
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Competing with giants like Takeda and Moderna, the plucky biotech believes it has unlocked a future with an easy, yearly oral vaccine.
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.
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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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Part B of the study, cleared to proceed in Canada, remains on hold in the U.S. due to findings from non-clinical chronic toxicology studies.
The Swiss pharma is expanding its neuroscience pipeline with an upfront $500 million payment to DTx Pharma and additional payments of up to $500 million upon completion of certain milestones.
Following disappointing topline data, BridgeBio’s acoramidis has scored a late-stage win in transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, leading to significant survival and quality of life benefits.
The Federal Trade Commission is asking for more information regarding Pfizer’s planned $43 billion acquisition of Seagen, according to the latter’s Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday.
Full data for Eli Lilly’s Phase III TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 study, presented Monday at the 2023 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, confirm positive results announced in May.
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Eli Lilly said Friday it plans to pay up to $1.925 billion to acquire Versanis and its lead asset, bimagrumab, a monoclonal antibody that aims to reduce fat mass without affecting muscle mass.
Bringing new drugs to the market costs billions of dollars. It could not be done without investments by both the NIH and biopharma companies.
The Swiss pharma is in talks to acquire Roivant Sciences’ RVT-3101, an anti-TL1A antibody that recently showed promising results in a Phase IIb ulcerative colitis trial, reports The Wall Street Journal.
A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds that despite the promise of regenerative medicine technologies they are held back by regulatory and manufacturing challenges.