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Biotech is increasingly financed, governed and regulated as though it were a mature pharmaceutical industry rather than a discovery system built around scientific uncertainty. Structural changes are needed to sustain the sector’s strategic innovation.
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Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
Last month, Revolution Medicines’ RAS inhibitor doubled survival in a Phase 3 pancreatic cancer trial. On the biotech’s heels are Immuneering, Actuate Therapeutics, Erasca and more, looking to improve on that result with increased tolerability—and more time for patients.
The recent approval of Regeneron’s Otarmeni underscores the maturation of gene therapies across a range of diseases. Here, BioSpace reviews genetic medicines in development for the central nervous system, retinal, cardiac and neuromuscular diseases.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is spinning its wheels, unable to establish steady leadership at three major divisions—the CDC and the FDA’s two primary review units.
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The oncology company added a fifth indication for its isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 inhibitor, securing the greenlight for treating patients with IDH1-mutated relapsed or refractory myelodysplastic syndromes.
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Even after the runaway success of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, the pathway to approval for upcoming would-be mRNA therapeutics has yet to be laid out.
The moment of coming out of stealth mode is ripe for biotechs to stumble. Here’s how to get it right.
The regulator lifted a clinical hold on Verve Therapeutics’ CRISPR-based therapy clearing its Investigational New Drug application and plans to evaluate VERVE-101 in a Phase I heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia trial.
The Swiss pharma reported a 12% sales increase and 21% core operating growth for the third quarter on Tuesday, while raising its full-year earnings forecast for the third time.
The country is considering restricting the use of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic to just type 2 diabetes and prohibiting its prescription for weight loss as the company struggles with continued supply constraints.
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The regulator has approved the first-ever subcutaneous version of infliximab, an IgG1 monoclonal antibody, commonly sold by Johnson & Johnson under the brand name Remicade.
The companies presented data from two pivotal studies of Dato-DXd, focusing on safety concerns and survival data for the investigational antibody-drug conjugate candidate in lung and breast cancer.
Pluvicto improved radiographic progression-free survival in PSMA-positive patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who had not been treated with taxane-based chemotherapy.
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A Discussion with IQVIA’s Michelle Gyzen Sr. Director, Regulatory Affairs and Drug Development Solutions