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Eli Lilly continues to spend its GLP-1 landfall with four new deals in the past week, including three in the vaccine space; the obesity leader also touted surgery-like results for its next-gen weight loss drug; Moderna’s stock climbs on the hantavirus “fear trade”; and in oncology, all eyes are on Revolution at ASCO this week.
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Partners Summit Therapeutics and Akeso are expected to steal the show at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual conference with data from their potential Keytruda rival, alongside Revolution Medicine’s groundbreaking pancreatic cancer candidate and other assets that could reshape patient care.
The tragic tale of TIGIT is well known. However, RIPK1, myc, STING and alpha-synuclein have also left a trail of failed clinical trials, canceled partnerships and sunk investments in their wake.
Analysts homed in on Duchenne muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy type 1 assets during first quarter earnings as major players like REGENXBIO and Novartis as well as Dyne, Wave, Solid and Sarepta near the regulatory finish line.
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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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Beigene and Novartis announced the FDA has deferred action on the BLA for tislelizumab until inspections of facilities in China can be completed.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi announced positive results from a Phase III trial of Dupixent (dupilumab) in kids ages one to 11 years with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).
Under the terms of the deal, Theravance and Innoviva are surrendering 85% and 15% of their stakes in Trelegy in exchange for $1.1 billion and $282 million from Royalty, respectively.
The FDA granted Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine Emergency Use Authorization after a lengthy and obstacle-riddled journey. It is authorized as a two-dose primary series for adults 18 years and older.
At the end of June, Novartis announced the latest data readouts in a long string of successes for tislelizumab. BioSpace spoke with Ken Kato, an investigator on the most recent RATIONALE 306 trial.
Kyowa Kirin announced it is dropping its Parkinson’s disease candidate, KW-6356, a follow-up to Nourianz, despite promising Phase II data that showed the drug is “potentially effective.”
The agreement with Merck brings $290 million upfront to Orion to access the latter’s investigational candidate, ODM-208, for mCPRC and other related drugs.
Aviv Clinics reported data from a study that suggests hyperbaric oxygen therapy may alleviate long COVID symptoms, particularly those associated with cognition.
Gossamer Bio sold shares of its common stock to pave its runway through mid-2024 while Teva and AbbVie reach deals in opioid settlements.
A multinational research collaboration has developed a new peptide dubbed “PATAS”, which appears to fix the metabolic abnormalities leading to type 2 diabetes (T2D).