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Treatment with the TROP2 ADC sac-TMT led to a 70% objective response rate and progression-free survival was “significantly improved” as compared to placebo—the second positive readout for the asset this week.
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While the pathogen appears unlikely to trigger a pandemic, analysts see potential for Moderna to build goodwill amid a period of political pressure on vaccine manufacturers.
Clinical trial setbacks have limited the near-term opportunities for some of Daiichi Sankyo’s ADCs but the drug developer is betting near-term readouts will catapult it into the top tier of oncology companies in the coming years.
BioSpace analyzed the pay ratio across 10 major pharmaceutical companies to determine which CEOs were paid the most relative to typical employees. J&J, Eli Lilly and Pfizer once again topped the list.
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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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Transfer RNA’s unique biology could enable a mutation-specific, gene-agnostic—and more cost effective—approach to developing treatments for thousands of rare and ultra-rare diseases.
Although looking for candidates on platforms like LinkedIn continues to be the norm, some headhunters are also combing Google Scholar and PubMed for authors with relevant skills.
Carina Clingman, founder of The Collaboratory Career Hub, answers questions about the ins and outs of finding, landing and succeeding in openings in biotech.
The regulator has accepted Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo and the chemotherapy cisplatin for priority review in patients with unresectable metastatic urothelial carcinoma, as well as Merck and Seagen’s first-line combo.
The study found only 19% of nearly 2,000 patients were still taking their prescribed anti-obesity medication at 12 months, compared to 40% that continued with Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy.
This week we discuss ups and downs in the weight loss and ADC markets - including Altimmune, Pfizer setbacks, AbbVie’s ImmunoGen buy and more.
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The Swiss pharma’s Fabhalta, a Factor B inhibitor, is the first FDA-approved oral monotherapy for adults with the rare blood disorder paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
With the biopharma industry’s looming wave of gene therapy submissions and potential approvals, the senior senator is laying the groundwork for a legislative initiative to improve access to these expensive treatments.
In two late-stage trials, the experimental oral drug evobrutinib was unable to significantly reduce annualized relapse rates in MS patients compared with Sanofi’s Aubagio tablets.
A combination of Roche’s investigational treatment with Ibrance and fulvestrant met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival in the first-line setting in treating PIK3CA-mutated breast cancer.