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Congressional letters sent to the CEOs of Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, BMS and AbbVie this week voicing concerns about the pharmas’ clinical trials in China highlight an ongoing discrepancy in how government and industry think about the rise of the Asian country’s biotech industry.
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The total of 52 mergers and acquisitions for the first half of 2026 reflects what analysts, industry watchers and executives are saying over and over: M&A is back.
At the BIO International Convention in San Diego, attendees marked the 50th anniversary of original biotech Genentech, reflecting on the immense challenges facing companies as China becomes a powerhouse innovator.
A recent FDA reversal sparked new hope for patients with Huntington’s disease. Flying under the radar, Skyhawk Therapeutics revealed 12-month functional data from a midstage trial of its own candidate showing improvements on a key disease measurement scale.
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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.
Aldeyra Therapeutics is planning to run another trial, in line with the regulator’s requirements, and is expecting top-line data and a New Drug Application resubmission in the first half of 2024.
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While XEN1101 failed to hit the primary endpoint in a Phase II trial, the Canadian company is “actively exploring” further development of the program based on the totality of the data.