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Patients treated with Bristol Myers Squibb’s Krazati in combination with cetuximab saw shorter median overall and progression-free survival than comparators on chemotherapy.
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Molecular glue degraders are gaining traction in the clinic as well as funding from Big Pharma, with their potential to treat previously “undruggable” cancers and immunological diseases. Here are five clinical programs worth keeping an eye on.
Last month, the FDA launched TrialBlazer, intended to streamline the IND path and bring early clinical trials and medical innovation home to the U.S. It’s a start, but new agency leadership must see it through.
Significant leadership instability at the FDA—compounded by continued workforce attrition—led to a slight slowdown in overall regulatory productivity in the first half of this year, but the agency has been catching up of late.
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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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Voyager Therapeutics unlocked a potential $600 million plus $25 million upfront as Novartis exercised its option to leverage the company’s capsids against two undisclosed neurologic disease targets.
The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will meet March 9 to discuss Roche’s sBLA for Polivy in first-line DLBCL, while Acadia awaits potential approval of the first therapy for Rett Syndrome.
Shares of Praxis Precision Medicines dropped 48% Friday morning following mixed Phase II results for ulixacaltamide (PRAX-944), its candidate being studied in movement disorder essential tremor.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sent a letter to Sanofi and Novo Nordisk urging them to lower insulin prices.
Phase III data showed the combination of Roche’s Tecentriq and Exelixis’ Cabometyx fell short of its primary endpoint in renal cell carcinoma.
In 2022, Elon Musk’s Neuralink tried – and failed – to secure permission from the FDA to run a human trial of its implantable brain-computer interface, according to a report published Thursday.
MorphoSys AG announced Thursday it plans to drop its pre-clinical programs and cut 17% of its workforce in an effort to extend its cash runway.
Novo Nordisk announced Thursday it plans to expand its research and development operations in the greater Boston area and add over 200 new jobs this year.
Thymmune is backed by an A-list team of investors including Pillar VC, former Alnylam CEO John Maraganore and famed geneticist George Church.
Eli Lilly is expanding its pain management pipeline with a new asset from Belgium-based Confo Therapeutics targeting the angiotensin II type 2 receptor.