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After debuting on the public markets with $256.3 million and raking in an additional $472 million, Veradermics has emerged as one of biotech’s biggest post-IPO standouts. CEO Reid Waldman credits the weight loss craze for establishing consumer-driven channels.
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.
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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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In a comparison trial, BeiGene’s Brukinsa bested Janssen’s Imbruvica in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic leukemia (SLL).
Flagship Pioneering has committed $50 million to Montai Health, a biotech that aims to develop therapies for chronic diseases using molecules already found in nature.
GSK bolstered its position in the oligonucleotide therapeutics space through a four-year collaboration with Wave Life Sciences valued at up to $3.3 billion.
An investigational mRNA cancer vaccine developed by Moderna and Merck reached its primary efficacy endpoint, inducing a clinically meaningful improvement in recurrence-free survival.
On the heels of positive Phase IIb data in plaque psoriasis, Takeda is acquiring both the therapy and Nimbus Lakshmi, a wholly owned subsidiary, in a potentially $6 billion deal.
Developed initially to deliver cytotoxic payloads to tumors, antibody therapeutics are evolving to provide new, next-generation conjugates and treat various diseases beyond cancer.
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Mirati gets the green light from the FDA for its KRAS G12C-mutated lung cancer medication.
Seagen’s top-selling drug hit the mark in another major indication.
Clovis Oncology officially files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.