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Even as FDA approvals for biologic therapies fell in the first half of 2026, regulatory experts are optimistic about a turnaround in the rare disease space after the departure of key leaders at the agency. Still, there will continue to be tension between science and politics.
Early-stage financing rounds are on track to hit their lowest dollar value in years as funders continue to eschew risky investments, experts told BioSpace.
A mostly black box since emerging with more than a billion dollars in hand, Xaira Therapeutics is slowly pulling back the curtain, revealing plans to find partners and validate its pipeline.
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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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AstraZeneca has decided to drop the hypercholesterolemia candidate AZD8233 through to Phase III, despite meeting its Phase IIb primary efficacy endpoint, its partner Ionis announced Friday.
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The U.S. FDA had a busy week with a range of drug approvals, advisory committee meetings and classification announcements.
Advances in immuno-oncology and adaptive cell therapy that began about a decade ago are enabling fresh, biology-driven approaches to bring therapeutic cancer vaccines closer to fruition.
Seven biopharma companies are under new leadership. This week’s Movers & Shakers highlights these new chief executive officers who aim to guide their companies into the future.
Novartis outlined how its transformation to a pure-play innovative medicines company is nearly completed during a “Meet the Management” event in Switzerland.
The 7th Annual CAR-TCR Summit is ongoing in Boston, with more than 1,000 experts in CAR and TCR technologies attending. Here’s a look at some of the latest research and data being presented.
Alaunos Therapeutics, Satsuma Pharmaceuticals, NeuroSense, Emyria and more reported updates in solid tumors, migraine, ALS and MDMA drug discovery.
Allogene Therapeutics’ French partner Servier has withdrawn all involvement in the development of Allogene’s anti-CD19 products, allowing Allogene to license its CD19 products outside the U.S.
Shares of Spero Therapeutics soared in premarket trading following GlaxoSmithKline’s announcement that it will license the company’s late-stage antibiotic asset, tebipenem HBr.
New data from Novo Nordisk’s Phase IIIa ONWARD 2 trial studying insulin icodec shows it is effective as a once-weekly treatment for Type 2 diabetes.