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After a sluggish 2025, biotech IPOs have roared back to life. Fueled by resilient stock performances and improving market sentiment, the total number of public debuts so far this year has already eclipsed 2025’s total.
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As antibody-drug conjugates advance and move into earlier lines of treatment, drug developers have to build gentler therapies that don’t just extend survival but improve it.
FDA’s rare disease decisions are strongest when the patient community has a voice in advisory committee decisions.
The lineup at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference will provide critical insight into where the industry is headed with regard to targets being explored to vanquish the elusive neurodegenerative disease.
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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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Ardelyx announced the FDA’s OND, CDER, provided an interim response to the company’s second level of appeal for tenapanor. Here’s what you need to know.
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Bristol Myers Squibb will hear from the FDA on April 28 about Mavacamten, while Supernus, Axsome, Coherus, Hutchmed and Incyte also await the fate of their respective drug candidates.
Today, Astellas announced that after evaluating its gene therapy for patients with X-linked Myotubular Myopathy, it revised its eligible treatment population and any likely future product label.
It was yet another busy week for clinical trial news, with a range of studies for COVID-19, various cancers, fungal infections and other indications.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Garland sued UnitedHealth Group over Medicaid fraud. In a lawsuit filed earlier this week, Garland alleged the insurance company overinflated drug charges.
Biogen has withdrawn its Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for European approval of Aduhelm after regulators hinted data was not strong enough to support potential approval.
As Omicron dominates the COVID-19 landscape, scientists are urging the FDA to reconsider how the agency defines immune responses.
Although treating patients is the top priority of the biopharma industry, there’s no doubt that money is the driver. This is a broad look at the current state of biopharma bucks.
Faron Pharmaceuticals announced a new analysis that estimates 100% overall survival at 12-months for patients who experienced clinical benefit following treatment with bexmarilimab.