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Biogen’s new data, presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, supports a tau-focused approach to the intractable neurodegenerative disease; psychedelics are back in the news with more positive data from Compass Pathways and final guidance from the FDA; and the ATTR-CM space got a major shakeup with the late-stage failure of AstraZeneca and Ionis’ antisense therapeutic.
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Biopharma is entering its second-quarter earnings season riding high on a wave of massive deals and venture capital flow, plus a clearing of regulatory and policy overhangs. What can industry watchers expect to hear on the upcoming investor calls?
Biogen touted an “unprecedented” drop in tau in a Phase 2 trial, backing the company’s decision to take diranersen to Phase 3 despite a missed primary endpoint and seemingly supporting the anti-tau approach.
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.
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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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Regeneron announced it has acquired Checkmate Pharmaceuticals and that it has entered a clinical trial collaboration with SpringWorks Therapeutics to treat multiple myeloma.
Shares of Cassava Sciences plunged after multiple Alzheimer’s researchers raised new concerns about the company’s experimental Alzheimer’s treatment, simufilam.
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo reported that their supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Enhertu was granted Priority Review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Pharma giant Moderna has shared data on the development of a new bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine that performs better than its first booster that is currently on the market.
Global biopharmaceutical companies are pooling their respective resources against difficult-to-treat tumors, CNS diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
The data collected from the cut-off demonstrates that patients can maintain an average of 9.6 months without disease progression after the initial dosage of the tislelizumab-chemotherapy treatment.
To cope, life sciences companies are undertaking a supply chain risk assessment, conducting make-or-buy assessments, investing in supply chain technology and identifying backup suppliers.
Heat Biologics announced a new development underway in its partnership with Scorpion Biological Services to develop a manufacturing facility in Manhattan, Kansas.
Weeks after Imara announced its plans to discontinue the development of tovinontrinein for sickle cell and beta-thalassemia and heart failure, the company has culled 83% of its workforce.
In honor of World Hemophilia Day, BioSpace takes a look at some of the facts relating to the disease, and some of the highlights in recent hemophilia research and development.