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Analysts are extremely encouraged by Phase 2 trial results for Relay Therapeutics’ PI3KA inhibitor in treating vascular malformations (VM), prompting the biotech to eye a potential path to accelerated approval.
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Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
Last month, Revolution Medicines’ RAS inhibitor doubled survival in a Phase 3 pancreatic cancer trial. On the biotech’s heels are Immuneering, Actuate Therapeutics, Erasca and more, looking to improve on that result with increased tolerability—and more time for patients.
The recent approval of Regeneron’s Otarmeni underscores the maturation of gene therapies across a range of diseases. Here, BioSpace reviews genetic medicines in development for the central nervous system, retinal, cardiac and neuromuscular diseases.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is spinning its wheels, unable to establish steady leadership at three major divisions—the CDC and the FDA’s two primary review units.
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The partnership will focus on Crescent’s PD-1/VEGF inhibitor CR-001 and Kelun-Biotech’s SKB105, both of which the companies plan to push into Phase I/II development for solid tumors early next year.
Companies who run their early-stage clinical development outside the U.S. would “experience higher fees” according to an FDA proposal made during the negotiation process for the eighth cycle of the user fee program.
Last week, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Director Vinay Prasad claimed in an internal memo—without providing evidence—that COVID-19 vaccines were responsible for the deaths of 10 children between 2021 and 2024.
Høeg is the fifth person to lead the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research this year.
In this episode of Denatured, Jennifer C. Smith-Parker speaks to Stacey Adam, PhD, Vice President of Science Partnerships at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and Patrick Smith, Senior Vice President, Translational Science at Certara, to discuss the latest regulatory news and the future for new approach methologies (NAMs) development.
For the second month in a row, job postings on BioSpace increased in key biopharma disciplines. However, application rates also increased.
Job listings in the area have ticked up in the last month. These seven companies are hiring in South San Francisco right now, including scientist and clinical roles.
Six months after receiving a surprise rejection due to what the FDA called “lack of substantial evidence of effectiveness,” Capricor’s cell therapy deramiocel showed significant benefits in upper-limb function and slowed decline in cardiac function in a Phase III trial.
Nearly 90% of senior leaders who were at the FDA a year ago are no longer with the agency, a BioSpace analysis shows. None remain from the Office of the Commissioner.
Analysts had noted “unease” from investors regarding the state of the Phase III ADEPT-2 trial, with BMS at one point telling Leerink Partners that the reopening of enrollment would be a “significant development.”