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Biotech is increasingly financed, governed and regulated as though it were a mature pharmaceutical industry rather than a discovery system built around scientific uncertainty. Structural changes are needed to sustain the sector’s strategic innovation.
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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 FDA granted priority review to Takeda’s Biologics License Application for TAK-003, a dengue vaccine candidate. The vaccine to date is only approved for use in Indonesia.
The FDA approved CSL Behring and uniQure’s Hemgenix, a one-time gene therapy developed for adults with Hemophilia B,the companies announced Tuesday afternoon.
Merck is eyeing another major label expansion for its flagship anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda following an interim analysis of KEYNOTE-859 trial.
The FDA granted argenx Priority Review status for the company’s BLA for SC efgartigimod for generalized myasthenia gravis.
Following a request from the FDA, GSK is withdrawing its multiple myeloma drug Blenrep from the U.S. market while continuing to push other combination trial programs.
In a volatile year, marked with challenges, BioSpace is taking a pause to reflect on the many “wins” in biopharma.
Lysogene’s investigational gene therapy LYS-SAF302 failed to meet its primary and key secondary efficacy endpoints in mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA.
With a $1.36 billion buyout, Merck bolstered its oncology program with the acquisition of Biotech Bay-based Imago Biosciences, a company focused on chronic bone marrow cancers.
Teva Pharmaceuticals has found its new president and CEO. Effective Jan. 1, 2023, Richard Francis will take the company’s reins as Kåre Schultz retires.
The FDA has a number of PDUFA dates for the remainder of November for Spectrum, ImmunoGen, Scynexis and Y-mAbs.