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Treatment with the TROP2 ADC sac-TMT led to a 70% objective response rate and progression-free survival was “significantly improved” as compared to placebo—the second positive readout for the asset this week.
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While the pathogen appears unlikely to trigger a pandemic, analysts see potential for Moderna to build goodwill amid a period of political pressure on vaccine manufacturers.
Clinical trial setbacks have limited the near-term opportunities for some of Daiichi Sankyo’s ADCs but the drug developer is betting near-term readouts will catapult it into the top tier of oncology companies in the coming years.
BioSpace analyzed the pay ratio across 10 major pharmaceutical companies to determine which CEOs were paid the most relative to typical employees. J&J, Eli Lilly and Pfizer once again topped the list.
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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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Atreca announced that Stephen Gould, Ph.D., will be the company’s next chief scientific officer. Most recently, Gould was executive director, of Translational Oncology at Genentech.
Bavarian Nordic announced that the upcoming Phase III trial for its COVID-19 booster candidate has been redesigned to compete against licensed mRNA-based vaccines.
The FDA approved Rhythm Pharmaceutical’s Imcivree (setmelanotide) for patients with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
Speakers from Sanofi and CMIC discussed their respective experiences with DCT in Europe and Japan during Informa Connect’s Decentralized Clinical Trials hybrid meeting, held June 6-8.
This week’s Movers & Shakers includes a number of chief business officers and business development leaders alongside those tapped for scientific roles.
Checkpoint Therapeutics announced that its checkpoint inhibitor cosibelimab is showing positive objective response rate data in patients with locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
Frederick National Laboratories, the American Cancer Society and other leaders are picking up the pieces - both good and bad - as COVID-19 becomes endemic.
Moderna’s study, dubbed BabyCove, is expected to begin recruiting in September and will include up to 700 babies three to six months of age.
Shares of Akero Therapeutics are surging after the company announced pharma giant Pfizer made a $25 million equity investment to support the development of the company’s experimental liver drug.
According to reports citing “people familiar with the matter,” Kyowa Kirin, a specialty pharma company, could be lining up the sale of $1 billion worth of assets on the international market.