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The FDA’s priority review acceptance of BridgeBio’s BBP-418 is another step toward what William Blair previously dubbed a “diversified commercial portfolio.” It also adds to the rapidly building momentum in muscular dystrophy more broadly.
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From Eli Lilly’s David Ricks to Pfizer’s Albert Bourla, the top five highest paid CEOs made a combined $157.8 million in 2025.
Partners Summit Therapeutics and Akeso are expected to steal the show at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual conference with data from their potential Keytruda rival, alongside Revolution Medicine’s groundbreaking pancreatic cancer candidate and other assets that could reshape patient care.
The tragic tale of TIGIT is well known. However, RIPK1, myc, STING and alpha-synuclein have also left a trail of failed clinical trials, canceled partnerships and sunk investments in their wake.
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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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Tetra Bio-Pharma announced that its investigational new drug involving cannabinoids, QIXLEEF, received guidance to strengthen its nonclinical and toxicological data from the FDA.
Alnylam is suing Moderna and Pfizer over patent infringements related to its lipid techQnology that have been foundational to the success of the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines.
This is the first approval for the drug in gastroenterology and was based on data from three Phase III trials.
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There is some evidence that COVID-19 infection might be linked to an increase in diabetes, particularly Type 1 diabetes, which is an autoimmune disease most commonly diagnosed in children.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Biogen a second look into the patent dispute filed against Mylan for Biogen’s Multiple Sclerosis (MS) drug, Tecfidera.
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization indefinitely postponed the evaluation of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
AstraZeneca and Merck announced their Lynparza drug reduced the risk of death by 32% compared to placebo for specific breast cancer patients.
Genentech shared new data from its SUNFISH study evaluating the use of Evrysdi for SMA people ages 2 to 25 years diagnosed with Type 2 or Type 3 spinal muscular atrophy.
In his new book, Warp Speed, Paul Mango said the realization that many healthcare workers didn’t want the vaccine, for instance, was shocking.
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics’ NurOwn has taken the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) community by storm with new genetic data from its Phase III trial.