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After a sluggish 2025, biotech IPOs have roared back to life. Fueled by resilient stock performances and improving market sentiment, the total number of public debuts so far this year has already eclipsed 2025’s total.
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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.
FDA’s rare disease decisions are strongest when the patient community has a voice in advisory committee decisions.
The lineup at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference will provide critical insight into where the industry is headed with regard to targets being explored to vanquish the elusive neurodegenerative disease.
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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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The deal is an expansion of an existing production agreement between the companies and just one of several deals with large pharma companies that the Korean biotech has scooped up this year.
After evidence of “overwhelming reduction” in bleeding compared to Bayer and J&J’s Xarelto, Anthos Therapeutics has ended its Phase II atrial fibrillation study for abelacimab ahead of schedule.
The legal battle over the Inflation Reduction Act’s price negotiation program moved to federal court in Ohio with the Department of Justice and U.S. Chamber of Commerce sparring about the law.
Following a regulatory victory for Jemperli in endometrial cancer last month, GSK continued its oncology winning streak with an FDA approval for momelotinib in adult myelofibrosis patients with anemia.
In the largest biotech Series C financing so far this year, Generate:Biomedicines raised $273 million, while Neumora and RayzeBio announced IPO pricing valued at more than $560 million combined.
The first annual BioTechX USA, held in Santa Clara in September, bridged the communication gap by bringing together life sciences leaders in all areas of the industry.
The Swiss pharma’s shareholders on Friday approved spinning off the generics and biosimilars division, with plans to launch at least five additional biologic drugs.
The FDA will finish September with three action dates and one of the year’s most highly-anticipated advisory committee meetings.
The two biotech companies announced initial public offering pricing Thursday, respectively, with shares beginning trading Friday and valued at more than $560 million cumulatively.
While achieving FDA approvals in rare cancers such as multiple myeloma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Karyopharm’s cancer drug has a variety of scientific and market hurdles to clear.