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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.
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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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For the first time in two years, the European Association for the Study of the Liver’s International Liver Congress was back on-site with cutting-edge research in hepatology and other sectors.
BMS’ CAR-T therapy Breyanzi picked up a second approval from the FDA. The cancer drug was approved for the treatment of adult patients with large B-cell lymphoma.
Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Lundbeck announced positive Phase III clinical trial results Monday regarding brexpiprazole (Rexulti) as a treatment for agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia.
Collectively, the data set found that 5.1% of vaccinated patients went on to develop AD, while 8.5% of unvaccinated patients developed the disease.
Ipsen announced it is acquiring the company and its cancer drugs, including Tazverik, which were approved for two different indications by the FDA in 2020.
The current vaccinations still offer significant protection against severe diseases. Meanwhile, vaccine companies are progressing in designing and testing Omicron-specific booster shots.
The FDA has placed Astellas Pharma’s Phase I/II FORTIS trial on clinical hold after one of its study participants experienced a serious adverse event.
GSK and Ionis released promising trial data showing their investigational antisense oligonucleotide, bepirovirsen, could significantly reduce HBsAg and viral DNA levels in patients with CHB.
BioSpace spoke with three CEOs: Alto Neuroscience’s Dr. Amit Etkin, Omega Therapeutics’ Mahesh Karande and Rain Therapeutics’ Avanish Vellanki about their companies’ employment growth.