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Having secured deals with AstraZeneca and Novartis, Niowave is constructing a second facility to meet rising demand for actinium-225, which can be used to develop next-generation radiopharmaceuticals.
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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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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company now boasts over 700 prescription generic drugs for a variety of conditions, ranging from acid reflux to dementia to autoimmune diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Three physicians filed a lawsuit against the FDA alleging the organization acted outside its authority and with their ability to practice medicine by discouraging the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19.
The week began with positive updates in the vaccine development space against various infectious diseases from Emergent, Merck, Affinivax and Ocugen.
AstraZeneca and Ionis reported that their NEURO-TTRansform Phase III trial in hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy hit its co-primary endpoints.
For years, PTC Therapeutics has attempted to win regulatory approval for its DMD drug, Translarna. Now, the company believes it has data that will support another filing for FDA approval.
Therorna brought in $42 million to advance its circular RNA platform, while Carbon Biosciences banked $38 million to develop therapies for genetic diseases, beginning with cystic fibrosis.
In the coming 12 months, Rain expects to have an interim readout for a Phase II study of its liposarcoma therapy, milademetan, and a pivotal readout for its Phase III trial of the same compound.
The government of France launched its Healthcare Innovation 2030 strategy that aims to turn the country into a European innovation leader within the next eight years.
Thursday, a committee of advisors for the CDC voted unanimously for children and teens, ages six to 17 to receive Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
CVS Health has seen about 40% patient diversity in the work it has done so far, Josh Rose, VP and head of decentralized clinical trials, site solutions and strategy told BioSpace.