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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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On Tuesday, the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 21-0 with one abstention to recommend authorization of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine.
For the first time in half a decade, the FDA will convene to address two therapies developed by bluebird bio that could have ripple effects across the industry regarding lentiviral vectors.
Aslan partners with Johns Hopkins and Duke, Editas joins forces with Immatics, Yumanity (soon to be Kineta, Inc.) teams with Janssen, Serotiny & Janssen Biotech and Ginkgo and Novo Nordisk.
Amarin and Vincerx Pharma intend to restructure their financial strategies and lessen operational costs by trimming their employee rosters.
Seres Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the company’s Phase III Ecospor IV study demonstrated a strong safety profile in addition to statistically significant positive results against C. difficile infection.
The Phase I mechanism of action study, showing that Lilly’s injectable Mounjaro (tirzepatide) induces greater weight loss than placebo and Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide in adults with type 2 diabetes.
Powered by its blockbuster checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda, Merck is forecasting a potential of more than 80 new regulatory approvals in oncology through 2028.
The Phase III ADvocate 1 and 2 studies on lebrikizumab showed that eight out of 10 patients with atopic dermatitis maintained skin clearance in the 12 months they had been under treatment.
Novartis has fallen victim to a cyberattack. The Swiss pharma giant’s data was hijacked by a well-known online extortion ring dubbed Industrial Spy.
BioSpace caught up with Tara Frenkl and Nelson Ambrogio ahead of ASCO to discuss Bayer’s goal of becoming a top 10 oncology company by 2030.