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A single 1-mg/kg dose of Eli Lilly’s base editor can lower LDL cholesterol levels by 62% in patients with a heritable form of hypercholesterolemia. The pharma acquired the asset last year in the $1.3 billion Verve Therapeutics buy.
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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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Nectin Therapeutics announced dosing of the first solid tumor patient in a Phase I clinical trial while additional investors jumped in to expand the company’s Series A to just over $25 million.
Full data from the Phase III Clarity AD trial show Eisai and Biogen’s lecanemab has a favorable safety profile in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
BigHat Biosciences will team up with Merck to design candidates for three drug discovery programs backed by the company’s proprietary AI technology platform.
BMS is terminating a seven-year-old gene therapy collaboration to develop potential treatments for congestive heart failure with uniQure N.V. valued at $1 billion.
With $96 million in Series A financing, Cajal Neuroscience launched Tuesday to develop drug candidates to target neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
As the FDA cracks down on accelerated approvals, Genentech, a Roche company, voluntarily withdrew its monoclonal antibody, Tecentriq, for metastatic bladder cancer.
AstraZeneca and Neogene have entered into a definitive acquisition agreement in which AstraZeneca will buy all outstanding equity in the smaller company.
A second patient death has been linked to the Phase III clinical trial of Eisai and Biogen’s investigational Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab, according to the journal Science.
BioMark Diagnostics Inc. (CSE: BUX) (FSE: 20B) (OTC Pink: BMKDF) (“BioMark” or the “Company”) (an advanced stage liquid biopsy company with a focus on hard to detect and treat cancers is pleased to reports that it will amend the term of the non-broker warrants (the “Warrants”) issued in relation to a private placement financing that closed on December 13, 2019 on a continuing effort to improve corporate value for its shareholders.
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals made the call Friday to slash three-fourths of its workforce on the heels of a Complete Response Letter from the FDA.