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After years of contraction, investors see biotech reentering a growth cycle driven by scientific progress, asset quality and renewed conviction in oncology, obesity and neuroscience innovation.
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With the biopharma industry performing better of late, analysts, executives and other industry watchers are “cautiously optimistic”—a term heard all over the streets of San Francisco at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference earlier this month.
Bristol Myers Squibb, GSK and Merck are contributing drug ingredients as part of their deals with the White House but are keeping many of the terms of their agreements private.
Some 200 rare disease therapies are at risk of losing eligibility for a pediatric priority review voucher, a recent analysis by the Rare Disease Company Coalition shows. That could mean $4 billion in missed revenue for already cash-strapped biotechs.
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Phacilitate’s annual event dawns as cell and gene therapies reach a new tipping point: the science has hit new heights just as regulatory and government policies spark momentum and frustration.
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Ahead of an expected surge in regulatory filings, the FDA is establishing the Genetic Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee to provide advice on treatments for these complex and challenging conditions.
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The companies have received all required regulatory approvals to complete the deal, the largest for the sector in the past three years and the biggest for the hot antibody-drug conjugate market.
The FDA decided last month to convene an advisory committee to discuss the companies’ proposed use of Abecma in earlier lines of treatment for multiple myeloma. Data presented Monday at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting provides a clue as to why.
With the acquisition, AstraZeneca will gain access to Icosavax’s investigational combination vaccine IVX-A12, which is being developed for respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus in older adults.
Bristol Myers Squibb has bought the rights to develop and commercialize SystImmune’s potentially first-in-class, bi-specific antibody-drug conjugate for lung and breast cancer as well as other solid tumors.
Following the regulator’s administrative complaint and threat of a lawsuit in federal court, Sanofi has decided to terminate its licensing deal with Maze Therapeutics to avoid a long litigation process.
The trial demonstrated that C3G glomerulopathy patients treated with the oral factor B inhibitor saw a significant reduction in protein in their urine. The results come days after iptacopan won the FDA’s green light for a rare blood disease.
The company’s fiscal report for 2023 details revenue losses of $539 million and layoffs of 1,100 employees but notes that future GLP-1 manufacturing revenues could help stabilize its finances.