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Analysts are cautiously optimistic about an IPO rebound for biopharma. BioSpace is keeping track of companies that seek to trade on the public markets this year.
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Analysts parsed the limited data available for Pfizer’s obesity candidate on the pharma’s fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday, looking for any nugget of additional context.
After advancing in lockstep through the pandemic, the fortunes of the biotechs have diverged as their use of COVID-19 windfalls has taken shape.
After suffering in the wake of expired tax incentives for pharmas, the island is trying to take advantage of geopolitics to grow its drug manufacturing sector.
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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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Marstacimab decreased bleeding rates by 92% in patients with severe hemophilia A and moderately severe to severe hemophilia B without inhibitors.
Following a series of stumbles in Type 1 diabetes, Lexicon’s dual SGLT inhibitor sotagliflozin finally won the FDA’s approval in heart failure and will be marketed as Inpefa.
DUO-E trial data show AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi, either alone or in combination with Lynparza, boosts progression-free survival in endometrial cancer.
Eli Lilly’s recently registered Phase IIIb SURMOUNT-5 trial will compare its Mounjaro with Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in obese or overweight patients with weight-related health conditions.
The New York–based biotech will present data from a Phase I trial of 98 patients showing that fianlimab combined with Libtayo led to an overall response rate of 61% in advanced melanoma.
Bristol Myers Squibb’s Reblozyl induced nearly twice the red blood cell transfusion independence compared with the current standard treatment epoetin alfa for lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.
The company will present data at the oncology meeting showing the drug’s significant survival benefit in patients with advanced renal cancer and recurrent, persistent and metastatic cervical cancer.
The Massachusetts-based biopharma became the second company this week to drop its amyotrophic lateral sclerosis hopeful after it failed to elicit significant improvement compared with placebo.
Although still in early-stage testing, Ensysce Biosciences’ formulation has demonstrated the potential to address addiction problems associated with oral oxycodone.
The AI drug discovery company’s reorganization will include laying off around 180 employees and dropping its atopic dermatitis candidate BEN-2293 in an effort to save nearly $56 million.