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Johnson & Johnson secured rights to prizlon-cel in 2023 for $245 million upfront. The asset in June last year showed a 100% response rate as a second-line option in a Phase 1b study for 10 patients with relapsed or refractory large B cell lymphoma.
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Insilico Medicine CEO Alex Zhavoronkov’s mad dash across the BIO International Convention in June attracted plenty of eyes. But the executive would prefer industry watchers gawk at the billions of dollars’ worth of deals his company has struck.
Three years after Qalsody was approved by the FDA as the first drug to target a genetic cause of ALS, some patients are reporting not only disease stabilization but also improvement of symptoms.
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The FDA has been trying to mend fences with rare disease drug developers and patient groups since the departure of former Commissioner Marty Makary three months ago. But advisory committee meetings last week for Replimune and Capricor Therapeutics only created more confusion and frustration.
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The terms of the agreement with Royalty Pharma suggest the market potential of Zealand Pharma’s polycythemia vera drug candidate may be undervalued, according to Jefferies analysts.
PTC Therapeutics emerged as the winning bidder over Astellas for Sangamo Therapeutics’ Fabry disease gene therapy, while Eli Lilly is purchasing the biotech’s prion disease program and several platforms.
In this episode of Denatured, you’ll hear from Diana Saraceni, founder and managing partner at Panakès Partners and Fabrizio Calisti, medical director at Angelini Ventures. We explore how Italy’s life sciences ecosystem has evolved over the last decade—from stronger tech transfer and growing venture capital to the gaps that still keep it from matching the UK, Germany or France in company creation and scale.
Avalyn Pharma and Generate Biomedicines executives discuss the long hours, hard work and rewarding moments of taking their companies public.
Reports of seven deaths in patients who had taken Neurocrine Biosciences’ Vykat and the official termination of Aardvark Therapeutics’ Phase 3 trial after cardiac complications marked a tough day for the Prader-Willi syndrome community.
BioSpace is launching an IPO dashboard to help the industry keep tabs on U.S. biotechs that have taken the public plunge in 2026.
It’s smooth sailing for Definium Therapeutics as the psychedelic biotech charts another win for its LSD candidate, this time in anxiety. The psychedelic previously notched a late-stage victory in depression.
Beyond the legal action, Eli Lilly is calling on healthcare providers, regulatory authorities, online platforms and even logistics companies to help stem the illegal sale of its next-generation asset for weight loss.
Mereo BioPharma’s asset, dubbed alvelestat, is set to enter Phase 3 development for AATD-LD in 2027.
BridgeBio Pharma’s transthyretin amyloidosis medicine Attruby is off to a strong launch, while Alnylam lowered full-year sales guidance for competitor Amvuttra.