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FDA veteran Peter Marks will now shape the future of Eli Lilly’s vaccines work after the buys of Curevo, LimmaTech Biologics and Vaccine Company for up to $3.8 billion total.
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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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Under a non-exclusive agreement, AstraZeneca is licensing biotech Revvity’s base editing technology to help create cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and immune-mediated diseases.
A three-judge panel is reviewing the legal challenge to the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. Any action by the court may result in further appeals, and possibly another Supreme Court decision.
An advisory committee of outside experts voted unanimously Thursday that Pfizer’s vaccine was effective in preventing severe disease, but some had questions regarding its safety.
More than $5 billion poured into the longevity space in 2022, and experts say the science is now primed to make a real difference in extending human healthspan.
In a 12-2 vote with two abstentions, the advisers said the benefits did not outweigh the risks.
The Phase III trial met its primary endpoint, a significant reduction of phenylalanine levels in the blood, with no severe adverse events reported, PTC Therapeutics reported Wednesday.
Fenebrutinib in a mid-phase trial reduced brain legions in relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis, the company reported. It is the only reversible BTK inhibitor currently in Phase III MS trials.
Athenex announced it will lay off 79 employees in Buffalo and 44 employees in Clarence as a result of the Chapter 11 filing.
The $75 million deal will leverage Scribe’s CRISPR technologies to develop gene therapies for neurological and neuromuscular disorders. Scribe previously struck deals with Biogen and Sanofi.
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking an injunction to prevent Amgen’s buyout of Horizon Therapeutics, which the agency says would “entrench monopoly drugs.”