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BioSpace examines how the FDA approval of Eli Lilly’s oral obesity drug Foundayo has ignited a key race with Novo Nordisk.
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Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
Last month, Revolution Medicines’ RAS inhibitor doubled survival in a Phase 3 pancreatic cancer trial. On the biotech’s heels are Immuneering, Actuate Therapeutics, Erasca and more, looking to improve on that result with increased tolerability—and more time for patients.
The recent approval of Regeneron’s Otarmeni underscores the maturation of gene therapies across a range of diseases. Here, BioSpace reviews genetic medicines in development for the central nervous system, retinal, cardiac and neuromuscular diseases.
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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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If Leqembi is granted priority review from the agency, full approval could come as soon as July, Ivan Cheung, chairman and CEO, Eisai Inc., told CNBC Thursday.
Moderna announced mixed interim results Thursday from a Phase III trial of mRNA seasonal flu vaccine candidate, mRNA-1010.
Pfizer and Valneva are dropping approximately half of enrolled participants in the Phase III VALOR study for their Lyme disease vaccine candidate, VLA15.
One-year data from a Phase II study of Newron’s schizophrenia candidate evenamide showed sustained efficacy and continued improvements in symptoms of psychosis and disease severity.
Seagen did not address rumors of a buyout from Merck during its fourth-quarter and full-year financial report. Instead, it focused on upcoming label expansions and its promising pipeline.
Talaris Therapeutics is cutting one-third of its workforce and dropping two clinical trials studying its lead candidate.
Aera Therapeutics emerged from stealth mode Thursday with a platform based on the work of Feng Zhang, Ph.D. and ex-Alnylam executive Akin Akinc at the helm.
Skye Bioscience, Inc. (OTCQB: SKYE) (“Skye” or the “Company”), a pharmaceutical company developing a proprietary, synthetic cannabinoid derivative to treat glaucoma, has appointed Dr. Deborah Charych to its board of directors effective immediately.
Taxpayer-funded research in biosciences will no longer sit behind paywalls. Instead, all of this data will be publicly available for no cost.
Spanish drugmaker Grifols announced a comprehensive plan Wednesday to improve its efficiency and cost-effectiveness – a move that will reportedly cost some 2,000 U.S. jobs.