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The failure of Roche’s Ionis-partnered tominersen in Huntington’s disease may indicate that Wave Life Sciences’ allele-specific antisense oligonucleotide candidate WVE-003 is on the right track, according to analysts at Rodman & Renshaw.
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The lineup at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference will provide critical insight into where the industry is headed with regard to targets being explored to vanquish the elusive neurodegenerative disease.
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are pushing for the withdrawal of the rare disease treatment that accounted for just 1% of Amgen’s 2025 revenue. Nevertheless, Amgen continues to defend the medicine, which was acquired in the $3.7 billion buyout of ChemoCentryx.
Psychedelics are gaining momentum in depression, with one treating physician predicting that the drug class could “wipe out the SSRIs” if safety and durability hold up.
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Congressional letters sent to the CEOs of Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, BMS and AbbVie this week voicing concerns about the pharmas’ clinical trials in China highlight an ongoing discrepancy in how government and industry think about the rise of the Asian country’s biotech industry.
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France-based biotech Mablink secured $30 million (€31 million EUR) to develop next-generation antibody-drug conjugates for the treatment of cancer.
Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi have announced plans for significant cutbacks and changes in their labor force overseas for financial, operational and logistical reasons.
Enliven Therapeutics and Imara will merge in an all-stock deal to form a precision oncology company. The new entity will operate under the name Enliven Therapeutics.
Matchpoint Therapeutics hit the ground running Friday with $100 million in investments and a focus on developing precision small molecule medicines.
The FDA has numerous activities and interactions with Phanes, Prestige Biopharma, Reata, Pfizer and more, providing clearance, approving clinical trials and other regulatory actions.
The FDA is likely to push back the Prescription Drug User Fee Act target action date for Travere Therapeutics’ sparsentan by three months..
Verseon has acquired Edammo, an artificial intelligence-focused company, to deepen its own AI-based drug discovery platform. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization, Passage Bio and Palisade Bio saw leadership shakeups at the top, while Maze Therapeutics, Cerecin and more appointed new chief medical officers.
Pfizer and BioNTech released early data Thursday morning from a Phase II/III trial assessing an Omicron-specific booster that showed it provided significant protection, confirming early research.
Tiziana Life Sciences plans to submit an Investigational New Drug Application for a Phase I trial studying intranasal formulab, a breakthrough treatment option for Alzheimer’s Disease.