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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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Biogen may have found its CEO in Mathai Mammen - former head of research and development in pharmaceuticals at Johnson & Johnson.
Computational technology company Schrödinger announced Thursday it has forged a $425 million drug design collaboration with Eli Lilly.
The FDA had a fairly quiet week, approving drugs, providing clearance, greenlighting clinical trials, and other regulatory activities for Alnylam, Eli Lilly, Cytokinetics, and more.
The FDA approved Alnylam’s Oxlumo for an expanded indication, rare disease PH1, with the label to include patients with the most severe kidney impairment.
Amgen opened a new research and development site in San Francisco Bay, while Enzo Biochem opened a 100,000 square foot laboratory and research facility in New York
Allogene Therapeutics is launching what it calls the first pivotal Phase II trial of an allogeneic CAR T product in the industry. The ALPHA2 trial will evaluate ALLO-501A in LBCL.
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals announced Friday it was shedding around 4% of its global workforce, or around 120 jobs, in an effort to improve its operational efficiency.
Evommune’s novel human tissue-based assay system is proving to be a key differentiator as the company develops therapies to control chronic inflammation in autoimmune diseases.
Surrozen announced Thursday it has partnered with Boehringer Ingelheim to research and develop a therapeutic for the treatment of retinal diseases.
Movers & Shakers: New C-Suites for Assembly Biosciences, Urica Therapeutics, BlueSphere Bio and More
Life sciences and biopharma companies added new CEOs, CMOs and CSOs to guide their companies into the future and oversee developmental programs.