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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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Theratechnologies’ Trogarzo for HIV, Alnylam’s Lumasiran for advanced primary hyperoxaluria, scPharmaceuticals’ Furoscix for heart failure and more. Here’s a look at the FDA’s October calendar.
Biopharma companies are expanding beyond the traditional confines of Massachusetts and California with hubs forming – most notably – in the South and Southeast.
The FDA had a busy week, approving drugs, greenlighting clinical trials and other regulatory activities for Immuneering, Amylyx, Sarepta, Sanofi, and Regeneron and more.
Shares of Rocket Pharmaceuticals jumped Friday morning after the company announced positive clinical updates from a Phase I study of patients diagnosed with Danon disease.
In its ongoing battle against counterfeit drug rings, Gilead Sciences announced it has identified two “kingpins” behind the scheme to sell illegitimate HIV medications.
The HHS Office of Inspector General found that of 278 accelerated approvals between 1992 and 2021, 104 had incomplete confirmatory trials, according to a report issued Thursday.
As it gears up to launch several new products, Moderna has created a new leadership role and onboarded an industry veteran.
Solid Biosciences and AavantiBio – announced Friday they are merging to develop a portfolio of neuromuscular and cardiac programs, initially focusing on Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Two years after receiving a Complete Response Letter for its hemophilia gene therapy, BioMarin is heading back to the FDA with stronger and more robust data for potential approval.
Biogen and Eisai’s lecanemab win this week provides an opportunity to stop and consider whether science is closer to a cure or symptom management for Alzheimer’s disease.