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After debuting on the public markets with $256.3 million and raking in an additional $472 million, Veradermics has emerged as one of biotech’s biggest post-IPO standouts. CEO Reid Waldman credits the weight loss craze for establishing consumer-driven channels.
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Last month, the FDA launched TrialBlazer, intended to streamline the IND path and bring early clinical trials and medical innovation home to the U.S. It’s a start, but new agency leadership must see it through.
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Significant leadership instability at the FDA—compounded by continued workforce attrition—led to a slight slowdown in overall regulatory productivity in the first half of this year, but the agency has been catching up of late.
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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If cell and gene therapy makers are going to achieve their mission to improve patients’ lives, the industry must come together to share information across stakeholders, from regulators to manufacturers to payers.
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Biologics have a major advantage over small molecule drugs under the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions, according to stakeholders attending this week’s J.P. Morgan conference.
The German biotech is dropping $20 million upfront on two preclinical monoclonal antibodies for undisclosed targets developed by WuXi Biologics.
Analysts in life sciences play a crucial role in analyzing and interpreting data to support research, development and decision-making processes within the field.
Panelists at JPM’s Biotech Showcase gave positive projections as the year begins and offered advice to those in the space.
The BioSpace team is recording from San Francisco as they bring you the the latest highlights from Day 3 at JPM2024.
Triumvira Immunologics’ president and chief operating officer Rob Williamson noted that cell therapy companies might still have an uphill battle unless they can differentiate.
The Massachusetts–based startup will use the Series A funds to advance its pipeline of oral GPR17, CSF1R and TYK2 candidates.
Patients treated with AR-15512 showed higher rates of at least a 10-mm improvement in unanesthetized Schirmer’s score, a metric of tear production.
The BioSpace team is recording from San Francisco as they bring you the the latest highlights from Day 2 at JPM2024.
All assets of the regenerative medicine and cell therapy company are being divested to its research partner to the tune of $2 million in the form of a credit bid.