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Even as FDA approvals for biologic therapies fell in the first half of 2026, regulatory experts are optimistic about a turnaround in the rare disease space after the departure of key leaders at the agency. Still, there will continue to be tension between science and politics.
Early-stage financing rounds are on track to hit their lowest dollar value in years as funders continue to eschew risky investments, experts told BioSpace.
A mostly black box since emerging with more than a billion dollars in hand, Xaira Therapeutics is slowly pulling back the curtain, revealing plans to find partners and validate its pipeline.
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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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The biopharma company reported sales of $2.24 billion in the second quarter for the cystic fibrosis treatment, beating analysts’ estimate, after it won FDA approval in children ages two to five in April.
Following reports of destroyed and discarded data, the U.S. regulator issued a warning letter to India’s Intas Pharmaceuticals regarding violations of current good manufacturing practice.
The settlement agreement between the companies follows three patent-infringement lawsuits filed by Bristol-Myers Squibb over the blockbuster cancer immunotherapies.
In its second-quarter earnings reported Tuesday, Pfizer announced total revenues declined 54% to $12.7 billion, primarily due to a plummet in Paxlovid and Comirnaty sales.
Following difficult recent months for EQRx, the biotech is being bought by Revolution Medicines in an all-stock transaction that secures $1 billion in additional capital for the oncology company.
Amid a re-energized Alzheimer’s disease space, Quest Diagnostics offers what the company contends is the first direct-to-consumer blood-based biomarker test to assess disease risk.
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The FDA has approved Jemperli as an add-on to chemotherapy for patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer that is mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high.
The Federal Trade Commission seeks to codify its heavier-handed approach, already displayed by its actions regarding Amgen’s acquisition of Horizon, among other deals.
Ulotaront failed to meet primary endpoints in two studies. The companies said high COVID-19 placebo effect “may have masked molecule’s therapeutic effect” and plan to discuss next steps with the FDA.
Amid U.S. shortages in crucial drugs, House Republicans have filed their own draft bill that seeks to increase the accountability of the FDA and provide more flexibility for generics manufacturers.