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        While Eli Lilly’s orforglipron is top of mind heading into the European Association for the Study of Diabetes meeting this week, experts told BioSpace the conference will also provide important insights into the therapeutic benefits of incretin therapies beyond weight loss.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        On the FDA’s docket for the back half of September is Merck’s proposed subcutaneous formulation of its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        As Novo Nordisk cuts 9,000 people from its organization in a restructuring effort, BioSpace looks back on the Danish pharma company’s rise.
    
        
    
        
    
        
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        Generative AI could enhance and accelerate the way people work on clinical trials. In this Q&A, a management consultant shares his insights on benefits, risks and more.
    
        
    
        
    
        
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        After Emma Walmsley steps down as GSK CEO in January, Vertex Pharma’s Reshma Kewalramani will be the sole female CEO at a top-20 pharma company. Still, there are many prominent women in pharma that could someday break through again.
    
        
    
        
    
        
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        MET-097i’s mid-stage performance “bodes well” for Pfizer’s proposed buyout of Metsera, according to BMO Capital Markets, a deal centered heavily on the investigational GLP-1 drug.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Despite tolerability concerns, nomlabofusp’s overall efficacy represents a “large win” for Larimar, according to analysts at William Blair, who lauded the therapy’s functional benefits. 
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Already approved in Japan, China and other Asian countries, Crystalys’ dotinurad works to lower serum uric acid levels.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Without naming Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, the CDER director in a now-deleted LinkedIn post claimed that for lupus nephritis, companies have not conducted post-approval studies “to demonstrate a benefit on hard clinical endpoints.”
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Companies are moving from using AI for distinct operations to applying the technology for control and optimization of the whole production process.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Reshoring generic pharmaceutical production is essential in today’s era of geopolitical instability and heightened awareness surrounding national health security. And it is possible—if done right.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        After Emma Walmsley steps down as GSK CEO in January, Vertex Pharma’s Reshma Kewalramani will be the sole female CEO at a top-20 pharma company. Still, there are many prominent women in pharma that could someday break through again.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Chief Commerical Officer Luke Miels will replace outgoing GSK CEO Emma Walmsley at the U.K. pharma next year.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The AAV pullback comes amid Biogen’s aggressive cost-cutting campaign, which put some 1,000 jobs on the chopping block with the goal of generating $1 billion in savings by 2025. 
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Applied Therapeutics has yet to confirm whether the study, posted on Clinicaltrials.gov on Thursday, means it has indeed aligned with the FDA on govorestat’s development.
    
        
    
        
    
        
     
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
