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CSL is advancing clazakizumab for the treatment of cardiovascular events in end-stage kidney disease and will retain rights over the asset in this indication. Lilly will explore other conditions.
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An analysis finds that pharmas frequently file multiple similar patents on drugs, then use them as the basis for questionable litigation against would-be competitors.
Competing with giants like Takeda and Moderna, the plucky biotech believes it has unlocked a future with an easy, yearly oral vaccine.
The limited supply of this common reagent is set to drive drug prices higher, but there are ways for companies to lessen the impact.
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The FDA’s refusal to review Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine is part of a larger communications crisis unfolding at the agency over the past nine months that has also ensnarled Sarepta, Capricor, uniQure and many more.
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The Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium intends to bring AAV-based gene therapies to patients whose diseases are often ignored by commercial interests.
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With Roche’s FDA approval on Thursday, both companies’ bispecific antibodies will hit the market this summer for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
In the latest HEALEY trial readout, Clene’s CNM-Au8 significantly reduced plasma neurofilament light chain levels in ALS patients, which could be a strong and reliable signal of its clinical benefit.
In a unanimous 21-0 vote, an FDA advisory committee recommended an updated monovalent formulation of the COVID-19 vaccine targeting the now-dominant XBB.1.5 subvariant.
After an FDA advisory committee unanimously recommended Leqembi’s full approval, questions linger around amyloid-related imaging abnormalities and a potentially cumbersome patient registry.
The FDA has four target action dates this week, including ones for Argenx’s subcutaneous efgartigimod in generalized myasthenia gravis and Sarepta’s gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
The pharma company alleges that BeiGene’s Brukinsa patent, issued on Tuesday, infringes on its patent for Imbruvica to treat patients with slow-growing blood cancer.
The Japanese biopharma is diving deeper into targeted protein degradation, paying $35 million upfront for access to Cullgen’s uSMITE platform.
Eli Lilly has secured the rights to Verve Therapeutics’ gene editing approach, a “one-and-done” method that the companies hope will lower the cardiovascular risk factor lipoprotein(a).
Following cases of serious bleeding in patients, five of which were fatal, the regulator has put Mersana’s investigational antibody-drug conjugate UpRi on partial clinical hold in two ovarian cancer trials.