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Analysts are extremely encouraged by Phase 2 trial results for Relay Therapeutics’ PI3KA inhibitor in treating vascular malformations (VM), prompting the biotech to eye a potential path to accelerated approval.
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Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
Last month, Revolution Medicines’ RAS inhibitor doubled survival in a Phase 3 pancreatic cancer trial. On the biotech’s heels are Immuneering, Actuate Therapeutics, Erasca and more, looking to improve on that result with increased tolerability—and more time for patients.
The recent approval of Regeneron’s Otarmeni underscores the maturation of gene therapies across a range of diseases. Here, BioSpace reviews genetic medicines in development for the central nervous system, retinal, cardiac and neuromuscular diseases.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is spinning its wheels, unable to establish steady leadership at three major divisions—the CDC and the FDA’s two primary review units.
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Ascidian Therapeutics, a member of BioSpace’s NextGen Class of 2024, on Monday announced it received IND clearance from the FDA and was granted Fast Track designation for ACDN-01.
The FDA has granted Priority Review for AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s supplemental BLA for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive solid tumors.
After Tamar Bresge was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at age 15, her entrepreneurial father made it his mission to help find a cure.
Excluding its COVID-19-products Comirnaty and Paxlovid, Pfizer’s revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023 grew 8%. The company projects full-year revenue in 2024 to remain about flat.
A minority of companies in the industry use personality tests in hiring. Here’s why—and how to approach the assessments.
Gilead Sciences and Arcus Biosciences have amended their collaboration agreement in an effort to accelerate an anti-TIGIT program, the companies announced Monday.
Gene therapy company Sarepta Therapeutics provided additional data for SRP-5051 in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients who are amenable to exon 51 skipping.
Stringent regulation, manufacturing costs and absence of price control contribute to high GLP-1 agonist costs in the U.S. Patients could go to other countries for cheaper treatment.
After VX-548 demonstrated significant pain relief in surgical and non-surgical settings, Vertex Pharmaceuticals is preparing to file a New Drug Application for the non-opioid candidate by mid-2024.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ initial proposed drug price cuts, due to pharma companies by Thursday under the Inflation Reduction Act, could range from 25% to 60%, analysts told Reuters.