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A single 1-mg/kg dose of Eli Lilly’s base editor can lower LDL cholesterol levels by 62% in patients with a heritable form of hypercholesterolemia. The pharma acquired the asset last year in the $1.3 billion Verve Therapeutics buy.
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While the pathogen appears unlikely to trigger a pandemic, analysts see potential for Moderna to build goodwill amid a period of political pressure on vaccine manufacturers.
Clinical trial setbacks have limited the near-term opportunities for some of Daiichi Sankyo’s ADCs but the drug developer is betting near-term readouts will catapult it into the top tier of oncology companies in the coming years.
BioSpace analyzed the pay ratio across 10 major pharmaceutical companies to determine which CEOs were paid the most relative to typical employees. J&J, Eli Lilly and Pfizer once again topped the list.
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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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Farallon Capital Management is waging a proxy battle with Exelixis over R&D spending. The hedge fund issued a letter to the company’s board of directors on Wednesday.
NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo to all field offices clarifying the board’s recent ruling in a case regarding severance agreements.
Phase III data for Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate showed high levels of protection for older adults and infants.
AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi and Lynparza met primary endpoint markers in the Phase III DUO-O trial in advanced high-grade epithelial ovarian cancer, according to data released Wednesday.
Proxygen added Merck to its partner roster on Wednesday, garnering an undisclosed upfront payment plus a potential $2.55 billion in milestones.
The FDA has granted emergency use authorization to InflaRx’s vilobelimab, now to be marketed as Gohibic, for hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19, the German biotech announced Tuesday.
The Inflation Reduction Act contains provisions designed to influence drug prices. These policies might affect drug development and the prioritization of new drugs.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released details about the patient registry it will require physicians to use to prescribe Leqembi, should it be approved by the FDA.
The money saved on canceling the existing studies is intended to fund the advancement of two other oncology pipeline assets.
With an inaugural $350 million fund, Cure Ventures launched Tuesday to support early-stage companies with cutting-edge curative technologies and help them de-risk their science