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The U.S. Congress greenlit a historic $315 million in federal ALS research funding for 2026 amid Rare Disease Month, spotlighting biotech progress like VectorY Therapeutics’ first patient dosing in its TDP-43-targeting PIONEER-ALS trial and EverythingALS’ pharma consortia driving biomarker innovations and trial alignment.
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Many scientists-turned-CEOs paradoxically abandon scientific principles when it comes to commercializing their innovations. But applying the scientific method to business decisions can help life science entrepreneurs avoid common pitfalls, attract investment and ultimately bring transformative technologies to market.
FDA vouchers are normally a coveted prize for biopharma companies, but a surprise rejection for Disc Medicine’s rare disease drug has biopharma reconsidering.
PitchBook’s 2025 biopharma VC analysis clocked $33.8 billion in capital dispatched in 2025, mainly to companies with later-stage programs ready to roll into the clinic.
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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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After shoring up quality control at its Reykjavik manufacturing facility, the biotech has resubmitted a BLA to the FDA seeking an interchangeability designation for its Humira biosimilar.
The settlement, announced Wednesday, ends a three-year legal battle allowing Teva Pharmaceuticals to make a generic version of Alkermes’ alcohol and opioid dependence drug Vivitrol.
With a recent study yielding positive results, experts say GLP-1 drugs are making headway in treating Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Following the FDA’s recent rejection of zuranolone in major depressive disorder, Sage Therapeutics has launched a strategic reorganization initiative including a 40% reduction in headcount.
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Amid a supply shortage of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and binge-eating disorder medication, the regulator has cleared a slew of generic drugs of Takeda’s Vyvanse pill.
Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday reported multi-billion earnings from its Kenvue consumer health spinout, with updated 2023 revenue guidance down from its previously announced range.
In this special report, BioSpace examines how the biopharma industry is grappling with impending consequences of the Inflation Reduction Act.
With new Alzheimer’s drugs receiving—and expected to receive—FDA approval, the market for diagnostic biomarker tests is set to expand.
This is the Danish company’s second obesity-focused acquisition in three weeks. Under the deal, Novo Nordisk receives the full rights to develop and commercialize Embark’s lead metabolic platform.
As the new CEO of LimmaTech Biologics, Haas’ IP and legal background sets him apart to lead the charge for the team’s bacterial vaccine pipeline.