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With the biopharma industry performing better of late, analysts, executives and other industry watchers are “cautiously optimistic”—a term heard all over the streets of San Francisco at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference earlier this month.
Bristol Myers Squibb, GSK and Merck are contributing drug ingredients as part of their deals with the White House but are keeping many of the terms of their agreements private.
Some 200 rare disease therapies are at risk of losing eligibility for a pediatric priority review voucher, a recent analysis by the Rare Disease Company Coalition shows. That could mean $4 billion in missed revenue for already cash-strapped biotechs.
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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.
The persistent shortage of genuine glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist products has led to an increase in fake versions, the World Health Organization warned on Monday.
On the heels of ArriVent and CG Oncology’s upsized IPOs last week, Alto Neuroscience and Fractyl Health on Monday announced their respective plans to go public.
Bristol Myers Squibb’s PD-1 inhibitor was unable to outperform the placebo arm in improving disease-free survival in renal cell carcinoma patients at high risk of relapse after surgery.
The clinical development pipeline for vaccines is broad but shallow with a large proportion of programs dedicated to COVID-19, according to a new report by industry group Biotechnology Innovation Organization.
The CEOs of J&J and Merck have finally committed to testifying before the Senate health committee regarding the high prices of drugs in the U.S. The hearing is set for Feb. 8.
The blockbuster immunotherapy secured separate late-stage victories as an adjuvant-setting treatment in renal cell carcinoma and muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma.