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Treatment with the TROP2 ADC sac-TMT led to a 70% objective response rate and progression-free survival was “significantly improved” as compared to placebo—the second positive readout for the asset this week.
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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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Proximity bias, a term that describes how managers tend to favor those they see in person, may force remote and hybrid workers to work harder to keep up with their in-person counterparts.
The RSV race has lost one high-profile contender as Janssen announced it is discontinuing the Phase III EVERGREEN trial studying its RSV vaccine candidate.
A federal court sided in favor of Vanda Pharmaceuticals in its Freedom of Information Act case against the FDA regarding the CRL for its sleep drug label expansion.
In an earnings call Wednesday, bluebird bio revealed it is unlikely to meet its first-quarter goal to submit a Biologics License Application for sickle cell disease (SCD) gene therapy lovo-cel.
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Citing reports of “alarming toxicity” among other accusations, short-seller Scorpion Capital will file a Citizen’s Petition with the FDA to have its approval of Wakix withdrawn.
Boston-based Covant Therapeutics gained $10 million upfront in a deal with Boehringer Ingelheim to chase after a cancer immunotherapy target, ADAR1.
Tuesday, Viking Therapeutics released Phase I results for its weight-loss candidate VK2735, which demonstrated a good safety and tolerability profile and resulted in significant weight reductions.
Intra-Cellular Therapies’ Caplyta met its primary endpoint in the Phase III Study 403 trial, easing the burden of depressive episodes in patients with major depressive disorder or bipolar depression.
Bristol Myers Squibb is expanding its strategic collaboration with German partner Evotec for eight more years to discover and develop treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.