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Having secured deals with AstraZeneca and Novartis, Niowave is constructing a second facility to meet rising demand for actinium-225, which can be used to develop next-generation radiopharmaceuticals.
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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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CRISPR Therapeutics, Clovis Oncology and VistaGen all released Q2 results this week, while GreenLight Biosciences has some extra cash to work with.
Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca report another first-in-class approval for Enhertu, Bayer snags an sNDA in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer and Merck faces contamination challenges with Januvia.
Roche Wins Approval for Flu Drug in Young Children, Pfizer Touts Positive Results for Infant Vaccine
Roche and Pfizer shared positive news from their respective forays into a new pneumococcal vaccine for infants and a treatment for influenza in small children.
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu has been approved by the FDA as the first HER2-directed medicine for the treatment of patients with HER2-mutant metastatic NSCLC.
Amgen announced two lung cancer studies with mixed results, Innovent dosed the first patient in a Phase I diabetic macular edema study and HUTCHMED hit the primary endpoint in colorectal cancer.
This week’s Movers & Shakers include Scribe, Appia Bio, Chimerix and KemPharm, all announcing new VP roles. Companies also plan for the future with the implementation of a succession plan.
The makers of ranitidine-based products, such as Sanofi, GSK and Haleon, are reeling from lawsuits related to carcinogenic contamination that could result in billions of dollars in damages.
Centessa halted ZF874 following the report of an adverse event that involved elevated liver enzymes in a Phase I study. This is the second development program the company has stopped in as many months.
A new study on Alzheimer’s disease ties the brain’s immune response to the condition, while scientists have identified a better antibody treatment for cancer and more research news.