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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.
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BioSpace examines how the FDA approval of Eli Lilly’s oral obesity drug Foundayo has ignited a key race with Novo Nordisk.
Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
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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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In the third deal in as many days, Roche is paying $66 million upfront to MOMA Therapeutics to find new drugs to go after cancer cell growth, with a potential $2 billion total in milestones and royalties.
Wednesday’s settlement resolves a legal dispute between Daiichi Sankyo Europe and Esperion Therapeutics regarding milestone payments under their cardiovascular drug collaboration.
The late-stage pharmacokinetic study was stopped early due to efficacy at interim analysis, Lyndra Therapeutics said Thursday. A six-month safety study will start in the second half of 2024.
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Novo Nordisk’s partnerships with Flagship Pioneering-backed Omega and Cellarity, each worth up to $532 million, will explore novel treatment approaches to obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.
With a PDUFA date in the second quarter of 2024, Pfizer is poised to compete with CSL Behring, whose Hemgenix became the first FDA-approved gene therapy for hemophilia B in November 2022.
The Interface Biosciences co-founder said forging the relationships needed to launch a startup can be a challenge for members of underrepresented groups, making confidence and adaptability key.
Rapport Therapeutics tops this year’s list with $250 million in Series A and B financing in just six months.
While GLP-1 drugs have exploded in popularity, they don’t work for everyone, and experts say phenotyping based on a greater understanding of the disease is the future of obesity treatment.
Tome Biosciences has only been on the scene for a short time but on Tuesday notched an acquisition of CRISPR-based biotech Replace Therapeutics for $65 million upfront.