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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals’ Imcivree reduced fat—while boosting muscle—in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome.
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Over the past decade, Eli Lilly has bought out more biotechs than any of the other top 12 pharmas by revenue—with 10 of those acquisitions arriving just this year.
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FDA veteran Peter Marks will now shape the future of Eli Lilly’s vaccines work after the buys of Curevo, LimmaTech Biologics and Vaccine Company for up to $3.8 billion total.
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Tuesday, AbbVie partnered with Anima Biotech to discover and develop mRNA modulators in a collaboration of up to $582 million. The partnership will focus on three oncology and immunology targets.
Neurocrine Biosciences and Voyager Therapeutics inked a CNS-targeted collaboration potentially worth a potential $4.4 billion.
Twist Bioscience announced a partnership with Astellas Pharma on Monday, seeking to discover antibodies against several targets to hit on curative therapies for hard-to-treat diseases.
Takeda and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals’ Phase II trial studying fazirsiran, an investigational RNA therapeutic developed for AATD-LD, was effective in Phase II–but so was the placebo.
Day One Biopharmaceutical reported positive topline data from a Phase II trial in pediatric low-grade glioma, confirming earlier results.
Italian biopharma Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA announced Sunday it was acquiring rare disease-focused Amryt Pharma in a deal that could reach up to $1.48 billion in value.
The pharma titan adds an intriguing blood pressure medication to its line up with a buyout of CinCor.
Ipsen bolsters rare disease portfolio with acquisition of liver disease specialist Albireo.
The FDA approved Eisai and Biogen’s lecanemab (Leqembi) Friday afternoon. It is the second anti-amyloid antibody to be approved for Alzheimer’s disease in two years.