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        Of the 25 companies receiving tax incentives in Massachusetts, 23 will add jobs outside of Boston and Cambridge. Medtronic, which is receiving the largest award, will create 220 roles in Billerica. Other recipients include AbbVie, Dyne Therapeutics and Viridian Therapeutics.
    
        
    
        
    
        
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        While a new facility setup program aimed at encouraging onshoring received a positive reception at a recent meeting, industry representatives said the current rules on existing production plants are the main regulatory issues facing manufacturing teams.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        To drive true innovation in drug development, executives must not let excitement about the latest shiny object obscure ultimate outcomes.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Heading into the final quarter of a year that has seen dramatic upheaval at the FDA—from the exodus of numerous senior leaders to unclear policy changes and a safety saga that engulfed the gene therapy space—drug approvals appear roughly on par with recent years. 
    
        
    
        
    
        
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        While the former Biden administration showcased the Inflation Reduction Act as a key victory in the fight over high drug prices in the U.S., Trump has so far been mum on how the controversial law could evolve in the coming years.
    
        
    
        
    
        
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        Seven Novo Nordisk board members have resigned. The new board headed by former Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Rebien Sørensen will align behind the new CEO’s massive restructuring plan.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The company is dropping its social anxiety disorder program but will still test the molecule in post-traumatic stress disorder.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The company’s technology, a modified herpes simplex virus used to deliver gene therapies, was given the FDA’s new designation based on its approved topical skin cream. What this will mean for Krystal’s still-in-development eye drop is unclear.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        In this episode presented by Element Materials Technology, guests Dr. Jihye Jang-Lee and Dr. Khanh Courtney will explore how healthcare and pharmaceutical players are rethinking their strategies amid global supply chain disruption.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Galapagos at the start of the year had planned to split into two businesses, with one resulting entity focused on cell therapies. The biotech nixed these plans a few months later, instead choosing to put up for sale multiple cell therapy assets.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        With data from the Phase III STELLAR-303 study in the books, Exelixis is plotting a 2025 regulatory application for zanzalintinib.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        In May, Summit released early data from the Phase III HARMONi study showing that while the PD-1/VEGF inhibitor resulted in significant progression-free survival improvements, it fell short of the overall survival bar.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The death occurred in a patient who had a complex medical background and who was being managed with several drugs, according to RBC Capital.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        To tailor cancer therapies to individual patients, Moderna, BioNTech and other companies are rethinking how they optimize manufacturing schedules and resources.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The anti-CD20 antibody, developed by Roche’s Genentech along with Biogen and already approved for multiple oncology indications, is branching into autoimmune disease. Its B cell–targeting mechanism of action gives it activity in improving kidney conditions in patients with lupus nephritis. 
    
        
    
        
    
        
     
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
