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European pharma companies splashed billions of dollars into the U.S. biopharma sector in a matter of days, but there are differing views on whether the activity represents the rise of a new buyer class or a quirk of timing.
Three pharma CEOs joined the $30 million compensation club in 2025 but Eli Lilly’s David Ricks exceeded his nearest peer by more than $4 million.
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After years of suffering from a bear market and more than 14 months of geopolitical turmoil shaking the macroenvironment, biotech appears to be moving on.
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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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The RNAi therapy, which the companies are co-developing and commercializing, reduced blood pressure in hypertensive patients with high cardiovascular risk by 15 mmHg over placebo.
At the recommendation of an independent data monitoring committee, J&J decided to stop the MACiTEPH trial in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension due to futility.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana has filed a case against Bristol Myers Squibb alleging the company conducted patent fraud to extend protections for its multiple myeloma drug Pomalyst.
The company has withdrawn a suit against the Department of Health and Human Services after its prostate cancer therapy was not included in Medicare’s initial drug price negotiation list.
Interim data from the company’s late-stage clinical trial suggests its cell therapy treatment for heart failure likely won’t meet the primary efficacy endpoint, BioCardia announced on Tuesday.
The vaccine maker reported new trial data confirming an 8.7 to 11-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies against circulating strains, including the highly watched BA.2.86, EG.5 and FL.1.5.1 variants.
Citing the need to improve its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, the regulator has declined AstraZeneca’s bid to get its C5 complement inhibitor approved in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
Monitoring rebates from drugmakers will be critical as provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act are implemented, including drug price negotiations, the Government Accountability Office contends.
Biotech Beam Therapeutics has dosed the first patient in a Phase I/II study of its base-edited CAR-T therapy in relapsed or refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.
With several of the first 10 selected drugs facing patent expirations and generic competition, the drug price negotiations dictated by the IRA may not greatly affect revenues. But that could change quickly.