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In its 2025 full year and fourth-quarter earnings call, Merck executives touted the merits of recent deals and what CEO Robert Davis called “probably the broadest and widest pipeline we’ve had in years.”
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After suffering in the wake of expired tax incentives for pharmas, the island is trying to take advantage of geopolitics to grow its drug manufacturing sector.
AstraZeneca’s $15 billion pledge to its China operations highlights the country’s advantages. But other regions are also hoping to host more clinical studies.
With Lykos’ regulatory failure now squarely in the rearview mirror, Compass Pathways and Definium are leading what one analyst suspects will be “a very big year for psychedelics.”
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Phacilitate’s annual event dawns as cell and gene therapies reach a new tipping point: the science has hit new heights just as regulatory and government policies spark momentum and frustration.
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With headwinds in the wider biotech sphere, the third quarter showed continuing vulnerabilities in the COVID space while the weight-loss drugs drove blockbuster sales.
The company on Wednesday reported nearly 50 billion euros, or $53.3 billion, in revenue with zero cash flow. Several layers of management will be eliminated as structural split-off strategies are considered.
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The third-quarter growth of Gilead’s HIV, oncology and cell therapy businesses was completely offset by declining COVID-19 and liver disease sales, with revenue flat compared to the same period last year.
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After winning traditional approval from the U.S. regulator, Eisai’s Alzheimer’s disease therapy Leqembi has seen a sharp increase in patient uptake, with a target of 10,000 patients by March 2024.
Activist hedge fund investor Elliott Investment Management has bought over a $1 billion stake in BioMarin as the biotech grapples with a leadership change and disappointing sales of its hemophilia A gene therapy.
Newer hiring models based on skills applicants have learned and their general potential for growth could avoid the drawbacks of relying on degrees and experience.
A combination of Gilead Sciences’ domvanalimab and Arcus Biosciences’ zimberelimab, along with chemo, has shown an “encouraging” overall response rate in a mid-stage study.
Although it hit primary and secondary endpoints in a Phase II study, Ventyx Biosciences concluded that the results weren’t strong enough to face the stiff competition for the indication.