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The lineup at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference will provide critical insight into where the industry is headed with regard to targets being explored to vanquish the elusive neurodegenerative disease.
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Psychedelics are gaining momentum in depression, with one treating physician predicting that the drug class could “wipe out the SSRIs” if safety and durability hold up.
Saol Therapeutics is the latest biotech to resubmit for approval of a drug rejected under former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, following REGENXBIO and Replimune.
Even as FDA approvals for biologic therapies fell in the first half of 2026, regulatory experts are optimistic about a turnaround in the rare disease space after the departure of key leaders at the agency. Still, there will continue to be tension between science and politics.
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Congressional letters sent to the CEOs of Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, BMS and AbbVie this week voicing concerns about the pharmas’ clinical trials in China highlight an ongoing discrepancy in how government and industry think about the rise of the Asian country’s biotech industry.
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The company can make 10 million doses available next year, with $600 million to $1 billion in revenue potential into 2025, “albeit perhaps lower on price, discounts and donations,” according to Jefferies analyst Peter Welford.
Just months after a jury ordered payment to Pfizer in the patent infringement case, a Delaware judge has nullified the award and invalidated the patents behind the lawsuit involving AstraZeneca’s blockbuster lung cancer drug.
The Biden administration on Thursday touted discounts of up to 79%, but many of these first 10 drugs are already sold well below list price.
Workforce reductions for the first half of August outpace May, June and July’s monthly totals.
Lori and guests address clinical trial design, which if done without careful consideration of the patient population can exclude patients from clinical trials instead of being inclusive.
The regulator’s approval of Livdelzi for primary biliary cholangitis under the accelerated pathway is a boost to Gilead Sciences’ liver disease business. Analysts expect the drug to reach more than $1 billion in sales.
Nearly two weeks ahead of its target action date, the regulator on Wednesday has signed off on Incyte and Syndax’s Niktimvo for the third-line treatment of graft-versus-host disease.
Likely to miss its initiation target, bluebird bio has renegotiated the loan deals of its agreement with Hercules Capital, giving it until June 30 next year—at the latest.
The Biden administration on Thursday announced that the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program will save the U.S. government around $6 billion in its first year of implementation.
To avoid being laid off, a third of biopharma professionals would take a pay cut and nearly a quarter would take a demotion, according to BioSpace LinkedIn polls. We spoke to several professionals about their layoff experiences and what they would—and wouldn’t—have done to keep their jobs.