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PD-(L)1×VEGF bispecifics have emerged as a closely watched new class in immuno-oncology, with multiple candidates advancing through trials in lung cancer. But the potential of these drugs may be highest in cancers where angiogenesis and immune escape are tightly intertwined.
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From Eli Lilly’s David Ricks to Pfizer’s Albert Bourla, the top five highest paid CEOs made a combined $157.8 million in 2025.
Partners Summit Therapeutics and Akeso are expected to steal the show at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual conference with data from their potential Keytruda rival, alongside Revolution Medicine’s groundbreaking pancreatic cancer candidate and other assets that could reshape patient care.
The tragic tale of TIGIT is well known. However, RIPK1, myc, STING and alpha-synuclein have also left a trail of failed clinical trials, canceled partnerships and sunk investments in their wake.
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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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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.
Former Agilent Technologies executive Jacob Thaysen will take the reins later this month replacing CEO Francis deSouza, who stepped down in June following a proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn.
The company Tuesday posted Sandoz’s financial performance for the first half of 2023, as it looks to secure the approval of shareholders this month for the generics and biosimilars spin-off.
The Swiss pharmaceutical company filed a suit Friday joining a growing group of legal complaints by Big Pharma seeking to block the Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Price Negotiation Program.
The companies are moving closer to traditional approval for the antibody-drug conjugate Tivdak, which met its primary endpoint for overall survival in an interim analysis.
$27.8B Amgen-Horizon deal gets FTC clearance with restrictions; the White House names first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations; Sage Therapeutics axes 40% of staff.
The vaccine was effective against previous COVID-19 variants but lacked efficacy against new ones, the company announced Thursday, leaving the booster no commercially viable options.
Under a consent order agreement announced Friday, Amgen is prohibited from bundling any of its products with Horizon’s Tepezza or Krystexxa, allaying the FTC’s primary concerns.
The antibody-drug conjugate will be pitted against chemotherapy in a heavily treated breast cancer subpopulation, with hopes of challenging AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s blockbuster Enhertu.