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The framework, first introduced by FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research head Vinay Prasad in November, was criticized for lacking detailed guidance. Agency leaders elucidated on the pathway for personalized medicines on Monday.
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The first gene therapies approved to treat sickle cell disease in December 2023 are struggling on the market. But there are glimpses of forward momentum as Vertex and Genetix Bio provide updates.
After last year’s ‘stampede’ for FGF21 assets, the focus for the metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis space has shifted toward differentiated approaches, such as THR-β agonists and combination treatments, that seek to mirror the commercial success of Madrigal’s Rezdiffra.
Maintaining America’s momentum demands that policymakers resist policies that undermine research and development incentives.
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Following the FDA’s refusal to review Moderna’s investigational mRNA flu vaccine last week, Commissioner Marty Makary faced questions from the U.S. president about the agency’s handling of vaccines. It’s a clear signal that the tension long brewing at the drug regulator has now gone all the way to the top.
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Under the research and development agreement announced Wednesday, Viatris is securing global rights to Idorsia’s late-stage heart and lupus candidates.
The vaccine maker’s fourth-quarter revenue and earnings on Wednesday missed Wall Street expectations, while providing full-year 2024 sales guidance of flat to lower than last year.
Plus, last week Richard Gonzalez announced his retirement from AbbVie, PhRMA appointed Gilead’s O’Day to chair its board and Joseph Papa became president and CEO of Emergent.
AbbVie continued its dealmaking spree Wednesday by partnering with OSE Immunotherapeutics to develop its early-stage, first-in-class antibody for chronic and severe inflammation.
This week Lori, Greg and Tyler discuss AbbVie: how longtime CEO Richard Gonzalez ⁠navigated Humira’s LOE⁠, his victorious retirement ⁠announcement⁠, and the future of biosimilars.
The Canadian biotech’s regulatory setbacks continued on Tuesday with an FDA Refusal to File letter for its intramuscular formulation of the humanized monoclonal antibody Trogarzo.
More than two years after an FDA rejection, AstraZeneca has given back to FibroGen U.S. and rest-of-world rights to the HIF-PH inhibitor, though the companies will maintain their contract in China and South Korea.
Amid the dual crises of worsening medicine quality and growing drug shortages, the FDA plans to increase inspections of Indian manufacturing facilities this year, Reuters reported Tuesday.
The FDA has rejected Minerva Neurosciences’ treatment for negative symptoms in schizophrenia, noting a lack of data and other factors that led to the Complete Response Letter.
From entering college in China at just 15 to co-inventing a drug for Bayer, Mei’s career journey has been far from average. Now CMO at Editas, he’s not done yet.