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Treatment with the TROP2 ADC sac-TMT led to a 70% objective response rate and progression-free survival was “significantly improved” as compared to placebo—the second positive readout for the asset this week.
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While the pathogen appears unlikely to trigger a pandemic, analysts see potential for Moderna to build goodwill amid a period of political pressure on vaccine manufacturers.
Clinical trial setbacks have limited the near-term opportunities for some of Daiichi Sankyo’s ADCs but the drug developer is betting near-term readouts will catapult it into the top tier of oncology companies in the coming years.
BioSpace analyzed the pay ratio across 10 major pharmaceutical companies to determine which CEOs were paid the most relative to typical employees. J&J, Eli Lilly and Pfizer once again topped the list.
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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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New Haven, Conn.-based BioXcel Therapeutics launched a wholly-owned subsidiary, OnkosXcel, to focus on oncology.
Regeneron announced it has acquired Checkmate Pharmaceuticals and that it has entered a clinical trial collaboration with SpringWorks Therapeutics to treat multiple myeloma.
Shares of Cassava Sciences plunged after multiple Alzheimer’s researchers raised new concerns about the company’s experimental Alzheimer’s treatment, simufilam.
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo reported that their supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Enhertu was granted Priority Review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Pharma giant Moderna has shared data on the development of a new bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine that performs better than its first booster that is currently on the market.
Global biopharmaceutical companies are pooling their respective resources against difficult-to-treat tumors, CNS diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
The data collected from the cut-off demonstrates that patients can maintain an average of 9.6 months without disease progression after the initial dosage of the tislelizumab-chemotherapy treatment.
To cope, life sciences companies are undertaking a supply chain risk assessment, conducting make-or-buy assessments, investing in supply chain technology and identifying backup suppliers.
Heat Biologics announced a new development underway in its partnership with Scorpion Biological Services to develop a manufacturing facility in Manhattan, Kansas.
Weeks after Imara announced its plans to discontinue the development of tovinontrinein for sickle cell and beta-thalassemia and heart failure, the company has culled 83% of its workforce.