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        As the industry loses one of its key female leaders in GSK CEO Emma Walmsley, BioSpace profiles the women leading the industry’s smaller biopharmas.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Drug pricing criticism often fixates on a price at a single point in time but drug pricing is never static.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Cell and gene therapy experts question where the FDA designation fits in an environment that features a range of intersecting regulatory perks.
    
        
    
        
    
        
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        Companies are announcing significant investments in U.S. manufacturing in response to looming tariffs. An AstraZeneca executive and Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk spokespeople discuss potential job and skill-building opportunities and where manufacturing might head in the future.
    
        
    
        
    
        
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        BioSpace Senior Editor Annalee Armstrong reflects on the year that was, and what’s to come in 2025.
    
        
    
        
    
        
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        Glaukos’ Epioxa allows cross-linking therapy for keratoconus without requiring an incision. The biotech expects to launch the drug early next year.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Recent headlines proclaim a ‘potential’ or ‘functional’ cure for multiple myeloma, but the fight against the disease must continue.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        After a chaotic year that has seen the attrition of over half the FDA’s senior leadership, many of these individuals have landed new roles—at Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Iovance and more. The FDA’s loss, it seems, is largely the pharmaceutical industry’s gain.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz clarified that a deal has not yet been sealed with the manufacturer of semaglutide, Novo Nordisk, or any other GLP-1 drugmaker.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Roche will gain worldwide rights outside of the Greater China region to Hansoh’s HS-20110, an antibody-drug conjugate in early-stage development for colorectal cancer.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher awards companies that align with specific national priorities—such as boosting domestic manufacturing and lowering drug prices—with faster reviews and more frequent interactions with the FDA.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        With more than $1.5 billion on the line, Gilead looks to bolster its CAR T portfolio.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        EMD Serono will offer its fertility treatments on TrumpRx at a steep discount, and Roche’s direct-to-consumer offering will cover its flu pill Xofluza.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        In this episode presented by PII, BioSpace’s head of insights discusses decentralized clinical studies and how connected technology can improve patient compliance with guests Oliver Eden and Travis Webb.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The partners have yet to disclose what their priority indications are, though EVOQ’s NanoDisc technology aims to enable the development of potentially curative treatments for autoimmune conditions such as celiac disease and type 1 diabetes.
    
        
    
        
    
        
     
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
