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While both Beam Therapeutics and Wave Life Sciences touted notable biomarker benefits for their respective alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency assets, analysts said that Beam might have the efficacy advantage as Wave’s drug hits an efficacy “ceiling.”
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Biotech is increasingly financed, governed and regulated as though it were a mature pharmaceutical industry rather than a discovery system built around scientific uncertainty. Structural changes are needed to sustain the sector’s strategic innovation.
BioSpace examines how the FDA approval of Eli Lilly’s oral obesity drug Foundayo has ignited a key race with Novo Nordisk.
Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
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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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The FDA had a busy week, approving drugs, greenlighting clinical trials and other regulatory activities for Immuneering, Amylyx, Sarepta, Sanofi, and Regeneron and more.
Shares of Rocket Pharmaceuticals jumped Friday morning after the company announced positive clinical updates from a Phase I study of patients diagnosed with Danon disease.
In its ongoing battle against counterfeit drug rings, Gilead Sciences announced it has identified two “kingpins” behind the scheme to sell illegitimate HIV medications.
The HHS Office of Inspector General found that of 278 accelerated approvals between 1992 and 2021, 104 had incomplete confirmatory trials, according to a report issued Thursday.
As it gears up to launch several new products, Moderna has created a new leadership role and onboarded an industry veteran.
Solid Biosciences and AavantiBio – announced Friday they are merging to develop a portfolio of neuromuscular and cardiac programs, initially focusing on Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Two years after receiving a Complete Response Letter for its hemophilia gene therapy, BioMarin is heading back to the FDA with stronger and more robust data for potential approval.
Biogen and Eisai’s lecanemab win this week provides an opportunity to stop and consider whether science is closer to a cure or symptom management for Alzheimer’s disease.
The biopharma world - and markets - spent Thursday evening reacting after the FDA gave the green light to only its third-ever drug for ALS, Amylyx’s Relyvrio.
This week, researchers published results from studies on treatments in lung disease, Alzheimer’s and various cancers. Here’s a look at that and more.