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Eli Lilly continues to spend its GLP-1 landfall with four new deals in the past week, including three in the vaccine space; the obesity leader also touted surgery-like results for its next-gen weight loss drug; Moderna’s stock climbs on the hantavirus “fear trade”; and in oncology, all eyes are on Revolution at ASCO this week.
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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.
Analysts homed in on Duchenne muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy type 1 assets during first quarter earnings as major players like REGENXBIO and Novartis as well as Dyne, Wave, Solid and Sarepta near the regulatory finish line.
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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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Early data from Amgen’s ongoing trial on Lumakras for non-small cell lung cancer hinted at positive results from what could be a transformative combination of drugs versus cancer.
BioSpace takes a look at some of the recent legal battles and settlements related to the opioid epidemic across the industry.
An NIH-sponsored trial assessing a combination of Humanigen’s lenzilumab and Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir in hospitalized COVID-19 patients failed to achieve the primary endpoint.
Sanofi, Certara, Pfizer and Thermo Fisher are facing hiring challenges head-on with a common strategy: upskilling programs. They use these programs to fill open roles while training and retaining existing talent.
In what seems like an unlikely collaboration, Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) is partnering with Amazon to develop cancer vaccines.
Atara announced that it has completed an interim analysis of its Phase II EMBOLD trial for the use of its candidate ATA188 in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis.
Aldeyra Therapeutics announced results from a crossover clinical trial, showing that its drug candidate reproxalap was effective in improving ocular redness and tear production in patients with dry eye disease.
Moderna has dosed its first participant in a Phase I clinical trial of mRNA-1215, a vaccine designed to fight the Nipah virus (NiV), a virus contracted in humans through animals.
Annexon and Pliant Therapeutics both made efforts to secure additional financing to support their R&D endeavors.
Backed by biopharma royalty, Areteia Therapeutics will focus on developing an old molecule for a very prevalent disease - asthma.