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Just a few days after FDA Commissioner Makary resigned, ally Tracy Beth Høeg is also leaving the agency. Her departure comes amid reports of tension over a commissioner’s voucher for Sanofi’s diabetes drug.
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European pharma companies splashed billions of dollars into the U.S. biopharma sector in a matter of days, but there are differing views on whether the activity represents the rise of a new buyer class or a quirk of timing.
Three pharma CEOs joined the $30 million compensation club in 2025 but Eli Lilly’s David Ricks exceeded his nearest peer by more than $4 million.
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After years of suffering from a bear market and more than 14 months of geopolitical turmoil shaking the macroenvironment, biotech appears to be moving on.
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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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Rivus raised $132 million in a Series B financing round that will be used in developing HU6, a new drug class designed to treat cardio-metabolic disease by addressing obesity.
Carisma Therapeutics is merging with Sesen Bio to advance Carisma’s cell therapy platform - in particular, its chimeric antigen receptor macrophage (CAR-M) therapies.
Celltrion agreed Wednesday to jointly develop Abpro’s cancer molecule ABP-102 in a deal that could net as much as $1.75 billion. See inside for more cancer collaborations.
Novo Nordisk and Octagon Therapeutics announced that they forged a research collaboration focused on inflammatory diseases.
After enduring nine months of clinical holds, Merck announced that it is restarting the Phase III clinical program for islatravir, its candidate for people with HIV-1 infection.
A 3-judge panel questioned the legitimacy of Johnson & Johnson’s plan to form a subsidiary company with the purpose of absorbing legal liabilities from talc-related lawsuits.
Poxel presented positive histology data from its Phase II DESTINY-1 trial in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), with its primary efficacy endpoint of liver fat decrease at 36 weeks.
This week’s money flowed into various therapeutic areas like cancer and inflammatory disorders, while government and philanthropic grants fund the fight against infectious diseases.
The FDA granted rare pediatric disease designation to AVR-RD-04, an experimental gene therapy treatment for the lysosomal storage disease cystinosis, AVROBIO announced Tuesday.
Shares of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals plunged 33% upon the release of briefing documents for an FDA advisory meeting regarding poziotinib