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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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Biogen expects to lay off a potential 1,000 staffers in an effort to cut about $1 billion in costs, according to The Boston Globe, while 10x Genomics and Talis Biomedical also cut staff.
BeiGene and Novartis’ unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treatment, Tislelizumab, is gaining ground as a potential treatment for advanced liver cancer.
Novavax released its second quarter financial results, showing a dramatic adjustment in its sales outlook, while BioNTech prepares to launch two variant-adopted bivalent shots.
Job descriptions are the candidate’s first impression of a company. And if that introduction includes exclusionary language, they’re less likely to apply even if they are the perfect fit for the job.
The week started off with a clinical bang for Verona Pharma, Kodiak, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo with wins in COPD, lung cancer and macular edema respectively.
Mersana unveiled a global collaboration with GSK, which gives GSK the exclusive option to co-develop and commercialize Mersana’s antibody-drug conjugate XMT-2056.
Industry executives often lament the fact that clinical trials take a long time to complete and often fail. BioSpace spoke with Tufts’ Ken Getz about possible reasons and solutions.
A recent report predicts multiple acquisitions are set to be announced in the second half of the year, particularly by companies that have strong revenue streams from COVID-19 products.
Karuna Therapeutics released results from the Phase III EMERGENT-2 trial showing that KarXT, its lead candidate, can strongly reduce symptom severity in schizophrenia patients.
The Inflation Reduction Act, which is expected to have wide-ranging implications for the pharmaceutical industry, will still need to go to the House of Representatives.