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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.
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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In its Q2 conference call, Sarepta Therapeutics indicated plans to accelerate its timeline for SRP-9001 a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
The real positive drivers were Eylea and Dupixent. Eylea climbed 14% to $1.62 billion, while Dupixent sales jumped almost 40% to $2.09 billion for the second quarter.
There are many more shots on cancer this week as funding went to oncology-focused companies such as GluBio and Shanghai-based OriCell.
The debate over drug pricing tends to heat up during election season. With the mid-terms in November, we’re going through the cycle once again, sparked by provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Alnylam revealed its Phase III APOLLO-B study, which showed that patisiran improves both functional capacity and quality of life in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
The layoffs trend in the life sciences industry is continuing into the final months of 2022. See inside for details on which companies are reducing staff to increase cash flow.
Roche signed a big $6 billion-plus collaboration deal with Poseida on blood cancers while its partner, AC Immune, parsed failed data on an Alzheimer’s drug to suggest a positive spin.
Although no new safety concerns were observed, Merck’s Keytruda did not demonstrate significant improvements based on the pre-specified statistical plan.
While Moderna’s sole marketable program is its COVID-19 vaccine, CEO Stéphane Bancel said the company is “actively working to prepare...new product launches to help patients and drive growth.”
Ipsen said that Onivyde did not show greater benefit than topotecan used in patients with SCLC who have progressed on or after platinum-based first-line therapy treatment.