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After less than three weeks on the job, Katherine Szarama is being replaced by Karim Mikhail as acting head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. Mikhail had previously spent more than 20 years at Merck and joined the FDA last year.
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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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CVS Health has seen about 40% patient diversity in the work it has done so far, Josh Rose, VP and head of decentralized clinical trials, site solutions and strategy told BioSpace.
Pfizer inked an Equity Subscription Agreement with France-based Valneva. They also updated their Collaboration and License deal for a Lyme disease vaccine that was announced in April.
Extension data from the Phase II TOPAZ trial showed that apitegromab yielded sustained and continued benefits in non-ambulatory patients with types 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
The FDA’s decision is based on positive results from two induction and one maintenance clinical study of AbbVie’s Skyrizi for Crohn’s disease.
BioSpace spoke with Janssen’s Fiona Elwood about the company’s myasthenia gravis candidate nipocalimab, which is currently recruiting for two Phase III trials.
Olema president and CEO Sean Bohen spoke with BioSpace about why he believes his company’s approach with a SERD and ER antagonist can successfully treat an advanced form of breast cancer.
An FDA advisory committee voted against Acadia Pharmaceutical’s supplemental New Drug Application of Nuplazid tablets for the treatment of Alzheimer’s-related psychosis.
Pharmaceutical giant Merck is exploring a possible purchase of biotech company Seagen, according to The Wall Street Journal.
VBI Vaccines and Hepion Pharmaceuticals have received Orphan Drug Designations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for their experimental cancer drugs.
BMS, TG Therapeutics, Spero and Merck are all preparing for PDUFA dates over the next couple of weeks. Here’s a closer look.