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BioSpace examines how the FDA approval of Eli Lilly’s oral obesity drug Foundayo has ignited a key race with Novo Nordisk.
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Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
Last month, Revolution Medicines’ RAS inhibitor doubled survival in a Phase 3 pancreatic cancer trial. On the biotech’s heels are Immuneering, Actuate Therapeutics, Erasca and more, looking to improve on that result with increased tolerability—and more time for patients.
The recent approval of Regeneron’s Otarmeni underscores the maturation of gene therapies across a range of diseases. Here, BioSpace reviews genetic medicines in development for the central nervous system, retinal, cardiac and neuromuscular diseases.
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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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The annual meeting of the American Headache Society (AHS) is being held in Denver, Colorado from June 9-12. Here’s a look at just some of the wide-ranging research being presented.
The FDA plans to review changes to Novavax’s manufacturing process before it authorizes its vaccine.
Seelos Therapeutics announced in vitro data Thursday supporting its gene therapy, SLS-004. SLS-004 is intended for the treatment of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).
COVID-19 is turning out to be a particularly tenacious disease. And researchers are starting to understand why. Also, a new study found that COVID-19 deaths were higher in Republican-voting counties.
Bluebird bio faces a two-day crucible as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Cell, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee will give two lentiviral vector gene therapies a thumbs up or down.
The Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund II will invest mainly in later-stage biopharmaceutical firms in Europe, focusing on marketing treatments for diseases with high unmet needs.
Takeda announced results from its Phase III clinical trial on TAK-003, its dengue fever vaccine candidate, at the Northern European Conference of Travel Medicine.
Degron Therapeutics, based in Shanghai, announced Thursday that it has secured $22 million in Series A financing for its unique molecular glue-based targeted protein degradation platform GlueXplorer.
Precision BioSciences’ clinical program exploring allogeneic CAR T therapy may well produce a market pioneer after initial data showed its ability to deliver a 100% overall response rate.
Mineralys Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a best-in-class, novel therapy for high blood pressure, closed a $118 million Series B investment round.