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Update: Reversal after 20 deaths allows new Japan patients to take Amgen’s rare disease drug Tavneos
Kissei Pharmaceutical is reversing a recommendation related to Amgen-shared Tavneos that it made just a few days ago, now saying the rare disease drug can be given to new patients.
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Clinical trial setbacks have limited the near-term opportunities for some of Daiichi Sankyo’s ADCs but the drug developer is betting near-term readouts will catapult it into the top tier of oncology companies in the coming years.
BioSpace analyzed the pay ratio across 10 major pharmaceutical companies to determine which CEOs were paid the most relative to typical employees. J&J, Eli Lilly and Pfizer once again topped the list.
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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 71st annual American College of Cardiology’s Scientific Session saw several wins over the weekend, led by some of the life sciences industries’ largest companies.
On March 31, Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Nuvalent announced that Anna Protopapas has been appointed as Chair of its Board of Directors.
After wrapping up March with a flurry of PDUFA dates, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a more leisurely calendar for the first three weeks of April, at least in terms of drug approvals.
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It was a particularly busy week for clinical trial announcements. Let’s take a look.
The landmark Human Challenge Programme deliberately exposed 36 young and healthy participants ages 18 to 30 with no immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 virus for 14 days.
Dozens of life sciences companies are relocating to accommodate more employees and production capacities.
Job cuts in biotech tend to occur during the end of a quarter, and the end of this first quarter is no different. Continue reading for news of four biotech companies making workforce layoffs this week.