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Treatment with the TROP2 ADC sac-TMT led to a 70% objective response rate and progression-free survival was “significantly improved” as compared to placebo—the second positive readout for the asset this week.
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While the pathogen appears unlikely to trigger a pandemic, analysts see potential for Moderna to build goodwill amid a period of political pressure on vaccine manufacturers.
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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Robert Califf’s nomination to resume his role as FDA Commissioner continues to advance in the Senate, despite some opposition from a key Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin.
Bristol Myers Squibb and Exelixis reported two-year follow-up data from the Phase III trial of BMS’s checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) and Exelixis’ Cabometyx (cabozantinib).
The unspoken challenge is: how diverse can a trial run in the United States really be right now?
The three-year agreement leverages AvantGen’s yeast display technology for antibody discovery optimization to engineering antibodies into Antibody-Drug Conjugate treatments.
The grant is the latest in a steady stream of company advances highlighted by the addition of a chief financial officer in January and several collaborative agreements in the past year.
Roivant Sciences launches new subsidiary Hemavant that will develop Eisai-licensed asset for transfusion-dependent anemia in patients with low-risk MDS.
With EVADER, the Chameleon team hopes to make one-and-done treatments a relic of the past.
Six months after the one-time treatment, 47% of patients in Cohort 1 demonstrated a promising two-step or greater improvement in their diabetic retinopathy.
Since 2016 the state has offered more than $70 million in tax credits to 114 different entities and has generated about $140 million in investments into the state’s life sciences ecosystem.
CMS says it would only cover the cost of Biogen’s Aduhelm and any required scans “if they are enrolled in qualifying clinical trials.”