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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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Curevo, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, is developing safe and highly-effective vaccines to fight infectious diseases such as shingles.
The EMA’s safety committee has announced that they are reviewing reports of menstrual disorders after people received COVID-19 vaccinations from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
Shares of Cassava Sciences are up more than 5% in premarket trading after the FDA denied a Citizen Petition filed last year to suspend the company’s Alzheimer’s clinical trials.
New research published this week gives a greater understanding of why the CDC warned of an increased risk of stillbirth for women infected by SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy in November.
New two-year data from Phase III studies of Susvimo and Vabysmo reinforce the two drugs’ potential to improve the quality of life of patients diagnosed with DME and nAMD.
On Feb. 15, the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee is scheduled to discuss an amended EUA for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the under 5 age group.
President Biden called for the U.S. Senate to approve his Build Back Better legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs provided through Medicare.
CMS issued a draft decision for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug and said it would only cover the cost of Aduhelm and any required scans “if they are enrolled in qualifying clinical trials.”
The promising results from the pediatric expansion are what fuels Novavax’s next move to apply for regulatory approval for the 12-to-17-year age group by the first quarter of 2022.