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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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BioSpace sat down with Niko Andre, M.D., Ph.D., global franchise head for hematology and immuno-oncology at AstraZeneca.
MaaT Pharma decided today to end the Phase Ib CIMON study for MaaT03, the company’s second drug candidate and first oral formulation in Phase 1b clinical trial, following positive interim engraftment data of the drug.
Oncopeptides has discontinued the marketing of Pepaxto drug in the US. But, in a recent turnaround, they decided to withdraw this decision of stopping the production.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Complete Response Letter to Merck & Co. for its New Drug Application for gefapixant for refractory chronic cough or unexplained chronic cough.
FDA rejected OPKO’s once-weekly human growth hormone, somatrogon, which it co-developed with Pfizer for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in pediatric patients.
Suliman anticipates filing an Investigational New Drug application with the FDA for the PCD asset this year, and next year filing one for the cystic fibrosis asset.
TScan Therapeutics, Lyell, SQZ Biotech and others secured clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for their Investigational New Drug Application.
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It’s a landmark no one expected or wanted — more than 70 million confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. with 866,000 deaths. For that and more COVID-19 news, continue reading.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved SKYRIZI (risankizumab-rzaa), AbbVie’s proposed treatment for adults diagnosed with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
Gilead has announced they are pulling cancer drug Zydelig (idelalisib) off the market for certain types of cancer after failing to complete follow-up clinical trials to confirm efficacy and safety.