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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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Several biopharma companies have adjusted their leadership teams to include new chief executive officers who are expected to guide the companies and their programs into the future.
With the beginning of a new year, many biopharmaceutical companies are reporting financial raises to advance their pipelines. BioSpace takes a quick look at some of them.
Pfizer and BioNTech are developing a vaccine for the prevention of shingles while Moderna is in a Phase I study of an mRNA vaccine for the Epstein-Barr Virus.
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Evidence continues to accumulate suggesting that Omicron, although significantly more infectious than previous COVID-19 strains, causes less severe disease.
BioSpace is proud to present its NextGen Bio “Class of 2022,” a list of up-and-coming life sciences companies in North America that recently launched.
AVROBIO is switching priorities in 2022 away from its Fabry disease program and into its other more lucrative clinical-stage projects.
Companies large and small have increased the prices of their drugs so far this week. The drug price increases when the market is seeing high inflation.
DNA Script announced it secured a $200 million Series C financing, bringing the total amount raised by the biotech company to $315 million since its founding in 2014.
The indictment against the scientists point in specific to GSK’s code of conduct, which prohibits any company information from being shared externally without approval.
The FDA decided to lift the hold for its Phase IIa trial of SPR720 after Spero submitted a comprehensive analysis from the NHP toxicology study.