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Partners Summit Therapeutics and Akeso are expected to steal the show at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual conference with data from their potential Keytruda rival, alongside Revolution Medicine’s groundbreaking pancreatic cancer candidate and other assets that could reshape patient care.
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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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Takeda hoped that its experimental therapy could become the first FDA-approved treatment for EoE. However, the FDA wants the company to initiate another clinical study with TAK-721.
The company aims to use the $100 million investment to support biotechnology firms involved in treating mental diseases and longevity projects.
The new Phase III study will include an enhanced version of the Viaskin Peanut patch, approximately 50% larger than the patch initially rejected by the FDA.
Allakos reported mixed results on two clinical trials, the Phase II ENIGMA 2 and Phase II/III KRYPTOS trials of lirentelimab.
Dr. Charles Lieber was convicted Tuesday by a federal jury after being found guilty of lying to the U.S. government about his questionable ties with the People’s Republic of China.
Novartis believes Gyroscope’s investigational Phase II gene therapy for geographic atrophy has the potential to become the first therapy that demonstrates sustained efficacy for GA patients.
Ten studies are halted completely. Oral formulations of the drug will continue. Gilead stated that it is confident about the future of the drug’s potential and is working to resolve the vial quality problem.
Pioneers of synthetic biology have rallied together under the development of Senti Biosciences Inc, co-founded and led by Timothy Lu, associate professor of biological engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Amgen said the expansion would bring 150 construction jobs to the area.
Under the terms of the deal, Sanofi is paying Amunix $1 billion up front and up to $225 million in various development milestone payments.