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The CDC’s changes threaten to cut vaccine sales for makers including Pfizer, Moderna, Merck and more, but a legal expert suspects affected manufacturers will stay on the sidelines rather than back a push to declare the revised schedule unlawful.
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After a rocky 2025, Sarepta Therapeutics’ executives admit they have work to do to bring patients back into the fold as sales of Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys continue to decline.
Last week, the FDA made its one pivotal trial policy official, sparking myriad questions from industry leaders, including around specific evidence required for the single study and why it hasn’t been implemented across all therapeutic areas before now.
Alternatives to opioids are desperately needed to better treat moderate to severe acute pain, but to date, we’ve seen few novel analgesics hit the market.
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Eli Lilly’s win in a head-to-head trial drove Novo Nordisk’s market cap to pre-Wegovy levels not long after the victor became the first pharma company to top a $1 trillion valuation. It seems one company can do no right, while the other can do no wrong.
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The British biopharma company reported 10% sales growth in the third quarter, driven mainly by robust sales of its respiratory syncytial virus shot Arexvy and shingles vaccine Shingrix.
The regulator has released Mersana Therapeutics’ antibody-drug conjugate XMT-2056 from its clinical hold, allowing the biotech to proceed with Phase I studies of the candidate with a lower starting dose.
The regulator’s advisory committee on Tuesday found Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics’ off-target analysis for its sickle cell disease candidate exa-cel to be sufficient.
Third-quarter revenues for antiviral treatment Paxlovid dropped 97% operationally compared with the prior-year period, while vaccine Comirnaty revenues declined 70% in the quarter.
Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax and more are working to combine preventative shots for COVID-19, flu, RSV and other illnesses. Will convenience be enough to overcome vaccine fatigue?
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In its third-quarter results Tuesday, Amgen announced a $650 million write-down after discontinuing AMG 340, a prostate cancer candidate acquired in the $900 million buy of Tenobio in 2021.
Following the recent Chinook Therapeutics acquisition, the Novartis experimental IgA nephropathy therapeutic atrasentan significantly reduced protein in the urine of patients compared to placebo.
Despite failing to hit the primary endpoint in the Phase III EMBARK study, the company plans to file for a label expansion for its Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys.
More and more companies are turning to artificial intelligence for drug safety prediction, but as with any new application of AI, experts urge caution.