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Already reeling from years of market chaos, the announced departure of CBER chief Peter Marks sent a ripple across biopharma markets.
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The drugmaker’s dominance of the obesity market is fueling predictions that years of growth lie ahead.
Novo Nordisk goes “on the offensive” following Trump deal that also included rival Eli Lilly, putting an exclamation point on rapidly declining GLP-1 drug prices. Experts say the unusual situation makes it hard to predict what’s next.
Drug candidates don’t usually move among Big Pharma, but these five biotechs helped facilitate such hand-offs, scooping up assets from one pharma on the cheap before being bought out for billions by another.
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Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced results of the CHALLENGE-MIG clinical trial of Emgality® (galcanezumab-gnlm) and Nurtec® ODT (rimegepant orally disintegrating tablet), the first and only trial of its kind comparing two calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) antagonist therapies.
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Incyte is abandoning its ALK2 blocker zilurgisertib, which it was trialing for myelofibrosis-associated anemia, while iTeos will deprioritize the development of inupadenant after it failed to meet the biotech’s clinical bar in a Phase II study of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
Ocaliva recently failed to secure the FDA’s traditional approval for primary biliary cholangitis due to safety concerns.
The company had said in October said that it was looking to license out its ex vivo editor renizgamglogene autogedtemcel to focus its resources on its in vivo platform.
The EMA approved a kidney disease–related label expansion for the blockbuster GLP-1 drug after a study showed reduced risk of death by 20%.
Pfizer, facing increasing pressure from Novartis, is touting a Phase III win for Ibrance as the first clinical evidence supporting the CDK4/6 inhibitor class’ use in patients with a specific type of breast cancer.
When hiring job candidates to work on cell and gene therapies, companies look for more than just technical skills. Talent acquisition executives from Bristol Myers Squibb and Intellia Therapeutics offer an inside look at what they want in an employee.
Keros’ stock plummeted more than 70% premarket Thursday and Truist Securities analysts predict it will remain under pressure until the safety concerns for cibotercept are resolved.
A week after dining with Trump and his team at Mar-a-Lago, leaders at Pfizer and Eli Lilly have publicly stated that they intend to collaborate with the incoming administration on key issues affecting the pharma industry.
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Candel’s trial was conducted under the FDA’s Special Protocol Assessment program, meaning that its data could be used as a basis for a regulatory application.