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Recent approvals for Corcept Therapeutics and Merck have injected momentum into the space, where GSK, Allarity Therapeutics, OSE Immunotherapies and others are advancing their own candidates.
The FDA plans to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss Capricor Therapeutics’ application for deramiocel, which the agency rejected last July. The news surprised CEO Linda Marbán, who told BioSpace the FDA has not communicated any issues of concern with the company’s resubmitted application.
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Dealmaking across biopharma is shifting dramatically as the SEC rolls out new regulations to ease burdens on newly public companies and antitrust review is replaced by drug pricing as the policy concern du jour.
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With initial public offering activity continuing to gain momentum in early 2024, ArriVent Biopharma in a Monday SEC filing laid out the company’s plans to go public.
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Johnson & Johnson’s small molecule FGFR kinase inhibitor is now indicated for patients with susceptible FGFR3 mutations who progressed after at least one line of systemic therapy.
The regulator concluded that Prolia (denosumab) increases the risk of severe hypocalcemia, which may result in hospitalization and could trigger life-threatening events or even lead to death.
BioSpace’s Employment Outlook report investigates anticipated job search activity and hiring outlook in 2024 as well as how the current workforce is currently faring
The blank check company Thursday filed with the SEC for the initial public offering. While a specific business for Helix Acquisition Corp. II has not yet been identified, the fund will target biotech.
Amit Dagar, a former Pfizer employee, was found guilty of insider trading by a federal jury in New York involving clinical trial results for COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid that he profited from.
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