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After debuting on the public markets with $256.3 million and raking in an additional $472 million, Veradermics has emerged as one of biotech’s biggest post-IPO standouts. CEO Reid Waldman credits the weight loss craze for establishing consumer-driven channels.
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Last month, the FDA launched TrialBlazer, intended to streamline the IND path and bring early clinical trials and medical innovation home to the U.S. It’s a start, but new agency leadership must see it through.
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Significant leadership instability at the FDA—compounded by continued workforce attrition—led to a slight slowdown in overall regulatory productivity in the first half of this year, but the agency has been catching up of late.
Congressional letters sent to the CEOs of Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, BMS and AbbVie this week voicing concerns about the pharmas’ clinical trials in China highlight an ongoing discrepancy in how government and industry think about the rise of the Asian country’s biotech industry.
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GSK has dropped two assets, an investigational celiac disease therapeutic and a Staphylococcus aureus vaccine hopeful, from its pipeline.
The FDA asked Taysha Gene Therapies to dose more patients in a double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial before submitting a BLA for its giant axonal neuropathy candidate.
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As the 118th Congress kicks into gear, biopharma industry observers speculate that 2023 may be a challenging year.
Now more than ever, there is ample opportunity for life science candidates with only a bachelor’s degree. Still, there are certain things these candidates should know to ensure their success.
uniQure inked a deal with Apic Bio to gain development and commercialization rights to APB-102, a gene therapy for a rare, genetic form of ALS.
Pfizer reported full-year 2022 earnings Tuesday and provided 2023 projections far below the previous year’s totals.
The pharmaceutical industry is expected to spend more than $3 billion on artificial intelligence by 2025, but advocates say it is not yet living up to its potential.
Vera Therapeutics released a 36-week per-protocol analysis of the Phase IIb trial assessing atacicept in IgA nephropathy.
Computer programming jobs in biopharma are on the rise, but candidates must have a specific skill set. To help, here are the best programming languages for those working in the life sciences.
At a panel Friday, “Boston’s Booming Biotech System,” experts from industry and academia weighed in on the financial repercussions of 2022 and what it portends for 2023.