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FDA’s rare disease decisions are strongest when the patient community has a voice in advisory committee decisions.
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Psychedelics are gaining momentum in depression, with one treating physician predicting that the drug class could “wipe out the SSRIs” if safety and durability hold up.
Saol Therapeutics is the latest biotech to resubmit for approval of a drug rejected under former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, following REGENXBIO and Replimune.
Even as FDA approvals for biologic therapies fell in the first half of 2026, regulatory experts are optimistic about a turnaround in the rare disease space after the departure of key leaders at the agency. Still, there will continue to be tension between science and politics.
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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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HRA Pharma, a Perrigo company, has submitted an application to the FDA seeking approval for the country’s first-ever over-the-counter (OTC) birth control pill.
Sanofi announced positive data for its therapeutic, fitusiran, for treating patients with hemophilia A and B, as well as efanesoctocog alfa therapy for treating hemophilia A.
The study was assessing the investigational drug enoblituzumab as part of a combination therapy for head and neck cancer.
Scientists found that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the plasma could be a hallmark of long COVID, suggesting that the virus can linger in the body who suffer from prolonged symptoms.
Weeks after BridgeBio presented positive biomarker data in Canavan Disease, gene therapy company Myrtelle added its own data to the emerging research space.
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Imago’s early failed experiments investigating the potential of LSD1 in sickle cell disease and thalassemia have turned out to be fortuitous for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms.
Seagen recently presented positive pivotal Phase II data from its trial of Tukysa (tucatinib) in combination with trastuzumab in HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer.
Dynacure has ended its Unite-CNM Phase I/II trial on DYN101, an investigational therapy for the treatment of myotubular and centronuclear myopathies.
Ayala announced positive data for its desmoid tumor treatment, while Vertex and Dyne announced the FDA had lifted the hold on their clinical studies.