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The failure of Roche’s Ionis-partnered tominersen in Huntington’s disease may indicate that Wave Life Sciences’ allele-specific antisense oligonucleotide candidate WVE-003 is on the right track, according to analysts at Rodman & Renshaw.
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The lineup at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference will provide critical insight into where the industry is headed with regard to targets being explored to vanquish the elusive neurodegenerative disease.
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are pushing for the withdrawal of the rare disease treatment that accounted for just 1% of Amgen’s 2025 revenue. Nevertheless, Amgen continues to defend the medicine, which was acquired in the $3.7 billion buyout of ChemoCentryx.
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.
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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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There’s quite a bit of movement on the Omicron-specific booster shot and updated supply deals, despite world leaders shifting their attention away from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many of Innate Pharma’s cancer-fighting products are making clinical progress. BioSpace spoke with the company’s head of product portfolio strategy and business development, Yannis Morel, Ph.D.
The FDA’s decision came after researchers found cases of drug-induced liver injury in some patients. Tolebrutinib is being evaluated for relapsing types of MS, MG, nrSPMS, and PPMS.
Angion Biomedica Corp. discontinued a Phase II kidney disease trial while Novo Nordisk missed the mark in a NASH study.
BioNTech announced it is partnering with Pfizer to begin testing a next-generation universal vaccine against coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
As the nation reacts to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, pharma companies must address the changes in demand for drugs and services, all while navigating increasingly muddy legal waters.
Although the company promised strong sales-based resources for the launch of dry eye drug Tyrvaya, the streamlining plan will include laying off up to 50 employees.
Italfarmaco is making headway against DMD as it announced positive results from a Phase III study, Clover’s homologous booster against Omicron increases antibodies, and much more.
89bio reported positive topline results from ENTRIGUE Phase II trial of pegozafermin in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia.
This week money went towards more advanced rounds of financing for drugs and technology that have already shown a lot of promises.