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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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Axsome hosted an investor day event to provide an update on plans for Sunosi and other developmental assets, including MDD treatment AXS-05.
Icosavax posted positive topline interim data from its Phase I/Ib trial of IVX-121, its candidate virus-like particle vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus in young and older adults.
Generian and Mitobridge, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astellas Pharma, announced a collaboration to discover and develop novel small molecules for undruggable therapeutic targets.
Voting 19-2, the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee favored redesigning booster shots to include the coronavirus’ Omicron variant.
The Phase III study of Jazz Pharmaceuticals cannabis-derived MS Sativex failed to achieve the primary endpoint of an improvement in muscle tone in patients.
Swiss biopharma giant Novartis plans to cut up to 8,000 jobs in hopes of saving at least $1 billion by 2024.
Biogen’s Chirfi Guindo discusses the launch of the company’s next-generation approach to teaching STEM to even more students, leading to potential careers in the field.
BioSpace spoke with several Black individuals working within the life sciences to get their thoughts on the current representative disconnect and what they believe can be done to fix it.
Roivant Sciences announced it has discontinued development of several assets following a pipeline reprioritization.
Ascletis has commenced its Phase II trial in China for its candidate drug ASC22 alongside anti-retroviral therapy for the functional cure and immune restoration of HIV-1 infection.