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Biogen touted an “unprecedented” drop in tau in a Phase 2 trial, backing the company’s decision to take diranersen to Phase 3 despite a missed primary endpoint and seemingly supporting the anti-tau approach.
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As antibody-drug conjugates advance and move into earlier lines of treatment, drug developers have to build gentler therapies that don’t just extend survival but improve it.
FDA’s rare disease decisions are strongest when the patient community has a voice in advisory committee decisions.
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.
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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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Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals have announced results from the Phase III VALOR trial and an open-label extension (OLE) trial of tofersen.
Proxygen partnered with Germany-based Merck to jointly identify and develop molecular glue degraders for clinical research.
Bristol Myers Squibb announced Friday that it is acquiring San Diego-based Turning Point Therapeutics in a deal totaling about $4.1 billion.
June is starting off with a number of important dates for the FDA, including an advisory committee meeting to discuss COVID-19 vaccines in children as young as six months.
BioSpace spoke with Payton Nyquvest, co-founder and CEO of Numinus about changing perceptions around psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and the company’s work in this space.
Biopharma and life sciences companies strengthen their leadership teams and boards with these Movers & Shakers.
Centessa announced Thursday it is discontinuing the development of its lead asset, lixivaptan, for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).
Bristol Myers Squibb’s Orencia and Johnson & Johnson’s Remicade improved survival rates for people hospitalized with COVID-19 according to a new report by the National Institutes of Health.
Tessera Therapeutics announced Thursday that ex-AbbVie executive Michael Severino, M.D. will take the helm of the young biotech.
With June just getting started, BMS and Sorrento are making new connections. Read on for announcements of these collaborations.