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After a sluggish 2025, biotech IPOs have roared back to life. Fueled by resilient stock performances and improving market sentiment, the total number of public debuts so far this year has already eclipsed 2025’s total.
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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.
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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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Genentech announced new data related to its investigational CD20xCD3 T-cell engaging bispecific antibody intended to treat relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (R/R DLBCL).
Zymeworks increased its stake in the company to 6.9%, slightly under 4 million shares, and options with shares popped 13% after the original bid and are up another 10%.
Axcella is prioritizing its clinical development portfolio to focus on its investigative assets for COVID-19 and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) after abrupt leadership resignations.
Mirati Therapeutics’ adagrasib is going up against Amgen’s Lumakras in the KRAS race, and according to Friday pre-market trading, the results shared Thursday don’t seem to be enough for investors.
Two therapies for different cancers are moving forward in development following positive outcomes in their clinical trials ahead of the ASCO’s annual meeting in early June 2022.
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On June 5, the FDA is expected to decide the fate of Acer Therapeutics’ experimental treatment for Urea Cycle Disorders (UCDs), ACER-001. CEO Chris Schelling spoke with BioSpace.
Two researchers affiliated with Northwestern University have discovered a new drug that may outperform existing treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
ZYESAMI, (aviptadil), being assessed by NRx Pharmaceuticals, failed a review conducted by the Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB), with the board recommending that arm of the trial cease.
Pfizer announced the FDA has granted its combinatorial therapeutic ervogastat/clesacostat Fast Track Designation that is intended for the treatment of NASH with liver fibrosis.