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In this bonus episode, BioSpace’s vice president of marketing Chantal Dresner and careers editor Angela Gabriel take a look at Q4 job market performance and what we expect to see ahead.
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At one point in merger negotiations with Novartis, Avidity CEO Sarah Boyce and her team walked, cutting off access to a data room and moving on to a capital raise.
Previous mega blockbusters took years to reach their peak sales. Lilly’s tirzepatide franchise is on course to exceed them just a few years in.
Experts suggest the FDA’s Advanced Manufacturing Technologies designation could be a lifeline for improving production processes for approved cell and gene therapies.
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Takeda announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the supplemental Biologics License Application for the expanded use of TAKHZYRO® for prophylaxis to prevent attacks of hereditary angioedema in pediatric patients 2 to <12 years of age.
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The regulator’s approval of Livdelzi for primary biliary cholangitis under the accelerated pathway is a boost to Gilead Sciences’ liver disease business. Analysts expect the drug to reach more than $1 billion in sales.
Nearly two weeks ahead of its target action date, the regulator on Wednesday has signed off on Incyte and Syndax’s Niktimvo for the third-line treatment of graft-versus-host disease.
Likely to miss its initiation target, bluebird bio has renegotiated the loan deals of its agreement with Hercules Capital, giving it until June 30 next year—at the latest.
The Biden administration on Thursday announced that the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program will save the U.S. government around $6 billion in its first year of implementation.
To avoid being laid off, a third of biopharma professionals would take a pay cut and nearly a quarter would take a demotion, according to BioSpace LinkedIn polls. We spoke to several professionals about their layoff experiences and what they would—and wouldn’t—have done to keep their jobs.
The layoffs will help extend the company’s cash runway from the second half of 2026 into 2028.
The new Medicare prices for the first 10 drugs negotiated under the Inflation Reduction Act are expected soon. Analysts and researchers are divided on the long-term effects of the law.
The European Union has approved the first-ever combination therapy consisting of an immunotherapy and a PARP inhibitor for the treatment of endometrial cancer, AstraZeneca announced Wednesday.
M&A activity surges and IPOs return as the biotech industry navigates a changing business landscape marked by strategic consolidation and renewed investor focus on innovation.
As the U.S. moves away from reliance on Chinese CDMOs, Southern cities provide a model for how we can bolster domestic production capacity.