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While the pathogen appears unlikely to trigger a pandemic, analysts see potential for Moderna to build goodwill amid a period of political pressure on vaccine manufacturers.
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Biotech is increasingly financed, governed and regulated as though it were a mature pharmaceutical industry rather than a discovery system built around scientific uncertainty. Structural changes are needed to sustain the sector’s strategic innovation.
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Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is spinning its wheels, unable to establish steady leadership at three major divisions—the CDC and the FDA’s two primary review units.
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Sanofi and Regeneron reported positive results for the anti-inflammatory drug in a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease trial. The companies hope to see approval before a 2024 read-out of a second trial.
The topical treatment Vyjuvek got the FDA’s greenlight, making it the first redosable gene therapy and the first therapeutic for the rare skin disease dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
With Friday’s approval, Epkinly edges out Roche’s bi-specific antibody glofitamab, which is also being proposed for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Crohn’s disease is Rinvoq’s seventh approved indication and could potentially help AbbVie weather declining sales for its blockbuster biologic Humira.
Blueprint Medicines, Indivior PLC and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals are all awaiting FDA decisions this week.
The regulator’s approval makes Miebo the first DED treatment that directly addresses tear evaporation. The drug is expected to hit U.S. markets in the second half of 2023.
According to the FDA, the majority of therapies prescribed for children were not tested in pediatric populations. The new guidance aims to change that.
The extensive discussion between the FDA’s advisory committee, company representatives and other interested parties could serve as a cautionary tale to developers of future gene therapies.
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Amgen’s cholesterol drug Repatha patents invalid, ending a protracted legal battle with competitors Sanofi and Regeneron.
Under a non-exclusive agreement, AstraZeneca is licensing biotech Revvity’s base editing technology to help create cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and immune-mediated diseases.