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The FDA will have six months to review Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ suzetrigine, potentially the first new class of drugs for acute pain in more than 20 years, according to the company.
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As big pharmas including Takeda and Novo Nordisk flee the cell therapy space and smaller biotechs shutter their operations, these players are sticking around to take the modality as far as it can go.
This year has seen the approval of several first-in-class therapies for HAE, but in a fragmented space, experts question whether they will be enough to net their developers a significant share of the entrenched market.
The record-setting government shutdown was just the latest blow to the U.S. biopharma industry. When science funding becomes a casualty of political gridlock, we lose valuable talent, erode public trust and jeopardize our position as a global leader in innovation.
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Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. announced that Emil D. Kakkis, M.D., Ph.D., the company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, will present at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 2:30 PM ET in New York.
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In the third deal in as many days, Roche is paying $66 million upfront to MOMA Therapeutics to find new drugs to go after cancer cell growth, with a potential $2 billion total in milestones and royalties.
Wednesday’s settlement resolves a legal dispute between Daiichi Sankyo Europe and Esperion Therapeutics regarding milestone payments under their cardiovascular drug collaboration.
The late-stage pharmacokinetic study was stopped early due to efficacy at interim analysis, Lyndra Therapeutics said Thursday. A six-month safety study will start in the second half of 2024.
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Novo Nordisk’s partnerships with Flagship Pioneering-backed Omega and Cellarity, each worth up to $532 million, will explore novel treatment approaches to obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.
With a PDUFA date in the second quarter of 2024, Pfizer is poised to compete with CSL Behring, whose Hemgenix became the first FDA-approved gene therapy for hemophilia B in November 2022.
The Interface Biosciences co-founder said forging the relationships needed to launch a startup can be a challenge for members of underrepresented groups, making confidence and adaptability key.
Rapport Therapeutics tops this year’s list with $250 million in Series A and B financing in just six months.
While GLP-1 drugs have exploded in popularity, they don’t work for everyone, and experts say phenotyping based on a greater understanding of the disease is the future of obesity treatment.
Tome Biosciences has only been on the scene for a short time but on Tuesday notched an acquisition of CRISPR-based biotech Replace Therapeutics for $65 million upfront.