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Avalo Therapeutics rolled the dice on a big pivot Wednesday, acquiring AlmataBio and focusing on the biotech’s ex-Eli Lilly hidradenitis suppurativa candidate over its existing assets.
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Nearly 90% of senior leaders who were at the FDA a year ago are no longer with the agency, a BioSpace analysis shows. None remain from the Office of the Commissioner.
Early decisions about manufacturing and supply chains could prove costly as a company reaches the commercial stage.
While the TrumpRx deals only cover Lilly and Novo for now, the agreements are good for any cardiometabolic biotechs waiting in the wings, according to a new 2026 preview report from PitchBook.
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Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALLO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of allogeneic CAR T (AlloCAR T™) therapies for cancer, today announced that it entered into a lease agreement to expand its headquarters in South San Francisco, California.
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Athenex announced it will lay off 79 employees in Buffalo and 44 employees in Clarence as a result of the Chapter 11 filing.
The $75 million deal will leverage Scribe’s CRISPR technologies to develop gene therapies for neurological and neuromuscular disorders. Scribe previously struck deals with Biogen and Sanofi.
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking an injunction to prevent Amgen’s buyout of Horizon Therapeutics, which the agency says would “entrench monopoly drugs.”
Results from Phase IIb VOYAGE study showed Viking’s oral thyroid beta receptor agonist cut liver fat content by up to 51% in confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patients.
A collaborative research agreement will leverage Sony’s unique polymer, which the companies contend is a stable, effective linker for delivering antibody-drug conjugate payloads to cancer cells.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of Teva Pharmaceuticals’ appeal could have broad ramifications for the wider generics industry, for which “skinny labeling” is a common and accepted practice.
Two new developments for lab and office space are expected to add over 2,000 acres of space in Atlanta to accommodate the life science industry’s rapid growth.
ReCode plans to use its SORT LNP genetic medicines delivery technology to treat CF and PCD patients who don’t respond to current treatments.
The precision neuroscience startup has notched $109 million in seed, Series A and B financing as it looks to further develop a Phase I candidate to treat a rare X-linked neuromuscular disorder.
The company’s second antibody-drug conjugate deal of 2023, with Shanghai-based LaNova Medicines, adds a potential first-in-class GPRC5D-directed ADC for multiple myeloma.