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As the Biden administration calls for more-expansive drug pricing controls, it’s important to reflect on how we’re arriving at expected outcomes.
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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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Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGIO),today reported new data from the ongoing long-term extension study assessing the duration of effects of mitapivat on hemoglobin response and transfusion burden reduction in adults with pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency who had participated in one of the pivotal studies, ACTIVATE and ACTIVATE-T, conducted in not regularly transfused and regularly transfused adults with PK deficiency, respectively.
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After covering the Alzheimer’s space through every high and low, BioSpace’s Annalee Armstrong welcomes back Roche for the 2026 Alzheimer’s Renaissance.
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The Chapter 11 bankruptcy was driven by increasing generic competition, declining profits and the unrelenting legal woes of its head Martin Shkreli, dubbed “Pharma Bro” in the media.
As insulin prices skyrocket, pharmas and PBMs faced pointed critique from the Senate HELP Committee, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
The joint committee of external experts voted unanimously in favor of Perrigo, finding that the benefits of allowing non-prescription use of the birth control tablet Opill outweigh its risks.
Colchicine, a drug used to treat gout, saw a 16-fold price increase since the FDA changed its policy toward single-ingredient oral colchicine products, which had previously been available generically.
A federal judge compelled Merck to release confidential information on its HPV vaccine as a part of discovery in a series of lawsuits spanning states dating back to 2020.
The approval of Reata Pharmaceuticals’ Skyclarys for Friedreich’s ataxia highlights progress being made in the treatment of rare mitochondrial diseases.
The FDA set a new action date of June 22 for Sarepta’s gene therapy for the neuromuscular disease, approximately three weeks after the original date of May 29.
The acquisition provides the Swedish company with an approved JAK inhibitor for myelofibrosis, a rare bone marrow cancer that disrupts the body’s normal production of blood cells.
The biotechnology industry may not suffer as many losses as other industries due to generative AI, but the future of the job market is still uncertain for some.
Elfabrio’s label contains a boxed warning for hypersensitivity reactions, such as anaphylaxis, and recommends that medical support measures should be on standby when administering the treatment.