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While GSK did not provide a specific reason for returning Wave Life Sciences’ WVE-006, the decision comes after the asset in September 2025 came below analyst expectations in a Phase Ib/IIa AATD study.
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AstraZeneca’s $15 billion pledge to its China operations highlights the country’s advantages. But other regions are also hoping to host more clinical studies.
With Lykos’ regulatory failure now squarely in the rearview mirror, Compass Pathways and Definium are leading what one analyst suspects will be “a very big year for psychedelics.”
The Senate failed to pass a massive spending bill on Thursday—which includes the rare pediatric PRV program but also funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s large-scale crackdown in Minnesota and other states.
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Phacilitate’s annual event dawns as cell and gene therapies reach a new tipping point: the science has hit new heights just as regulatory and government policies spark momentum and frustration.
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At the recommendation of an independent data monitoring committee, J&J decided to stop the MACiTEPH trial in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension due to futility.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana has filed a case against Bristol Myers Squibb alleging the company conducted patent fraud to extend protections for its multiple myeloma drug Pomalyst.
The company has withdrawn a suit against the Department of Health and Human Services after its prostate cancer therapy was not included in Medicare’s initial drug price negotiation list.
Interim data from the company’s late-stage clinical trial suggests its cell therapy treatment for heart failure likely won’t meet the primary efficacy endpoint, BioCardia announced on Tuesday.
The vaccine maker reported new trial data confirming an 8.7 to 11-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies against circulating strains, including the highly watched BA.2.86, EG.5 and FL.1.5.1 variants.
Citing the need to improve its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, the regulator has declined AstraZeneca’s bid to get its C5 complement inhibitor approved in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
Monitoring rebates from drugmakers will be critical as provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act are implemented, including drug price negotiations, the Government Accountability Office contends.
Biotech Beam Therapeutics has dosed the first patient in a Phase I/II study of its base-edited CAR-T therapy in relapsed or refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.
With several of the first 10 selected drugs facing patent expirations and generic competition, the drug price negotiations dictated by the IRA may not greatly affect revenues. But that could change quickly.
Former Agilent Technologies executive Jacob Thaysen will take the reins later this month replacing CEO Francis deSouza, who stepped down in June following a proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn.