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Analysts are cautiously optimistic about an IPO rebound for biopharma. BioSpace is keeping track of companies that seek to trade on the public markets this year.
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Analysts parsed the limited data available for Pfizer’s obesity candidate on the pharma’s fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday, looking for any nugget of additional context.
After advancing in lockstep through the pandemic, the fortunes of the biotechs have diverged as their use of COVID-19 windfalls has taken shape.
After suffering in the wake of expired tax incentives for pharmas, the island is trying to take advantage of geopolitics to grow its drug manufacturing sector.
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In a unanimous 21-0 vote, an FDA advisory committee recommended an updated monovalent formulation of the COVID-19 vaccine targeting the now-dominant XBB.1.5 subvariant.
After an FDA advisory committee unanimously recommended Leqembi’s full approval, questions linger around amyloid-related imaging abnormalities and a potentially cumbersome patient registry.
The FDA has four target action dates this week, including ones for Argenx’s subcutaneous efgartigimod in generalized myasthenia gravis and Sarepta’s gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
The pharma company alleges that BeiGene’s Brukinsa patent, issued on Tuesday, infringes on its patent for Imbruvica to treat patients with slow-growing blood cancer.
The Japanese biopharma is diving deeper into targeted protein degradation, paying $35 million upfront for access to Cullgen’s uSMITE platform.
Eli Lilly has secured the rights to Verve Therapeutics’ gene editing approach, a “one-and-done” method that the companies hope will lower the cardiovascular risk factor lipoprotein(a).
Following cases of serious bleeding in patients, five of which were fatal, the regulator has put Mersana’s investigational antibody-drug conjugate UpRi on partial clinical hold in two ovarian cancer trials.
The company won a patent ruling from a New Jersey court, which extends protections from generic competition for its muscle relaxant reversal drug Bridion.
In a subpoena filed Monday, the state of Texas asked Pfizer to turn over all communications with Meta regarding the tech company’s advertising practices.
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