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A retrospective cohort study of more than 33,000 patients with type 2 diabetes showed that Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 may lower the risk of opioid overdose by 42% to up to 68%.
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At one point in merger negotiations with Novartis, Avidity CEO Sarah Boyce and her team walked, cutting off access to a data room and moving on to a capital raise.
Previous mega blockbusters took years to reach their peak sales. Lilly’s tirzepatide franchise is on course to exceed them just a few years in.
Experts suggest the FDA’s Advanced Manufacturing Technologies designation could be a lifeline for improving production processes for approved cell and gene therapies.
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Akebia Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, granted six newly-hired employees options to purchase an aggregate of 27,000 shares of Akebia’s common stock on August 31, 2022, as inducements material to each such employee entering into employment with Akebia.
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Citing a JAMA study that found Ozempic could be profitably produced at under $5 per month, Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday called on Novo Nordisk to lower prices for the diabetes treatment and the weight-loss drug Wegovy.
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Nanoscope Therapeutics nabbed a victory on the changed primary endpoint of its Phase IIb vision loss gene therapy trial Tuesday, teeing the biotech up to file for FDA approval of the candidate this year.
Novocure’s stock spiked more than 15% Wednesday morning after the company announced its Tumor Treating Fields therapy met the primary endpoint in a late-stage trial.
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Moderna has entered into a development and commercialization funding agreement with asset management firm Blackstone Life Sciences to help advance its pipeline of flu vaccine candidates.
Data analytics firm GlobalData expects potential FDA approvals this year of Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent and Verona’s ensifentrine to transform the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
While Pfizer has ended one of its two Phase III studies for inclacumab in sickle cell disease, the company is still eyeing an approval for the antibody in the inherited blood disorder by 2026.