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After withdrawing ALS drug Relyvrio from the U.S. and Canadian markets and laying off 70% of its workforce, the Cambridge, Mass.–based biopharma got a much-needed win in Wolfram syndrome.
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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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Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. announced that Emil D. Kakkis, M.D., Ph.D., the company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, will present at the H.C. Wainwright BioConnect Conference on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 7:00 AM ET.
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The FDA has approved Jardiance and Synjardy as the first SGLT-2 inhibitors to treat pediatric Type 2 diabetes, providing a new class of oral medicines.
Following an FDA warning in May, Novo Nordisk has filed several lawsuits against spas, clinics and pharmacies selling compounded version of semaglutide.
An International Chamber of Commerce arbitration tribunal has dismissed Boehringer’s attempt to seek indemnification from Sanofi for the ongoing Zantac lawsuits faced by the companies.
Biopharma executives suggested that some companies might seek to bypass the U.S. government’s national health insurance program altogether, among other sweeping changes to drug development.
The latest round of layoffs comes just two months after Thermo Fisher announced plans to close three sites in San Diego, bringing the total to nearly 600 jobs cut in 2023.
The study participant who died was apparently ineligible for the treatment according to the trial protocol, Arcellx announced Monday. The company has since retrained the study’s clinical sites.
Eli Lilly stands to gain access to DICE Therapeutics’ DELSCAPE platform, which enables the design of orally available molecules for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
Following the FDA’s approval in March, India-based Lupin is launching its generic thiamine hydrochloride injection USP in the U.S. for treating vitamin B1 deficiency.
As geopolitical tensions rise in the region, AstraZeneca is looking at potentially spinning off its China unit into its own independent business.