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New data on Hengrui Pharma and Kailera Therapeutics’ investigational oral GLP-1 have validated the late-stage weight loss asset and paved the road for a regulatory submission in China, but analysts pointed to high rates of nausea and vomiting that could challenge the ongoing U.S. study.
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Molecular glue degraders are gaining traction in the clinic as well as funding from Big Pharma, with their potential to treat previously “undruggable” cancers and immunological diseases. Here are five clinical programs worth keeping an eye on.
Last month, the FDA launched TrialBlazer, intended to streamline the IND path and bring early clinical trials and medical innovation home to the U.S. It’s a start, but new agency leadership must see it through.
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Significant leadership instability at the FDA—compounded by continued workforce attrition—led to a slight slowdown in overall regulatory productivity in the first half of this year, but the agency has been catching up of late.
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Congressional letters sent to the CEOs of Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, BMS and AbbVie this week voicing concerns about the pharmas’ clinical trials in China highlight an ongoing discrepancy in how government and industry think about the rise of the Asian country’s biotech industry.
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After shoring up quality control at its Reykjavik manufacturing facility, the biotech has resubmitted a BLA to the FDA seeking an interchangeability designation for its Humira biosimilar.
The settlement, announced Wednesday, ends a three-year legal battle allowing Teva Pharmaceuticals to make a generic version of Alkermes’ alcohol and opioid dependence drug Vivitrol.
With a recent study yielding positive results, experts say GLP-1 drugs are making headway in treating Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Following the FDA’s recent rejection of zuranolone in major depressive disorder, Sage Therapeutics has launched a strategic reorganization initiative including a 40% reduction in headcount.
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Amid a supply shortage of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and binge-eating disorder medication, the regulator has cleared a slew of generic drugs of Takeda’s Vyvanse pill.
Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday reported multi-billion earnings from its Kenvue consumer health spinout, with updated 2023 revenue guidance down from its previously announced range.
In this special report, BioSpace examines how the biopharma industry is grappling with impending consequences of the Inflation Reduction Act.
With new Alzheimer’s drugs receiving—and expected to receive—FDA approval, the market for diagnostic biomarker tests is set to expand.
This is the Danish company’s second obesity-focused acquisition in three weeks. Under the deal, Novo Nordisk receives the full rights to develop and commercialize Embark’s lead metabolic platform.
As the new CEO of LimmaTech Biologics, Haas’ IP and legal background sets him apart to lead the charge for the team’s bacterial vaccine pipeline.