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The failure of Roche’s Ionis-partnered tominersen in Huntington’s disease may indicate that Wave Life Sciences’ allele-specific antisense oligonucleotide candidate WVE-003 is on the right track, according to analysts at Rodman & Renshaw.
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The lineup at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference will provide critical insight into where the industry is headed with regard to targets being explored to vanquish the elusive neurodegenerative disease.
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are pushing for the withdrawal of the rare disease treatment that accounted for just 1% of Amgen’s 2025 revenue. Nevertheless, Amgen continues to defend the medicine, which was acquired in the $3.7 billion buyout of ChemoCentryx.
Psychedelics are gaining momentum in depression, with one treating physician predicting that the drug class could “wipe out the SSRIs” if safety and durability hold up.
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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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Clover’s SCB-2019 showed a robust immune response to the Omicron BA.5 sub-variant, while BrainsWay, TikoMed and more provide updates on their businesses and pipelines.
The University of Michigan and the University of South Florida have filed a lawsuit against Novartis, alleging the company’s cardiac drug, Entresto, infringes a cocrystal patent held by both universities.
Mesoblast fell short of analyst forecasts this week, and money is pouring into glaucoma, medical devices for heart disease and chronic endocrine conditions.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, several Western nations are investing heavily in rapidly developing drugs to treat populations when new pandemics emerge.
The life science field offers a wealth of opportunities, even for those working outside of the field. Here are six life science jobs that don’t require industry experience.
The long-awaited review of problematic opioid prescribing is taking longer than observers had hoped.
Amgen announced Tuesday that initial Phase III data of Lumakras in KRAS G12C-mutated NSCLC met the primary endpoint of progression-free survival.
Aria Pharmaceuticals secured six provisional patents to cover the lead drug candidates for its lupus, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic kidney disease research programs.
Jounce Therapeutics announced that a Phase II trial assessing a combination treatment for non-small cell lung cancer failed to meet its primary endpoint.
Umoja CEO Andy Scharenberg spoke with BioSpace about the company’s unique tri-platform approach to immunotherapy which aims to attack and destroy hematologic and solid organ-based tumors.