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By partnering with a UN-backed body, Roche has enabled companies to make the medicine for supply in 129 countries.
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While the pathogen appears unlikely to trigger a pandemic, analysts see potential for Moderna to build goodwill amid a period of political pressure on vaccine manufacturers.
Clinical trial setbacks have limited the near-term opportunities for some of Daiichi Sankyo’s ADCs but the drug developer is betting near-term readouts will catapult it into the top tier of oncology companies in the coming years.
BioSpace analyzed the pay ratio across 10 major pharmaceutical companies to determine which CEOs were paid the most relative to typical employees. J&J, Eli Lilly and Pfizer once again topped the list.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is spinning its wheels, unable to establish steady leadership at three major divisions—the CDC and the FDA’s two primary review units.
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A three-judge panel is reviewing the legal challenge to the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. Any action by the court may result in further appeals, and possibly another Supreme Court decision.
An advisory committee of outside experts voted unanimously Thursday that Pfizer’s vaccine was effective in preventing severe disease, but some had questions regarding its safety.
More than $5 billion poured into the longevity space in 2022, and experts say the science is now primed to make a real difference in extending human healthspan.
In a 12-2 vote with two abstentions, the advisers said the benefits did not outweigh the risks.
The Phase III trial met its primary endpoint, a significant reduction of phenylalanine levels in the blood, with no severe adverse events reported, PTC Therapeutics reported Wednesday.
Fenebrutinib in a mid-phase trial reduced brain legions in relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis, the company reported. It is the only reversible BTK inhibitor currently in Phase III MS trials.
Athenex announced it will lay off 79 employees in Buffalo and 44 employees in Clarence as a result of the Chapter 11 filing.
The $75 million deal will leverage Scribe’s CRISPR technologies to develop gene therapies for neurological and neuromuscular disorders. Scribe previously struck deals with Biogen and Sanofi.
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking an injunction to prevent Amgen’s buyout of Horizon Therapeutics, which the agency says would “entrench monopoly drugs.”
Results from Phase IIb VOYAGE study showed Viking’s oral thyroid beta receptor agonist cut liver fat content by up to 51% in confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patients.