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Analysts are cautiously optimistic about an IPO rebound for biopharma. BioSpace is keeping track of companies that seek to trade on the public markets this year.
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Analysts parsed the limited data available for Pfizer’s obesity candidate on the pharma’s fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday, looking for any nugget of additional context.
After advancing in lockstep through the pandemic, the fortunes of the biotechs have diverged as their use of COVID-19 windfalls has taken shape.
After suffering in the wake of expired tax incentives for pharmas, the island is trying to take advantage of geopolitics to grow its drug manufacturing sector.
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Following the regulator’s request for more data beyond the scope of its Phase III TIDES trial, Takeda decided to voluntarily withdraw the Biologics License Application for its TAK-003 dengue vaccine.
The company’s ruxolitinib cream Opzelura led to higher rates of treatment success in children with atopic dermatitis than with a control cream.
Severe respiratory problems killed seven patients and affected five others, though the company said that most of these were likely unrelated to the drug.
After paying $300 million upfront to BeiGene for option rights to ociperlimab in December 2021, Novartis has dropped the agreement and given the rights back to the Chinese biotech.
A handful of biotechs and pharma companies have posted sizable IPOs in 2023, despite a tight economy. Still, the numbers are way down from last year.
Burjeel Holdings and BridgeBio Pharma ink partnership deal in rare genetic diseases with a plan to set up headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
Bristol Myers Squibb is paying a total of $95 million to the two companies for exclusive global rights to programs developed within long-term partnerships designed to further BMS’ neuro pipeline.
Following its $5.9 billion Iveric Bio buy, Astellas is leaning into the eye disease space with a licensing agreement for 4D Molecular Therapeutics’ proprietary intravitreal AAV delivery system.
Despite a government report showing that hiring slowed over the month of June, job postings on BioSpace’s life sciences-focused job board saw a marked increase.
Early-stage data shows that Viridian’s thyroid eye disease candidate induces clinically meaningful improvements in eye protrusion after six weeks of treatment.