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Cellares, which last year became the first company to receive the FDA’s new advanced manufacturing technology designation, expects to support clinical production this year and offer commercial-scale manufacturing services in 2027.
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With the biopharma industry performing better of late, analysts, executives and other industry watchers are “cautiously optimistic”—a term heard all over the streets of San Francisco at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference earlier this month.
Bristol Myers Squibb, GSK and Merck are contributing drug ingredients as part of their deals with the White House but are keeping many of the terms of their agreements private.
Some 200 rare disease therapies are at risk of losing eligibility for a pediatric priority review voucher, a recent analysis by the Rare Disease Company Coalition shows. That could mean $4 billion in missed revenue for already cash-strapped biotechs.
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The FDA’s rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program missed reauthorization at the last minute in 2024; advocates have been fighting to get it back ever since.
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Despite the discontinuations, CEO Pascal Soriot said AstraZeneca’s December 2020 acquisition of Alexion was a “fantastic” deal for the pharma.
Kuro Oncology and partner Kyowa Kirin are on track for an NDA submission for ziftomenib in the second quarter of this year.
Most employers are expecting to hire this year, according to BioSpace data and Recruitment Manager Greg Clouse, who noted that companies are looking to do more than just replace people lost to turnover.
Wegovy sales increased by more than 100% over 2024. But that wasn’t enough to satiate analysts who want to know why Novo Nordisk can’t access more patients, particularly in the U.S.
Valerio only has cash to last three months, according to the DNA decoy specialist. The news comes less than six months after the company acquired Emglev Therapeutics to advance antibodies for autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, as well as cancers.
BioSpace Senior Editor Annalee Armstrong headed to the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference with a months-long story idea brewing. Unfortunately, it was one she’s written before.
Before garnering approval on Tuesday, Onapgo had been rejected twice by the FDA.
Despite significant dips in its vaccines sales, the British pharma narrowly beat consensus estimates for Q4 2024 and raised 2031 sales projections to just over $50 billion.
Amgen outperformed expectations in the fourth quarter of 2024, but revealed an FDA hold on early-stage obesity asset AMG 513 and the discontinuation of other programs.
Of the 102 company launches or series A financings since October 2023, just nine had a woman at the helm, according to a BioSpace analysis. This is happening in an era of biotech where new company founders are searching for CEOs with a track record.