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The number of biotech and pharma professionals taking jobs they’re overqualified for is now over 50%, based on a BioSpace LinkedIn poll. A recruiting firm executive discusses the trend, the reasons behind it and why it doesn’t have to derail careers.
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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.
Biotech is increasingly financed, governed and regulated as though it were a mature pharmaceutical industry rather than a discovery system built around scientific uncertainty. Structural changes are needed to sustain the sector’s strategic innovation.
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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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The biopharma’s acute myeloid leukemia hopeful is on partial clinical hold, affecting two Phase III AML studies, Gilead announced Monday. The CD47 candidate also spent four months on hold in 2022.
The companies will evaluate Moderna’s investigational Claudin18.2 mRNA cancer vaccine in combination with CARsgen’s Claudin18.2 CAR T cell candidate.
After sustaining two Phase III fails, Roche and Exelixis finally reported a late-stage win for their combination regimen of Tecentriq and Cabometyx in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Following a prior rejection due to manufacturing problems, Regeneron’s higher-dose Eylea won the FDA’s approval Friday, allowing for more infrequent dosing for the treatment of various eye diseases.
The regulator’s greenlight on Friday for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ monoclonal antibody Veopoz (pozelimab) makes it the first and only treatment indicated for children and adults with CHAPLE disease.
Boehringer Ingelheim will launch three Phase III studies for its obesity drug candidate; third time is a charm for Ipsen as it gets FDA approval; and Pfizer takes multiple myeloma battle to J&J.
The company is continuing its renal cell carcinoma push for its oral HIF-2α inhibitor Welireg with promising Phase III data showing significant progression-free survival improvements in patients.
In a European Phase I/II clinical trial, the experimental drug for treating Crigler-Najjar syndrome reduced bilirubin below toxic threshold in the liver with a single intravenous injection.