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Maintaining America’s momentum demands that policymakers resist policies that undermine research and development incentives.
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FDA vouchers are normally a coveted prize for biopharma companies, but a surprise rejection for Disc Medicine’s rare disease drug has biopharma reconsidering.
PitchBook’s 2025 biopharma VC analysis clocked $33.8 billion in capital dispatched in 2025, mainly to companies with later-stage programs ready to roll into the clinic.
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The FDA’s refusal to review Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine is part of a larger communications crisis unfolding at the agency over the past nine months that has also ensnarled Sarepta, Capricor, uniQure and many more.
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With a pair of Phase III trial flops, Ultragenyx will explore cost reductions as analysts turn attention to an upcoming Angelman syndrome readout.
More than a dozen pharmas have recently struck deals with the White House to lower drug prices. Nevertheless, drugmakers reportedly plan to raise the U.S. prices of at least 350 branded medications.
Jefferies analysts envision a steady launch curve that could ultimately drive meaningful sales from people who are dissatisfied with existing treatments.
Both companies received agency requests for more evidence of the effectiveness of their therapies.
Four of this year’s biggest acquisitions topped 11-figure figures. One was 2025’s messiest bidding war.
Despite the definitive failure of Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide in Alzheimer’s, biotech executives, analysts and other industry experts see potential in more testing of GLP-1s for the neurodegenerative disease, particularly in a combination approach.
Analysts called the approval a much-needed win for Novo Nordisk, but warned that the company could struggle to grow sales once rival drugs come to market.