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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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Alternatives to opioids are desperately needed to better treat moderate to severe acute pain, but to date, we’ve seen few novel analgesics hit the market.
When Ingram became Sarepta Therapeutics’ CEO in 2017, he didn’t have a connection to muscular dystrophy, but he has developed a fierce passion for the therapeutic area. He will step aside from his role to dedicate more time to his family.
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LB Pharma needed $350 million to advance a promising schizophrenia candidate at a time when the biotech markets were locked up tight. Fortunately, it wasn’t CEO Heather Turner’s first rodeo.
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Eli Lilly’s win in a head-to-head trial drove Novo Nordisk’s market cap to pre-Wegovy levels not long after the victor became the first pharma company to top a $1 trillion valuation. It seems one company can do no right, while the other can do no wrong.
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A legislative proposal, if passed into law, could cost the United States up to 1.2 million jobs and lead to more than 130 fewer FDA approvals over a 10-year period, according to a new report.
CBER Director Peter Marks recently spoke in favor of single-arm trials in certain situations, but clinicians and ethicists say there are several variables to consider.
The bladder cancer-focused biotech is looking to be one of the first companies out of the gate with an initial public offering in 2024.
Regulatory authorities worldwide are tightening their monitoring mechanisms and launching their own investigations after reports of secondary malignancies potentially linked to chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapies.
Taiwanese contract development and manufacturing organization Bora will purchase Minnesota-based Upsher-Smith Laboratories, expanding operations into the U.S. for the first time.
The FDA’s Complete Response Letter identified problems with the drug candidate’s chemistry, manufacturing and controls, parent company Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories announced Thursday.
The Swiss pharma’s Phase III trial of ligelizumab in patients with peanut allergies has been terminated, according to a ClinicalTrials.gov update on Tuesday.
The San Diego-based startup, specializing in allogeneic engineered Treg and CAR-Treg cell therapies, plans to be in Phase I clinical trials in multiple indications in 2024.
The sweeping changes are meant to “reduce hierarchies” and “accelerate decision-making” as Bayer weathers several business crises and continues to suffer from the fallout of its disastrous Monsanto acquisition.
In a changing landscape, top companies are increasingly embracing remote work.