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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.
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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The Federal Trade Commission is challenging over 100 pharmaceutical patents held by prominent drugmakers, including AbbVie, AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim, for their listings.
As Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics await the monumental potential approval of exa-cel, bluebird bio, Iovance and Rocket Pharmaceuticals wait patiently in the wings.
While the biotech’s third-quarter revenue beat Wall Street expectations, its $7.3 billion acquisition of Reata Pharmaceuticals—which closed in September—negatively impacted 2023 per-share earnings.
The vaccine maker is prepared to cut another $300 million in operating expenses in 2024 to keep the company afloat as it works to get its combination COVID-19/flu vaccine into Phase III.
In a bid to join Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk in the lucrative, high-growth obesity market, AstraZeneca is investing in a Phase I oral GLP-1RA candidate from Shanghai-based biotech Eccogene.
The oral targeted therapy, now sold under the brand name Fruzaqla, is approved for adults with metastatic colorectal cancer who have received certain previous treatments for the disease.
Lilly’s Zepbound (tirzepatide) injection is the first and only approved treatment that activates two incretin hormone receptors, GIP and GLP-1, to treat obesity and excess weight.
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With headwinds in the wider biotech sphere, the third quarter showed continuing vulnerabilities in the COVID space while the weight-loss drugs drove blockbuster sales.
The company on Wednesday reported nearly 50 billion euros, or $53.3 billion, in revenue with zero cash flow. Several layers of management will be eliminated as structural split-off strategies are considered.