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Servier will pick up Ojemda, which received FDA approval in 2024 to treat pediatric glioma. The drug clocked sales of $155 million for Day One Biopharmaceuticals in 2025.
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UniQure’s Path for Huntington’s Gene Therapy Clouded by Ethical Questions as Potential Phase 3 Looms
While the FDA appears to be adamant that uniQure conduct a sham surgery–controlled Phase 3 trial before AMT-130 can be considered for approval, experts believe there is an alternate path forward for the therapy, perhaps even based on precedent from the recent drama surrounding Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine.
Poplar Therapeutics is seeking a “step change” in the treatment of food allergy and other atopic conditions, with $95 million raised to date, including a $45 million series A extension that closed Tuesday.
Infrastructure and location have helped make Holly Springs a future hub for obesity drug production, with Amgen and Roche planning to manufacture GLP-1 therapies there to compete in the growing market.
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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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Humacyte’s stock price dropped 18% in after-hours trading Friday after the company announced the FDA requires additional time to review its Biologic License Application. No reason was given for the delay or an updated decision date.
ARS Pharma’s neffy on Friday became the first FDA-approved nasal spray to address severe allergic reactions, including those that might lead to life-threatening anaphylaxis.
Hundreds of companies are currently running clinical trials in the increasingly lucrative obesity space. BioSpace looks at five candidates with data expected before the end of the year.
In the next two weeks, the FDA will hand down its verdicts for three drug applications, including ones for multiple myeloma and hypoparathyroidism therapies.
Clinical trial concerns and a negative advisory committee vote ultimately sunk the treatment.
AN2 is discontinuing a study that evaluated epetraborole for treatment-refractory MAC lung disease and plans to shift focus to its boron chemistry platform.
Merck is paying $700 million upfront to buy Curon Biopharmaceutical’s bispecific antibody which depletes B cells and is being investigated for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and B cell acute lymphocytic leukemia.
With Medicare expenditures on Stelara increasing nearly tenfold, a new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General has found major differences in drug payment amounts under Part B versus Part D.
This week, Q2 earnings from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly revealed that the competition between the pharma giants’ weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Zepbound is getting closer.
In the latest setback for the pharma industry and its allies, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed a U.S. Chamber of Commerce lawsuit on the grounds of improper venue.