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Regulatory uncertainty is no longer background noise. It is a material investment risk that reshapes how capital is deployed and pipelines are prioritized.
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Bristol Myers Squibb, GSK and Merck are contributing drug ingredients as part of their deals with the White House but are keeping many of the terms of their agreements private.
Some 200 rare disease therapies are at risk of losing eligibility for a pediatric priority review voucher, a recent analysis by the Rare Disease Company Coalition shows. That could mean $4 billion in missed revenue for already cash-strapped biotechs.
The FDA’s rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program missed reauthorization at the last minute in 2024; advocates have been fighting to get it back ever since.
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As the 2020 election heats up, candidates for president are unveiling their plans to lower prescription drug prices.
In November 2018, Chinese researcher He Jiankui announced he had used CRISPR gene editing to modify the CCR5 genes in the embryos of seven Chinese couples. This was met by widespread condemnation, investigations and a call for a global moratorium against that type of research.
MIT’s Research Enterprise in Singapore, SMART, launches a new research group, Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), as part of Singapore’s National Cell Manufacturing Initiative to overcome scientific and technical challenges in life-changing cell therapies.
Phase 1/2 trial to be HOOKIPA’s first clinical trial in immuno-oncology
Although the American public, Congress and the Trump administration have pressed for meaningful legislation over drug pricing, time is running out this year.
The Sackler family has earned billions from the sale of OxyContin and the backlash against the family has increased in-fighting, according to reports.
The National Institute of Health Research has announced £135m of funding for new research projects across the UK to tackle some of the biggest health conditions, including dementia.
Turning away from “low-value” (waste, overuse) towards “high-value” health care is critical for the sustainability of solidarity-based healthcare systems. The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Health Technology Assessment is represented on the European Expert Panel.
BioArctic received MEUR 15 milestone payment from Eisai for start of BAN2401 confirmatory Phase 3 study in early Alzheimer’s disease
Allergy Therapeutics plc provides a trading update for the year ended 30 June 2019 ahead of its Preliminary Results to be announced on 25 September 2019.