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The FDA published briefing documents ahead of advisory committee meetings for therapies from Capricor Therapeutics and Replimune indicate an uphill battle for the biotechs; GSK and AstraZeneca outline ambitious plans in second quarter presentations; Sarepta taps Michael Severino as its new CEO; and Amgen launches its official defense of Tavneos.
As GSK records $2.4 billion in impairment charges for the second quarter, the U.K. pharma has announced a sweeping restructure designed to save about the same amount of money over the next few years.
If the offering closes, Apnimed will join the 2026 IPO class that has already far surpassed last year’s total.
Oak Hill Bio is developing the antisense therapy rugonersen, which it licensed from Roche in 2025, for Angelman syndrome.
In briefing documents published Monday ahead of an advisory committee meeting for deramiocel, the FDA disagreed with Capricor’s assertion that a Phase 3 trial met its primary outcome measures.
Despite a Phase 3 miss, Gossamer Bio is full steam ahead for its lung disease asset, pointing to previous “review issues” at the FDA as one of the reasons to continue development.
After leaving Tessera Therapeutics earlier this month, Michael Severino will take over Sarepta Therapeutics as the biotech awaits two key regulatory decisions in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
AstraZeneca remains “very much on track” to hit its 2030 goal of reaching $80 billion in revenue despite the recent late-stage failure of Wainua in ATTR-cardiomyopathy, CEO Pascal Soriot said during the company’s Q2 earnings presentation on Monday.
The star of the takeover is Forte Biosciences’ investigational antibody therapy, FB102, which has shown early potential in vitiligo and celiac disease.
Sanofi had hoped the acquisition of Kymab would fill a major hole that will be left as autoimmune juggernaut Dupixent heads toward a patent cliff. Now, another therapy has failed to meet expectations.