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Memento’s lead asset is a bispecific antibody that blocks VEGF and activates Tie2. The biotech plans to test the candidate in retinal conditions such as neovascular age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema.
Backed by institutional investors and seasoned industry leaders, cAMPfield Therapeutics is advancing a clinical program aimed at reshaping the landscape for inflammatory bowel disease.
Cost cutting is just one factor driving biopharmas to whittle away at their workforces. An analyst discusses more common reasons layoffs occur and which employees are most at risk.
Biopharmas that announced Series B financing this year and are looking for employees as they grow include two companies that received $100 million or more. One has partnerships with three Big Pharmas.
Weeks after Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly retracted billions of dollar in German commitments, the nation’s government is reportedly changing a contentious element of its planned healthcare reforms.
Strong science, lower costs and growing capital networks are putting Spain and Portugal on the biotech investment map, even as structural bottlenecks persist, according to two investors.
IPO
Biotechs are benefitting from the AI tech frenzy and inflation, but validated pipelines and careful planning are still key to the recent record-setting IPOs, experts say.
Instead of using viral vectors, SonoThera’s genetic medicines are delivered through an ultrasound-mediated technology that could help sidestep key safety issues with conventional delivery methods.
Just 23% of respondents to a BioSpace LinkedIn poll expect the biopharma job market will rebound in 2026. Three experts discuss when they see a turnaround happening and how increasing emphasis on cost efficiency is impacting hiring practices.
As the industry faces policy changes and significant cuts to federal funding, local ecosystems can bolster companies through innovative resources to sustain growth and keep the U.S. at the center of biomedical innovation.
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