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The FDA has so far secured 600 new hires and is looking for 1,600 more as interim leadership at the agency aims to rebuild the workforce and morale after more than a year of intense attrition.
Speaking to media on Tuesday, BIO CEO John Crowley complimented China’s rise as a biotech powerhouse but said U.S. policy needs to protect and maintain America’s lead.
While merger and acquisition activity has been robust of late, frequent changes in guidance and leadership at the regulator add risk to any transaction.
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After 27 deaths were reported in a group receiving its blood cancer drug, ADC Therapeutics is downsizing, implementing layoffs for about 30 workers.
A few short days after announcing an FDA pivot on a separate asset, REGENXBIO is planning to test the agency’s apparent newfound rare disease outlook on another late-stage gene therapy.
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A new report from RBC Capital Markets lists Biotechnology Innovation Organization chief executive John Crowley and military physician Heidi Overton as potential candidates for the role of FDA commissioner—in addition to the agency’s current acting leader, top food regulator Kyle Diamantas.
Novartis and Antares Therapeutics are shooting for the stars, launching a joint mission to develop small molecule oncology therapies.
Lilly has already spent more than $25 billion in potential business development commitments this year, including the $6.3 billion buyout of Centessa Pharmaceuticals that closed today.
AbbVie scooped up immunology player Apogee Therapeutics for nearly $11 billion in one of the year’s top deals to-date, while Sanofi made a big play to survive its upcoming Dupixent patent cliff; FDA uncertainty continues as the agency changes direction on gene therapies by uniQure and REGENXBIO; and Jef Akst and Annalee Armstrong report back from San Diego.
The combined business entity with Boundless Bio, which will carry Serapha Bio’s name and fold in Boundless Bio, will focus on the development of a gene editor for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
For the 2026 fiscal year, Takeda anticipates declines in revenue and profit, highlighting what CEO-elect Julie Kim says is the need for the company to “invest in future growth.”
With positive feedback on a Phase 3 trial design, Ollin Biosciences has collected a $330 million series B to advance its VEGF/Ang2 antibody, which bested Genentech’s therapy in a head-to-head study.
Even biopharma’s biggest players have been forced to take a hard look at their businesses and realign their cost structures to cope with the continued and compounding challenges plaguing the industry.