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While industry leaders are unsure whether the U.S. or China will prevail, they are largely united in the belief that Europe is lagging behind.
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Bellwether Johnson & Johnson will kick off the third quarter earnings reporting period on Tuesday, with analysts searching for news on business development, launch execution and more.
After Abogen Biosciences’ COVID shot missed the commercial window, the big question was whether its mRNA technology could create value beyond vaccines. Novartis’ $575 million upfront commitment is the clearest external validation yet of that broader therapeutic potential.
Leveraging recently proposed regulatory flexibilities, the gene-editing sector is working to cut R&D costs and unlock indications that were previously economically unviable, according to a new playbook published by the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine.
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Watching the baseball playoffs this week, I was struck by the parallels between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Eli Lilly. Both franchises spend a lot of money and always appear to come out on top.
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CDMO-sponsor relationships have shifted from transactional outsourcing to strategic collaboration built on shared risk, regulatory fluency and technical insight. As rising compliance pressure and geopolitical volatility reshape manufacturing, partners like Rose BioSolutions argue that true value now comes from challenging assumptions, anticipating hurdles and protecting programs before problems surface.
TRexBio and Retension Pharmaceuticals are set to debut Friday, bringing this year’s biotech IPO count to 29 as the sector’s rebound continues. City Therapeutics and Iambic Therapeutics hope to push that number even higher.
With an internal non-opioid program nearing approval, Viatris is picking up Pacira BioSciences for a broader pain portfolio and the associated commercial infrastructure.
Watching the baseball playoffs this week, I was struck by the parallels between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Eli Lilly. Both franchises spend a lot of money and always appear to come out on top.
With the patent court siding with Halozyme, Merck faces restrictions on a product that won approval in Europe last year.
Argenx shares have fallen more than 13% after the surprise futility finding, which overshadowed a mid-stage celiac disease win for a separate asset acquired in the company’s $2.2 billion Forte Biosciences buy.
After one patient death prompted an FDA hold this spring, Newron Pharmaceuticals has now shared that a total of four fatalities have been recorded among participants receiving its schizophrenia candidate. A fifth death was recorded among those taking the placebo.