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Will the real Ozempic please stand up? Lilly, Novo face uphill counterfeit battle
Weight loss market leaders are warning patients and healthcare providers about the risks associated with knockoff versions of their popular obesity meds — and taking legal action.
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Q&ACan Moderna’s COVID-flu combo shot improve flagging vaccination rates?
A COVID and flu duo could ease manufacturing and administration, potentially driving higher vaccination rates, said Moderna’s VP of North American medical affairs.
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After 33 years, Geron’s first approval marks a turn in Nobel-winning science
The decades-long story of how a first-in-class blood cancer treatment went from bench to bedside.
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Ahead of its upcoming decision date, a competitor takes aim at KarXT
The FDA isn’t slated to render a decision about BMS and Karuna’s potential breakthrough schizophrenia med until September — but a biotech is already hoping to be hot on its heels.
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Q&A // First 90 DaysAfter an obesity deal with Novo, Omega’s new business head is on the hunt for more partners
With a career focused on striking deals, Kaan Certel is hoping to lead the Flagship-backed biotech with an mRNA platform into its next phase of growth.
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3 windows of opportunity in women’s health
Despite a recent surge of interest, the femtech and women’s health markets are far from reaching their full potential.
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NIH-funded trials fall flat on diversity goals
Many clinical trials aren’t meeting enrollment inclusion checkpoints — and some aren’t even setting targets, according to a recent OIG report.
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New data showcase promise, growing pains of CAR-T in autoimmune disease
One expert described trial results presented at EULAR last week as “unprecedented.” But reports of relapses in some patients drew questions about the therapies’ ultimate potential.
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Avoiding the pharma ‘junk pile’ with launch readiness, pipeline rigor and ‘quick kills’
Drug launches have underperformed expectations at a high rate, and pharmas need to get better at thinning the pipeline to make room for the real wins, says a life sciences consultant.
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The hunt for the brain’s biomarkers
How Roche is finding better ways to diagnose brain conditions like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
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Pfizer’s Paxlovid flunks long COVID study as researchers uncover the condition’s deep toll
While researchers gain ground understanding long COVID’s impact, viable treatments could still be a long way off.
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Lilly’s adcomm win shows amyloid and tau will likely dominate Alzheimer’s — for now
Lilly is the latest to approach the coveted Alzheimer’s approval, but a slate of drugmakers are lining up clinical trials in amyloid and tau to take a shot at improving patient outcomes.
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Making MovesRegenxbio CEO to step down after 15 years
Kenneth Mills will become chair of the gene therapy developer's board while Curran Simpson, the current chief operating officer, will take his place as company head.
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Despite adcomm rejection, Lykos CEO sees future for MDMA drug
Although the rebuff makes approval “a bit more challenging,” Lykos is moving forward with the psychedelic-based treatment for PTSD.
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Behind the powerful computations, AI’s role in pharma is still beset by challenges
Small biotechs are saving time and money leveraging AI to develop new drugs, but incomplete data and disease complexity remain hurdles for the space.
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As Big Pharma places bigger bets on ADCs, here’s where the field is headed next
With more drugmakers getting into the antibody-drug conjugate game, emerging innovations signal a bright future for the technology.
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FDA’s platform designation aims to ease R&D pain points
A new program creates approval pathways for multiple drugs developed on the same platform.
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Behind Big Pharma’s layoffs — is there an end in sight?
A slew of major companies, including BMS, have announced cost-cutting measures in recent months. What will it take to turn the tide?
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Pharma’s R&D gamble: picking pipeline winners in a risky field
How leaders from biotech, Big Pharma and the investment world know when they've found the right candidate or company to back.
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A ‘widening gap’ in access to new cancer meds drives efforts from City of Hope and Bristol Myers
Cancer care is improving so quickly that receiving newer medications can be difficult — City of Hope’s wide oncology network and a 10-year commitment from Bristol Myers Squibb offer some solutions.
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Biotech SpotlightRegenerative cell therapy biotech uses IPO to blast into human trials
Bucking conventional fundraising, FibroBiologics’ CEO Pete O’Heeron explains why the biotech company bet on themselves in the public market.
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Merck and Moderna’s cancer vaccine snags a clinical win in a field decades old
Cancer vaccines are taking off in the clinic, and a partnership between Merck and Moderna is at the forefront of a new wave of immunotherapy.
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What’s in a drug name? More than you might think.
From regulatory restrictions to evocative letter strings, branded drug naming is both an art and a science. We break down the process.
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Q&AIn an era of big patent losses, drug launches need years of runway
Jim Lang, CEO of Eversana, explains the shifting commercial environment and how past drug launch failures are informing the future.
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After two Big Pharma deals, Nimbus looks to keep the hits coming
With the billion-dollar-plus deals under its belt with Gilead and Takeda, the biotech’s CEO explains where the company is going next.
