Biotech: Page 11


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    Big Pharma’s most improved drugs: a new generation of blockbusters

    The old guard of pharma bestsellers is seeing more competition, but newer drugs demonstrating sales and revenue growth can build up the coffers in years to come.

    By May 14, 2024
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    Lilly’s donanemab will face an Alzheimer’s adcomm in June, setting the stage for a Leqembi showdown

    The FDA announced a June advisory committee date, potentially introducing a new Alzheimer’s treatment to compete with Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi.

    By May 9, 2024
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    Trendline

    Artificial intelligence & machine learning

    After years of excited buzz around the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning, pharma has begun to realize the true implications and potential value of these technologies.

    By PharmaVoice staff
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    Using the body as ‘a bioreactor’ — a regenerative medicine expert on where the field is headed

    The director of the University of Pittsburgh’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine believes the industry is “turning a corner.”

    By Alexandra Pecci • May 7, 2024
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    Takeover target? Activist investor believes Novavax tech would be in ‘better hands’ with Big Pharma

    With its next earnings report looming, pushback from an investor is adding pressure on Novavax to boost performance.

    By May 3, 2024
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    $4M+ gene therapies? How payers can adapt to a new reality of pricey ‘cures’

    Pricey gene therapies promise great benefit to patients but pose a threat to the payer landscape — ICER and a Tufts think tank are offering potential solutions.

    By May 2, 2024
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    As AI proliferates in pharma, regulators look to catch up in clinical trials

    The FDA’s newly launched Center for Clinical Trial Innovation potentially opens the door for more efficient and expanded AI use, but leaves pharmas wanting more guidance.

    By May 1, 2024
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    Profile

    Now a biopharma powerhouse, Vertex’s R&D bedrock could deliver tomorrow’s blockbusters

    From its landmark CRISPR approval to its potential breakthrough drug for pain, Vertex’s development approach, led by chief scientific officer Dr. David Altshuler, is paying off.

    By April 30, 2024
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    4 offbeat biotechs making a splash in the life sciences

    From resurrecting an extinct species to improving regenerative medicines with plant-based materials, these biotechs are on the leading edge of science.

    By Alexandra Pecci • April 30, 2024
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    As BMS announces major cuts, its Karuna deal looks poised to drive growth

    The company's schizophrenia drug picked up in its $14 billion acquisition of Karuna Therapeutics recently generated positive long-term data from its phase 3 program.  

    By Kelly Bilodeau • April 29, 2024
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    Q&A

    How a biotech exec is leveraging Big Pharma lessons to advance tRNA

    Michelle Werner shares how the lessons from her resume — and personal experience — are driving her work with novel therapeutics.

    By April 29, 2024
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    Neuroscience has entered a new era. Now it’s time for a ‘moonshot’ approach.

    Dr. Jeremy Levin, CEO of Ovid Therapeutics, explains how scientific advances have converged to create a new era of drug development potential.

    By April 26, 2024
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    Biogen: Don’t expect any big acquisitions this year

    While the company is eager to diversify, CEO Chris Viehbacher said that in the near-term any dealmaking would likely focus on collaborations and early-stage assets.

    By Jacob Bell • April 24, 2024
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    AbbVie and Regenxbio’s ‘multibillion-dollar opportunity’ in vision loss gene therapy

    After a successful mid-stage study, the companies aim to upend traditional wet AMD treatments with a one-time gene therapy.

    By April 24, 2024
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    Vistagen’s on-demand nasal spray could provide a novel option for social anxiety

    The fast-acting medication is one of a few new approaches being tested for the crippling condition.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • April 22, 2024
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    WuXi partnerships at risk as lawmakers target Chinese ties to biopharma

    Why the legislation could throw a wrench into the supply chain for advanced therapies and how the industry has responded.

    By April 22, 2024
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    Behind the ‘encouraging’ new results for Amylyx’s beleaguered drug

    Where Amylyx ultimately failed in ALS, it could prevail in a rare disease. The doctor leading this research explains why.

    By April 19, 2024
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    Roivant spinoff tackles growing complexity of clinical trials

    As precision medicine booms, all trials are starting to look like rare disease trials, the company said.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • April 18, 2024
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    Deep Dive

    Ukraine was pharma’s ‘darling’ of clinical trials. As war drags on, will the industry come back?

    New clinical trial starts are picking back up, but are still far below their bustling pre-war level. 

    By April 16, 2024
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    Biotech Spotlight

    Traditional gene therapies are uber-niche. Ocugen hopes to change that.

    The biotech is developing a ‘gene-agnostic’ approach to expand the patient pool for gene therapies.

    By Alexandra Pecci • April 15, 2024
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    3 big recent trial flops

    How these clinical setbacks impacted the companies, industry and patients.

    By April 12, 2024
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    How pharma’s surging M&A is impacting the industry’s tech sector

    As dealmaking in biopharma picks up, the CEO of eClinical Solutions sees an opportunity for clinical software companies to make acquisitions easier to close.

    By April 11, 2024
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    What’s old is new: The revival of a one-time radiotherapy cancer treatment

    TAE Life Sciences is bringing radiation-based cancer therapy to clinical trials globally in the coming years.

    By April 10, 2024
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    Deep Dive

    Psychiatry drugs finally have pharma’s attention. Can they keep it?

    Recent biotech company acquisitions have put emerging schizophrenia treatments in focus. But many development hurdles still stand in the way of new medicines for the brain.

    By Jacob Bell • April 10, 2024
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    Biosimilar uptake appears to finally be on the upswing, and Biocon Biologics is betting on the sector’s future

    Biosimilars promise market competition for branded biologics, which in theory could drive down prices. But so far, winning market share has been a struggle.

    By April 9, 2024
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    Viral return: 3 U.S. cases concerning experts

    Infectious diseases that were “off the playing field” are now making a comeback.  

    By April 5, 2024