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    Q&A // Biotech Spotlight

    A biotech’s difficult journey to bring a new kind of Parkinson’s drug to patients

    A series of executive turnovers at Gain Therapeutics this year precedes important early-stage Parkinson’s results that could change how the disease is treated.

    By Aug. 13, 2024
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    A potential MS ‘game changer’ could bring more safety to the table — even against viruses

    Immunic’s treatment has anti-inflammation, neuroprotection and antiviral effects plus a ‘benign’ safety profile that even seems to lower the risk of COVID-19 infection.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Aug. 13, 2024
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    Trendline

    Clinical trial diversity

    As pharma wises up to the fact that the current playbook for improving clinical trial diversity has yet to make a meaningful impact, the quest is on to refine that approach.

    By PharmaVoice staff
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    Pharma execs react to final drug price negotiations with Medicare

    Here’s what the leaders of the companies with the 10 drugs in the first wave of price negotiations with Medicare said about how the new prices will impact their portfolio.

    By Aug. 9, 2024
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    Roche licenses Sangamo’s technology for another shot at Alzheimer’s drugs

    Through a new deal, Roche has exclusive rights to Sangamo molecules designed to repress the gene that makes “tau,” a protein many scientists view as a main driver of Alzheimer’s.

    By Jacob Bell • Aug. 8, 2024
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    Q&A

    Autobahn’s road to a breakthrough depression treatment is paved with high-profile investors

    The biotech boasts some Big Pharma backers that drove a $100 million fundraising effort in July to take its depression drug into a mid-stage study.

    By Aug. 7, 2024
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    A biotech dousing ‘fires’ in the brain that plagued a bestselling author

    Arialys Therapeutics is developing a precision medicine treatment for a rare autoimmune encephalitis that mimics psychosis.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Aug. 7, 2024
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    Jim Wilson, prominent gene therapy researcher, to depart UPenn

    Wilson, who founded UPenn’s gene therapy program three decades ago, will step down to start two new spinouts, Gemma Bio and Franklin Biolabs.

    By Ned Pagliarulo • Aug. 5, 2024
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    In a Duchenne market beset by problems, Capricor data marks a bright spot

    The company’s cell therapy recently showed positive results from a mid-stage trial.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Aug. 5, 2024
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    Opinion

    What pharma has learned from AI

    As AI tools move from hype to a daily reality at pharma companies, here are the insights users are gaining.

    By Aug. 2, 2024
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    Pfizer’s Bourla confident in company’s obesity drug position, despite delays

    The CEO noted how Pfizer's danuglipron could still be the second oral GLP-1 treatment to enter registrational tests after Lilly's orforglipron.

    By Jonathan Gardner • Aug. 1, 2024
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    7 years after launch, Sanofi’s Dupixent is set for a megablockbuster run

    Dupixent hasn’t generated as much buzz as top-sellers like Keytruda or Ozempic, but the drug is boosting Sanofi’s earnings into the future.

    By July 30, 2024
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    Neuro drugs are still faltering, despite rising investment

    A brain-on-a-chip developer says better preclinical modeling could help move the needle.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • July 29, 2024
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    Sage’s recent trial failure adds pressure to its two-drug Biogen collab

    The mid-stage failure leaves the success of the expensive partnership hanging on a drug that’s already suffered its own setback.

    By July 29, 2024
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    Citius’ first FDA decision date is approaching — and its CEO has millions on the line

    Citius Pharmaceuticals CEO Leonard Mazur has personally invested $22.5 million into the company, which is fast approaching a potential turning point.

    By July 26, 2024
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    Q&A

    In biotech’s new market normal, here’s what’s catching this investor’s eye

    A VC investor shares how the market is recovering, which kinds of companies he’s hunting for and where he’d love to see more innovation.

    By July 25, 2024
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    Private biotech M&A surges amid difficult IPO market

    Private biotech company acquisitions are on their fastest pace in years, a trend some in the industry say is driven by the abundance of mature, but not yet public, drug startups. 

    By Gwendolyn Wu • July 23, 2024
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    Q&A

    Bird flu puts BARDA back in the spotlight

    BARDA director Gary Disbrow explains the agency’s focus, how companies can get their “foot in the door” and why platforms are so important for preparedness.

    By Alexandra Pecci • July 23, 2024
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    To overcome barriers, cell and gene therapies need outside support

    With great potential in cell and gene therapies, there are still plenty of barriers to getting the breakthroughs to patients.  

    By Kelly Bilodeau • July 22, 2024
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    Kyverna follows oncology’s CAR-T cell playbook for an ultra-rare autoimmune disorder

    The pharma company is tackling the “stiff person syndrome” that afflicts Celine Dion in a phase 2 trial for its lead CAR-T candidate.

    By July 19, 2024
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    Gilead’s CMO to depart next year

    Merdad Parsey joined Gilead as its chief medical officer in 2019 and has helped lead the company’s expansion into oncology, with mixed success.

    By Ned Pagliarulo • July 19, 2024
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    Gilead eyes ‘ending the HIV epidemic’ via incremental progress

    With a long elusive HIV cure ever on the horizon, Gilead’s latest long-acting PrEP study shows that every step counts.

    By July 18, 2024
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    Q&A

    Amylyx’s CEOs on their ALS setback and quest to revamp the pipeline

    Co-CEOs Josh Cohen and Justin Klee reflect on what they learned from Relyvrio’s failure and how they’re carrying those lessons forward with other drugs.

    By July 17, 2024
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    Biotech Spotlight

    A new biotech tackling IBD joins a race against Lilly and Gilead for a promising pill

    Ensho Therapeutics just launched but is already generating buzz with its phase 2-ready clinical program for inflammatory bowel disease.

    By Alexandra Pecci • July 17, 2024
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    Has pharma emerged from the ‘age of uncertainty’?

    An industry reeling from a precarious market is showing signs of stabilizing as the future becomes a little less cloudy, an Evaluate report suggests.

    By July 16, 2024
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    Is a better CAR-T cell therapy option on the horizon?

    In vivo CAR-T cell technology has the potential to solve some major issues in the field and could enter the clinic this year.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • July 15, 2024