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As pharma’s AI revolution gets underway, ‘hallucinations’ pose a great risk
While AI, machine learning and large language models can distill huge amounts of information, they sometimes make mistakes. New technologies could rebuild that trust.
By Michael Gibney • Aug. 27, 2024 -
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As a new mpox strain gains ground, a key drug stumbles in the clinic
Despite the disappointing results, the drug’s developer, Siga Therapeutics, said there’s more to the story.
By Kelly Bilodeau • Aug. 26, 2024 -
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As the pharma industry stares down a historic patent cliff, macroeconomic headwinds and challenging R&D costs for increasingly complex medicines, nailing the launch of new medicines has become increasingly critical.
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Will the IRA squash new drugs? Those worries are likely exaggerated, studies say.
There’s no link between revenue and R&D from smaller biotechs, and that’s where most innovation comes from, according to new studies.
By Alexandra Pecci • Aug. 22, 2024 -
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BioMarin taps Amgen, Roche vets in executive reshuffle
Greg Friberg and James Sabry will take over, respectively, as heads of R&D and business development, less than a year after BioMarin named a new CEO.
By Jacob Bell • Aug. 22, 2024 -
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Q&A23andMe inches closer to cancer immunotherapy, guided by its genetic database
Dr. Jennifer Low, head of 23andMe’s therapeutics division, is taking the company into new territory with a potential cancer treatment that targets a unique pathway.
By Michael Gibney • Aug. 20, 2024 -
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Q&A // Biotech SpotlightA 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 Michael Gibney • 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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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&AAutobahn’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 Amy Baxter • Aug. 7, 2024 -
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Biotech SpotlightA 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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Pfizer, GSK and Moderna execs remain optimistic about RSV vaccines despite CDC blowback
An advisory committee’s age group recommendations look like a major setback, but executives are painting a rosier picture.
By Michael Gibney • Aug. 6, 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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OpinionWhat 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 Meagan Parrish • Aug. 2, 2024 -
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Read to lead: 6 books pharma execs swear by
From an epic, alternative reality fantasy to a ‘biography of cancer,’ these six reads have stuck with pharma execs as they navigate how to lead.
By Alexandra Pecci • Aug. 1, 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 Amy Baxter • 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 Amy Baxter • July 26, 2024 -
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Q&AIn 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 Meagan Parrish • July 25, 2024 -
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&ABird 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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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 Amy Baxter • July 19, 2024 -
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Q&AAmylyx’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 Meagan Parrish • July 17, 2024 -
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Biotech SpotlightA 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 Michael Gibney • July 16, 2024
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