Biotech: Page 7


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    As colorectal deaths rise among younger people, a screening tool could help pinpoint more patients

    As colorectal deaths rise among younger people, a diagnostic could help pinpoint more patients.

    By Alexandra Pecci • March 12, 2024
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    COVID vaccine giants Moderna and Pfizer employ divergent tactics for the next chapter

    With COVID-19 vaccine sales dying down, Pfizer and Moderna turn to growth in different ways to cement their status as mRNA leaders.

    By March 11, 2024
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    Trendline

    Commercialization, marketing and social media

    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. 

    By PharmaVoice staff
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    Neurvati touts fresh, ‘synergistic’ investment model in neuroscience R&D

    The Blackstone Life Sciences-backed company plans to focus on later-stage assets to help derisk development.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • March 11, 2024
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    HIV isn’t ‘solved,’ but a doctor who treated some of the first patients hopes to finally deliver a cure

    From San Francisco in the 80s to a gene therapy prospect, Dr. Marcus Conant looks back on his long fight against the virus — and if the industry is close to ending the epidemic.

    By March 5, 2024
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    Biotech IPOs heated up to start 2024. Will the surge last?

    Following the sector’s best IPO start in three years, industry insiders shared what they expect to see in the months ahead. 

    By Gwendolyn Wu , Ben Fidler • March 5, 2024
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    Did the FTC get it wrong when it blocked the Sanofi-Maze deal?

    In its zeal to stamp out anticompetitive practices and lower drug prices, a consultant said the FTC might have overlooked the unique considerations in rare disease drug development.

    By Alexandra Pecci • March 4, 2024
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    Biotech Spotlight

    Black Diamond looks to outwit cancer mutations

    Why the company’s novel therapeutics could have a competitive edge in a crowded cancer indication.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • March 4, 2024
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    Biogen partner NeuroSense seeks a role in the ALS revolution

    Results from a mid-stage study for a new ALS drug have been strong, and NeuroSense is looking to join a small but sturdy wave of companies bringing new treatments to market.

    By Feb. 29, 2024
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    Can a top scientist and Moderna co-founder change the CRO game?

    From his advisory board role at Lindus Health, Robert Langer is aiming to overcome challenges in the CRO market.

    By Feb. 28, 2024
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    Behind a big-name rare disease biotech, an exec draws from personal experience

    The personal impact of rare disease has shaped Gianluca Pirozzi, a senior vice president at AstraZeneca’s Alexion, as a parent and drug developer.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Feb. 27, 2024
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    BioMarin preaches patience amid slow sales for hemophilia gene therapy

    The company earned only $3.5 million last year from its Roctavian treatment, far below the $50 million to $150 million range it had forecast eight months ago.

    By Ben Fidler • Feb. 23, 2024
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    Ferring’s microbiome and gene therapy firsts take the company beyond reproductive health

    Ferring’s U.S. president Brent Ragans discusses the company’s strategy as it expands into new therapeutic areas and further develops its reproductive pipeline.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Feb. 22, 2024
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    Behind the breakthrough cancer therapy that just won a historic FDA nod

    The first-of-its-kind TIL therapy for solid tumors developed by Iovance Biotherapeutics won FDA approval last week.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Feb. 21, 2024
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    4 biotechs to watch in 2024

    A splashy IPO, first-in-class treatments and upcoming approval dates are a few reasons we’ve got our eyes on these biotechs this year.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Feb. 21, 2024
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    The roadblocks faced by Biogen are many, but execs point to an R&D-focused turnaround

    A disappointing few years for Biogen have led leadership to use new drug launches as fuel for an about-face.

    By Feb. 15, 2024
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    These 4 drugs had tons of promise — and they flopped. What happened?

    No amount of excitement can prevent failures stemming from safety, efficacy, cost and other speed bumps along the way.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Feb. 13, 2024
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    A new (old) mind-opening tool in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease

    A new use for an existing ultrasound technology is seeing early success in getting medications past the blood-brain barrier.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Feb. 12, 2024
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    Big Pharma players Amgen, Roche and Pfizer seek to follow in Novo and Lilly’s weight loss footsteps

    While Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have a sizable lead in the quickly expanding GLP-1 market, Big Pharma peers are looking for a way in.

    By Feb. 8, 2024
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    ‘Beginning of the end’ for small molecules? VCs brace for Medicare investment gap

    The "small molecule penalty" becomes even riskier for investors as the IRA negotiates prices, and VCs and lawmakers are looking to get a jump on those headwinds.

    By Feb. 6, 2024
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    Vaxxinity is brewing up meds for a spacefaring future

    The biotech’s bone- and muscle-building treatments could someday help humans reach other planets. 

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Feb. 5, 2024
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    CAR-T developers respond to FDA black box warning

    Despite a recent safety warning from the FDA, companies such as BMS and J&J stress that the benefits of their cancer therapies still outweigh the risks.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Jan. 30, 2024
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    Co-inventor of AZ COVID-19 shot pivots from vaccine-linked name

    Barinthus Biotherapeutics wants to be known for more than its pandemic ties, CEO Bill Enright said.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Jan. 30, 2024
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    Tonix closes in on the first new fibromyalgia drug in more than a decade

    In addition to the chronic disease, the non-opioid drug may have applications in other painful conditions.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Jan. 29, 2024
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    ‘1 plus 1 equals 3’ — the co-CEO model in pharma

    Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ co-founders and co-CEOs Josh Cohen and Justin Klee explain their approach to dual leadership and why it can be a good fit in life sciences.

    By Jan. 26, 2024
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    King’s prostate surgery puts spotlight on men’s health — and new cancer treatments on the way

    The publicly announced procedure has highlighted one of the most prevalent and deadly cancers among men, and the treatments being developed to combat it.

    By Jan. 25, 2024