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The drugs hit hardest by Medicare price negotiations
The final negotiations slash drug prices between 38% and 79% for Medicare’s 2026 calendar year.
By Amy Baxter • Aug. 16, 2024 -
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Medicare reveals results of drug price negotiations
The agency said the first round of pricing talks, which involved drugs like the blood thinners Eliquis and Xarelto, will result in $6 billion in savings for taxpayers.
By Ned Pagliarulo • Aug. 15, 2024 -
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TrendlineClinical 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.
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Lessons from COVID: Tuskegee impacts still erode trust in healthcare, but hope shines through
A long-time leader in public health and outreach to people of color, Dr. Reed Tuckson offers the lessons he learned from the COVID pandemic and how pharma can better serve those communities.
By Michael Gibney • Aug. 15, 2024 -
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Can BioNTech sustain a post-COVID mRNA pipeline? Oncology is the next hope.
The German biotech is leveraging its mRNA platforms to develop a new class of cancer treatments that are necessary to lift the company’s flagging sales.
By Amy Baxter • Aug. 14, 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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M&A is ready to explode, and that’s good news for pharma layoffs
Deals driven by obesity meds are fueling an M&A comeback, driving the industry to take fewer cost-cutting measures.
By Kelly Bilodeau • Aug. 12, 2024 -
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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 Amy Baxter • 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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Market share shakeup: Big Pharma’s bestselling drugs drive industry shifts in 2024’s first half
The top drugs at each of the world’s most valuable pharma companies tell the story of just how much the industry has changed over the course of a few years.
By Michael Gibney • Aug. 8, 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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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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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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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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3 Big Pharma cancer drugs facing inflation penalties
The U.S. government will demand payment from Big Pharma to make up for dozens of drugs with prices that rose faster than the rate of inflation.
By Amy Baxter • July 31, 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 Michael Gibney • July 30, 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 -
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Where Kamala Harris stands on three key pharma issues
The presumptive Democratic nominee has a long history of taking on pharma over drug prices and supporting women’s healthcare access.
By Amy Baxter • July 24, 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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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 Amy Baxter • 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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