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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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Q&AAbbVie 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 Amy Baxter • April 24, 2024 -
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TrendlineArtificial 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.
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Inside J&J’s strategy to de-gender clinical trials
Mark Wildgust, vice president of global medical affairs for J&J's oncology division, shares strategies for making clinical trials gender- and trans-inclusive.
By Alexandra Pecci • April 23, 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 Meagan Parrish • 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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3 patent expirations in 2024 and how companies are pivoting
As the cliffs approach, pharma companies are tackling the sales hit with diverging strategies.
By Amy Baxter • April 17, 2024 -
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Deep DiveUkraine 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 Meagan Parrish • April 16, 2024 -
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Where the GLP-1 weight loss market goes will depend on data
As GLP-1s expand into new disease categories, their impact could be enough to overtake leading cardiovascular drugs.
By Amy Baxter • April 15, 2024 -
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3 big recent trial flops
How these clinical setbacks impacted the companies, industry and patients.
By Meagan Parrish • April 12, 2024 -
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Q&AHow 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 Michael Gibney • April 11, 2024 -
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Biotech SpotlightWhat’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 Amy Baxter • April 10, 2024 -
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Deep DivePsychiatry 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 Michael Gibney • April 9, 2024 -
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Cutting pills. Rationing insulin. How Americans struggle to pay for drugs.
More than 20% of Americans are forgoing prescription medications due to costs, according to a recent survey.
By Amy Baxter • April 9, 2024 -
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Women want to participate in clinical trials. Lack of flexibility is still a problem.
Underrepresentation of women in clinical trials affects the resulting drugs that are available down the line, but even small changes can fuel participation.
By Kelly Bilodeau • April 8, 2024 -
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Next-gen menopause treatments have blockbuster potential. Can women, doctors and payers be convinced?
The market is huge, but will companies overcome the triple hurdles of payer hesitance, prescriber reluctance and sluggish consumer demand?
By Alexandra Pecci • April 8, 2024 -
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Sponsored by AvengaUnlocking growth: How GenAI can help pharma companies convert new clients
GenAI is profoundly reshaping various facets of the pharmaceutical industry. Projections indicate that the global GenAI market in pharma will soar to $2258.1 million by 2032.
By Olena Domanska, Data Science Engineering Manager at Avenga • April 8, 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 Meagan Parrish • April 5, 2024 -
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As antimicrobial resistance looms large, a nonprofit teams up with Big Pharma to intervene
AMR is a growing threat, but with little financial incentive to pick up the torch, government and nonprofit collaborations are keeping the R&D flames burning.
By Amy Baxter • April 3, 2024 -
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A dementia-focused VC digs past anti-amyloid for neuroscience diamonds in the rough
Even as new drugs like Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi make a splash in Alzheimer’s, VCs like the Dementia Discovery Fund have invested in the next wave of therapies.
By Michael Gibney • April 2, 2024 -
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Q&ATo advance women’s leadership, an effort ‘has to be purposeful,’ says EMD Serono exec
Gender diversity in leadership “doesn’t just happen,” — it requires institutional change, from investing in women’s startups to providing more generous family leave.
By Alexandra Pecci • April 1, 2024 -
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With a rise in animal-human organ transplants, a drugmaker aims for a new standard of care
Eledon Pharmaceuticals is developing a drug that could facilitate organ transplants from animals to humans as the procedure gains steam.
By Kelly Bilodeau • April 1, 2024 -
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To penetrate crowded GLP-1 field, Rivus Pharma is taking a metabolic approach
Rivus’ controlled metabolic accelerators are an emerging new potential competitor to popular weight loss and diabetes drugs from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.
By Amy Baxter • March 29, 2024 -
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Takeda plots ‘unprecedented patient diversity’ for psoriasis drug that could compete with BMS
Ahead of more guidance from the FDA on diversity in clinical trials, Takeda is aiming to beat industry standards.
By Amy Baxter • March 27, 2024 -
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Alnylam turns to genealogy to find rare disease patients through family trees
A vastly underdiagnosed rare disease presents a challenge to Alnylam’s commercial team, but a family health road trip has patients talking about their hereditary risk.
By Michael Gibney • March 26, 2024
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