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Q&A // First 90 Days
After an obesity deal with Novo, Omega’s new business head is on the hunt for more partners
With a career focused on striking deals, Kaan Certel is hoping to lead the Flagship-backed biotech with an mRNA platform into its next phase of growth.
By Amy Baxter • June 24, 2024 -
3 windows of opportunity in women’s health
Despite a recent surge of interest, the femtech and women’s health markets are far from reaching their full potential.
By Alexandra Pecci • June 21, 2024 -
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TrendlineOncology R&D
Cancer research remains a prime focus for the industry and often leads to pharma’s most impactful breakthroughs.
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New data showcase promise, growing pains of CAR-T in autoimmune disease
One expert described trial results presented at EULAR last week as “unprecedented.” But reports of relapses in some patients drew questions about the therapies’ ultimate potential.
By Ben Fidler • June 20, 2024 -
NIH-funded trials fall flat on diversity goals
Many clinical trials aren’t meeting enrollment inclusion checkpoints — and some aren’t even setting targets, according to a recent OIG report.
By Amy Baxter • June 20, 2024 -
Avoiding the pharma ‘junk pile’ with launch readiness, pipeline rigor and ‘quick kills’
Drug launches have underperformed expectations at a high rate, and pharmas need to get better at thinning the pipeline to make room for the real wins, says a life sciences consultant.
By Michael Gibney • June 18, 2024 -
The hunt for the brain’s biomarkers
How Roche is finding better ways to diagnose brain conditions like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
By Kelly Bilodeau • June 17, 2024 -
Sponsored by Avenga
How can you prepare pharmaceutical data for AI consumption?
While AI has exploded in popularity across various industries, including pharma and life sciences, many companies have launched models that haven't delivered on their full potential.
By Matt Kovtun, Senior Data Scientist at Avenga • June 17, 2024 -
Pfizer’s Paxlovid flunks long COVID study as researchers uncover the condition’s deep toll
While researchers gain ground understanding long COVID’s impact, viable treatments could still be a long way off.
By Meagan Parrish • June 14, 2024 -
Lilly’s adcomm win shows amyloid and tau will likely dominate Alzheimer’s — for now
Lilly is the latest to approach the coveted Alzheimer’s approval, but a slate of drugmakers are lining up clinical trials in amyloid and tau to take a shot at improving patient outcomes.
By Michael Gibney • June 13, 2024 -
Behind the powerful computations, AI’s role in pharma is still beset by challenges
Small biotechs are saving time and money leveraging AI to develop new drugs, but incomplete data and disease complexity remain hurdles for the space.
By Amy Baxter • June 12, 2024 -
Despite adcomm rejection, Lykos CEO sees future for MDMA drug
Although the rebuff makes approval “a bit more challenging,” Lykos is moving forward with the psychedelic-based treatment for PTSD.
By Alexandra Pecci • June 12, 2024 -
FDA’s platform designation aims to ease R&D pain points
A new program creates approval pathways for multiple drugs developed on the same platform.
By Amy Baxter • June 11, 2024 -
As Big Pharma places bigger bets on ADCs, here’s where the field is headed next
With more drugmakers getting into the antibody-drug conjugate game, emerging innovations signal a bright future for the technology.
By Michael Gibney • June 11, 2024 -
Pharma’s R&D gamble: picking pipeline winners in a risky field
How leaders from biotech, Big Pharma and the investment world know when they've found the right candidate or company to back.
By Meagan Parrish • June 7, 2024 -
Biotech Spotlight
Regenerative cell therapy biotech uses IPO to blast into human trials
Bucking conventional fundraising, FibroBiologics’ CEO Pete O’Heeron explains why the biotech company bet on themselves in the public market.
By Amy Baxter • June 5, 2024 -
Merck and Moderna’s cancer vaccine snags a clinical win in a field decades old
Cancer vaccines are taking off in the clinic, and a partnership between Merck and Moderna is at the forefront of a new wave of immunotherapy.
By Michael Gibney • June 3, 2024 -
After two Big Pharma deals, Nimbus looks to keep the hits coming
With the billion-dollar-plus deals under its belt with Gilead and Takeda, the biotech’s CEO explains where the company is going next.
By Kelly Bilodeau • June 3, 2024 -
Biotech Spotlight
Mythic Therapeutics aims to overcome one of ADC’s long-standing challenges
By developing ADCs that bind more directly to the target, Mythic Therapeutics believes its technology could deliver a step change for efficacy and safety.
By Alexandra Pecci • May 30, 2024 -
As weight loss booms, drugmakers look for an edge with oral options
Supply of GLP-1 medications falls well short of demand, and oral versions of the drugs loom over Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk’s dominance.
By Amy Baxter • May 28, 2024 -
Where competition is heating up in pharma
The stage is set for potential blockbuster-level showdowns targeting these three indications.
By Meagan Parrish • May 24, 2024 -
After Vyvanse patent loss, Takeda’s neuroscience division looks to enter a new era
Heather Dean discusses the company’s neuroscience pipeline in epilepsy and narcolepsy and moving from a mass market to a rare disease mentality.
By Alexandra Pecci • May 21, 2024 -
3 up-and-coming US biotech hotspots
These three U.S. cities are putting themselves on the biotech map as unsung hubs of the industry.
By Alexandra Pecci • May 21, 2024 -
Execs from Bayer, Kite and Orca sound off on their launch strategies for cell and gene therapies
Planning early, staying nimble and approaching commercialization as a team sport should be top priorities, the leaders said.
By Amy Baxter • May 20, 2024 -
Why AlphaFold 3 is stirring up so much buzz in pharma
The “Nobel Prize-worthy invention” could be worth hundreds of billions commercially — and have a deep impact on drug R&D.
By Kelly Bilodeau • May 20, 2024 -
Why H5N1 has scientists and regulators on edge
While the H5N1 threat to humans is still low, the recent influenza outbreak in cattle is presenting strange and challenging hurdles for containment.
By Meagan Parrish • May 17, 2024