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Jan 4, 2023

Moderna CEO says mpox vaccine is 'fantastic.' It may never see the market


Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker: Layoffs strike 119 companies in 2022


Fresh from Pfizer deal, Roivant posts 'best-in-class' ulcerative colitis data on rival to Prometheus prospect


Belharra's wave catches Genentech in $130M launch for new drug discovery engine


Lilly, seeking better CNS gene therapies, pays $55M to join AbbVie on AAV specialist's list of partners


Geron eyes 2024 US launch for MDS drug after phase 3 trial shows easing of transfusion burden


Gilead hopes to evoke ideas for new autoimmune treatments with $659M deal


Hummingbird Bio inks $150M licensing deal with Synaffix for ADC tech


Vera finally notches a win for Merck KGaA castoff in autoimmune kidney disease


Merck KGaA hands over IL-12-targeting cancer med to PDS Biotech in $121M deal

 

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Moderna CEO says mpox vaccine is 'fantastic.' It may never see the market

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel says data from the company's preclinical monkeypox, or mpox, vaccine are "fantastic," but don't expect to see it on the market any time soon, if at all. 
 

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Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker: Layoffs strike 119 companies in 2022

Layoffs hit biotech fast and furious in 2022. The Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker lists the reported events from January to December.

Fresh from Pfizer deal, Roivant posts 'best-in-class' ulcerative colitis data on rival to Prometheus prospect

Roivant Sciences has shown its hand in the red-hot race for a new ulcerative colitis market. Weeks after Prometheus Biosciences wowed investors, and with the ink on its deal with Pfizer to enter the race still drying, Roivant has shared phase 2b data that it claims position it as a best-in-class contender.

Belharra's wave catches Genentech in $130M launch for new drug discovery engine

Belharra Therapeutics is finally ready to rise out of stealth with $130 million in capital and Genentech caught up in the wave with a multiple-year collaboration.

Lilly, seeking better CNS gene therapies, pays $55M to join AbbVie on AAV specialist's list of partners

Eli Lilly has once again moved to bolster its gene therapy capabilities, committing $55 million upfront and $685 million in milestones to access Capsida Biotherapeutics’ adeno-associated virus engineering platform.

Geron eyes 2024 US launch for MDS drug after phase 3 trial shows easing of transfusion burden

Geron Corporation is on track to send its therapy for myelodysplastic syndrome to regulators this year after the telomerase inhibitor eased transfusion burden in a phase 3 trial.

Gilead hopes to evoke ideas for new autoimmune treatments with $659M deal

Gilead plans to work with EVOQ Therapeutics to hopefully bring to mind new treatments for autoimmune disorders in a deal worth up to $658.5 million.

Hummingbird Bio buzzes Synaffix for $150M ADC licensing deal

Hummingbird Bioscience and Synaffix are flocking together in a new licensing pact for a next-gen antibody drug conjugate program that gives Synaffix the chance to make up to $150 million.

Vera finally notches a win for Merck KGaA castoff in autoimmune kidney disease

Merck KGaA eventually abandoned atacicept after trying again and again in multiple autoimmune disorders. Now, Vera Therapeutics has succeeded where the Big Pharma failed. 

Merck KGaA hands over IL-12-targeting cancer med to PDS Biotech in $121M deal

Merck KGaA is continuing its recent run of dealmaking, handing over an IL-12-targeting cancer med to PDS Biotech in a deal worth more than $120 million. The med is being tested as part of a triple combo therapy that also includes PDS Biotech's lead immunotherapy asset.

Pfizer, GSK, AbbVie and many more celebrate New Year with price hikes: report

As many in the U.S. struggle with rising costs of living, large pharmaceutical companies have opted to ring in the New Year with price hikes.

ReCor Medical taps Siemens alum as CEO amid FDA review of renal denervation system

New year, new CEO. That’s the 2023 mantra for ReCor Medical, which kicked off the year with the appointment of a new leader.

FDA rule allows retail pharmacies to dispense abortion pills

Abortion pills will now be available at retail pharmacies, according to a change in regulations governing how the medications can be dispensed that the Food and Drug Administration finalized yesterday.
 
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