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Jan 5, 2023

AstraZeneca, Sanofi tee up 3-way RSV battle in 2023 as FDA signals expedited review for antibody


Eisai rebuts NEJM report that Alzheimer’s med contributed to patient’s stroke death


Thousands of nurses across 6 NYC hospitals plan open-ended strike


Zimmer Biomet offers $275M to absorb tendon implant maker Embody


Pharma execs see inflation as the No. 1 challenge in 2023: survey

 

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AstraZeneca, Sanofi tee up 3-way RSV battle in 2023 as FDA signals expedited review for antibody

Thanks to the FDA’s expedited reviews, an RSV prevention market battle between several pharma giants may kick off in 2023.
 

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Eisai rebuts NEJM report that Alzheimer's med contributed to patient's stroke death

Deaths in a clinical trial for Eisai’s Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab are once again being flagged, this time in a New England Journal of Medicine entry that highlights a potential risk for patients undergoing a certain type of emergency stroke treatment.

Thousands of nurses across 5 NYC hospitals plan open-ended strike

A total 16,000 nurses working in eight New York City hospitals voted to authorize a walk-off, though nearly 6,000 have since come to a tentative agreement with NewYork-Presbyterian, Maimonides Health and Richmond University Medical Center.

Zimmer Biomet offers $275M to absorb tendon implant maker Embody

Zimmer Biomet aims to build out its sports medicine portfolio by acquiring Embody, a collagen implant developer focused on repairing tendons, ligaments and torn rotator cuffs.

Pharma execs see inflation as the No. 1 challenge in 2023: survey

Heading into 2023, inflation is the top concern for the pharmaceutical industry, according to a poll of executives conducted by GlobalData Healthcare. The survey, which was taken between Oct. 26 and Nov. 23, showed that executives placed inflation first, drug pricing and reimbursement constraints second, the Ukraine conflict third, and the political divide in the United States fourth among the top challenges hampering the growth of the industry.

Amgen piles $2B more into pharma's ADC rush in Synaffix pact

A day after buzzing Hummingbird Bioscience for an antibody-drug conjugate licensing pact, Synaffix is back with a substantially similar, yet bigger deal. The Singapore and U.S.-headquartered biotech will work with Amgen in a pact valued at up to $2 billion.

AI-calculated biomarker could predict how lung cancer patients respond to immunotherapy

A newly discovered biomarker that can be calculated by an artificial intelligence algorithm from a routine CT scan could one day make the process of finding an effective cancer treatment much more efficient.

California awards managed care contracts to Molina, Elevance Health and others for 2024

California's Medicaid managed care program awarded plan contracts to five insurers for 2024 as well as imposed new equity and transparency requirements.

Jazz sues generics makers for infringement on cannabis-derived epilepsy drug

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has its eye on generic makers for its cannabis-derived drug it acquired from its GW Pharma buyout. It sued companies such as Teva and MSN for patent infringement over the drug.

Roche further taps drug discovery spinout's Nimble tech in $1.1B biobucks deal

Roche is making sure its peptide discovery spinout Nimble Therapeutics stays close with a revision of the companies’ development partnership valued at up to $1.1 billion.

Volta Medical recharges with €36M for AI-powered heart ablation software

Volta Medical just got a major power boost: With the close of its recent series B funding round, the French startup has now doubled its lifetime fundraising tally.

HHS moves to revise Trump-era religious nondiscrimination rule

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced a proposed rule regarding religious discrimination, marking a departure from a contentious, Trump-era rule.

Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker '23: HighTide washes up $107M; Metagenomi hauls in $100M

Alongside the new year, we've launched a new Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker to keep the pulse on the industry's financing.
 
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