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Jan 10, 2024

JPM 24: Sanofi CEO does not rule out future Pompe-focused BD despite aggressive FTC


JPM24: Riding label expansions and launches, AZ plots course toward 'industry-leading growth' by 2030 


JPM24: Intuitive CEO lauds ‘fantastic’ robotic surgery growth in 2023 despite GLP-1 impact, manufacturing issues 


JPM24: Lilly CEO David Ricks to biotechs: 'We're open for business' 


JPM24: BioMarin's new CEO Hardy says top priority is expansion of dwarfism drug Voxzogo 


JPM 24: CRISPR Tx on active deal hunt but director cautions it's 'still early days’ 

 

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JPM 24: Sanofi CEO does not rule out future Pompe-focused BD despite aggressive FTC

Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson did not rule out further business development related to Pompe disease despite the FTC's challenge of its deal with Maze Therapeutics. The pharma company's concern is that the latest action could result in the death of the program due to a lack of funding.
 

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JPM24: Riding label expansions and launches, AZ plots course toward 'industry-leading growth' by 2030

In AZ's push to reach industry-leading growth by 2030, confidence is key, Chief Financial Officer Aradhana Sarin said at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Besides that goal, the company wants to be a top-3 player in its five disease areas of focus.

JPM24: Intuitive CEO lauds ‘fantastic’ robotic surgery growth in 2023 despite GLP-1 impact, manufacturing issues

Despite concerns about ongoing challenges in the healthcare sector and potential declines in the number of patients undergoing certain procedures, Intuitive Surgical had a year to remember.

JPM24: Lilly CEO David Ricks to biotechs: 'We're open for business'

Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks, speaking to the slow and steady progress that brought tirzepitide to the world, says the Indianapolis pharma is now ready to open up the chocolate factory.

JPM24: BioMarin's new CEO Hardy says top priority is expansion of dwarfism drug Voxzogo

In his first presentation as the new CEO of BioMarin, Alexander Hardy left no doubt about his mission for the rare and genetic disease specialist. The top priority for the former Genentech CEO is to accelerate and maximize the commercial potential of dwarfism drug Voxzogo.

JPM 24: CRISPR Tx on active deal hunt but director cautions it's 'still early days’

CRISPR Therapeutics board member Simeon George said it's "still early days" for the company's pursuit of new partners, saying more work has to be done on coming to potential deal terms.

JPM24, Day 3: Gene editors take the stage to talk business development, germline edits

We're off for another day of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference 2024. The flood of licensing deals and M&A may have slowed, but there's still plenty of action to come as companies make pitches to their peers, investors and industry watchers.

JPM24: Illumina tops quarterly earnings estimates as it prepares to part with Grail

Presenting at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, the company reported about $1.12 billion in revenue from last year’s fourth quarter, representing a gain of 3% over the same period the year before.

JPM24, Day 3: CRISPR CEO touts global potential of Casgevy; Alkermes enters new phase after busy year

On Wednesday at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, attendees had a chance to hear from AbbVie, Amarin and many other pharmaceutical companies.

JPM24: FDA approves Medtronic’s rechargeable deep brain stimulator for Parkinson’s, epilepsy and more

Barely a month after Medtronic announced the European clearance of its rechargeable Percept RC deep brain stimulation system, the device has racked up a stateside approval, too.

JPM24: After 'clearing the decks,' Alkermes ready to roll as pure-play neuroscience company

Age 37 might be old for a “coming-out party,” but that’s the situation for Alkermes at this year’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, said chief operating officer Blair Jackson. After the most transformational year the history of the Dublin, Ireland, drugmaker, Alkermes is stripped down and anxious to carry on in its new role as a pure-play neuroscience specialist.

Coherus axes TIGIT program, walking away from Junshi candidate 2 years after making $35M bet

Coherus BioSciences wants to get off the TIGIT rollercoaster. Less than two years after paying $35 million to exercise its option, the biotech has told Junshi Biosciences it is dropping the TIGIT asset CHS-006 from the collaboration.

JPM24: J&J’s Biosense Webster claims pulsed field ablation approval in Japan

The Varipulse platform for treating intermittent cases of drug-resistant atrial fibrillation—the irregular heartbeat associated with an increased risk of stroke—marks the first and only pulsed-field system approved in the country.

C4 lays off 30% of staff in aftermath of BRD9 degrader discontinuation

A total of 45 positions will be impacted, with the changes likely to be completed by the end of the quarter.

JPM24: Caris crafts collabs with AbbVie, Flatiron to bring AI-powered genomic database to drug development

Perhaps diving headfirst into a New Year’s resolution to put itself out there more, Caris Life Sciences is kicking off 2024 with a pair of new collaborations.
 
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