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Jan 14, 2025

JPM25, Day 2: Biogen ready to stand its ground in Alzheimer's showdown, CEO says 


Roche has access to $10B in M&A firepower per year, pharma CEO says. Where will it spend the money? 


Umoja secures $100M series C to bring more CAR-Ts into the clinic 


Dexcom predicts 2025 growth, with Stelo pushing portfolio updates 


BMS, Pfizer and Merck CEOs address key patent cliffs and plans to replace sales

 

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JPM25, Day 2: Biogen ready to stand its ground in Alzheimer's showdown, CEO says

As the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference enters its second day, we're tracking presentations from GSK, Novartis, Sanofi, Eli Lilly and more.
 

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Roche has access to $10B in M&A firepower per year, pharma CEO says. Where will it spend the money?

Roche has about $10 billion in M&A firepower it can deploy every year, but it’s “not just going to spend money,” the company’s pharma CEO Teresa Graham said at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

Umoja secures $100M series C to bring more CAR-Ts into the clinic

The release name-checked UB-VV400, an off-the-shelf, multidomain fusion protein surface-engineered lentiviral vector designed to generate CD22-directed CAR-T cells within a patient’s body.

Dexcom predicts 2025 growth, with Stelo pushing portfolio updates

The blood sugar tracking company offered a preliminary look at its annual and fourth-quarter earnings report at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

BMS, Pfizer and Merck CEOs address key patent cliffs and plans to replace sales

Each year at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, pharma CEOs are tasked with assuring and convincing investors that they’ve positioned their companies to overcome expected challenges. Monday, three Big Pharma leaders took center stage and addressed concerns about future patent expirations head-on.

After BridgeBio touts 'remarkable' early uptake for its Vyndaqel rival, analysts hail Attruby's debut as a 'launch to own'

Less than two months after scoring what analysts deemed a ‘best-case’ FDA approval for its cardiomyopathy drug Attruby, California’s BridgeBio is stepping into the spotlight of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference to tout just how quickly its potential blockbuster is catching on.

Sling's oral Tepezza rival hits goal in thyroid eye disease, setting stage for confirmatory phase 3

Sling Therapeutics’ oral challenger to Amgen’s intravenous Tepezza has hit the mark in a phase 2b/3 thyroid eye disease trial, teeing the biotech up to run a confirmatory study of its ex-Astellas asset. But a cross-trial comparison suggests Amgen’s blockbuster may have the advantage on the efficacy front.

Regeneron CEO says it needs more 'arrows in its quiver' as Eylea HD sales fall short

Regeneron had little explanation for a sequential decline in sales of Eylea HD from $392 million in the third quarter to $305 million in the fourth quarter.

RegenXBio sells Hunter syndrome gene therapy's U.S., Asia commercial rights for $110M upfront

With an FDA approval submission for RegenXBio’s Hunter syndrome gene therapy already underway, the biopharma has now found a commercialization partner for both the U.S. and Asian markets.

Medtronic begins rolling out adaptive brain stimulation for Parkinson's after EU approval

SAN FRANCISCO—The CE mark allows the company to begin rolling out the treatment immediately, essentially as a software update, to current patients who have already received its Percept neurostimulator implants equipped with BrainSense technology.

 
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