Sling shoots and scores with trial for Tepezza rival

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Jan 14, 2025

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


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


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


JPM25, Day 2: Pharma should 'run towards' vaccine efficacy conversations, says GSK CEO


Grifols garners $21M grant from Michael J. Fox Foundation to hunt for early Parkinson's disease biomarkers

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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.

 

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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.

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.

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.

JPM25, Day 2: Pharma should 'run towards' vaccine efficacy conversations, says GSK CEO

Welcome to Day 2 of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference 2025 in San Francisco. Yesterday saw some high-value dealmaking, including one of the biggest acquisitions in recent JPM memory, when Johnson & Johnson snapped up neuro biopharma Intra-Cellular for a cool $14.6 billion.

Grifols garners $21M grant from Michael J. Fox Foundation to hunt for early Parkinson's disease biomarkers

Spanish pharma giant Grifols is leveraging its massive collection of plasma samples to look for early biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease (PD) thanks to a $21 million grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

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.

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.

Amid blazing California wildfires, companies step up with free services to help victims

As deadly fires continue to rage in Los Angeles, healthcare companies far and wide are stepping up to serve those affected. At least 24 people have died from the fires and dozens remain missing.
 
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