GE HealthCare, UCSF launch research hub

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Jan 15, 2025

JPM25, Day 3: AbbVie's 'clear runway to growth' allows it to focus on early-stage acquisitions 


GSK's CSO shares science strategy behind dealmaking, plus plans to build off GLP-1s—but not for obesity 


GE HealthCare, UCSF launch research hub for cancer, neurodegenerative disease imaging 


Eli Lilly's preliminary '24 sales figures show a continued easing in breakneck GLP-1 market


GSK, Sanofi CEOs welcome 'transparency' in response to anti-vaccine movement in US


Neumora's dig into phase 3 depression data disappoints analysts

 

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JPM25, Day 3: AbbVie's 'clear runway to growth' allows it to focus on early-stage acquisitions

Even after a flurry of corporate updates during the first two days of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, many more companies are set to take the stage on Wednesday.
 

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GSK's CSO shares science strategy behind dealmaking, plus plans to build off GLP-1s—but not for obesity

Following GSK’s deal-heavy end to 2024, Chief Scientific Officer Tony Wood, Ph.D., doesn’t expect the trend to let up in the new year, zeroing in on partnerships that can expand knowledge about genetic factors driving disease. And while Wood said the pharma still isn’t interested in joining the overcrowded obesity landscape, GSK is considering ways to build past the GLP-1 space.

GE HealthCare, UCSF launch research hub for cancer, neurodegenerative disease imaging

The project will launch a Care Innovation Hub within UCSF’s Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, to serve as a home that brings together the university’s oncology and brain research and GE HealthCare’s product development efforts.

Eli Lilly's preliminary '24 sales figures show a continued easing in breakneck GLP-1 market

Like many other biopharma companies presenting at this year’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Eli Lilly took a chance on Tuesday to share its preliminary sales results for 2024. Unfortunately for the company, however, the early glimpse at its fourth-quarter performance doesn’t seem to be going over well with investors.

GSK, Sanofi CEOs welcome 'transparency' in response to anti-vaccine movement in US

In response to the anti-vaccine movement in the U.S., CEOs from GSK and Sanofi stressed the need for transparency in discussing the value of vaccines.

Neumora's dig into phase 3 depression data disappoints analysts

Neumora Therapeutics’ phase 3 fail was worse than analysts feared. The biotech provided a closer look at the data Tuesday, shutting down one source of hope that analysts had clung to after the initial blow.

Keros, after halting 2 cohorts over fluid buildups around heart, pulls plug on hypertension trial

A month after halting dosing in two of the three treatment arms of a phase 2 trial of its pulmonary arterial hypertension drug, Keros Therapeutics has now pulled the plug on the study entirely.

FDA elevates Philips cardiac telemetry recall over unflagged ECG alerts, following 2 deaths

According to Philips and the FDA, some cardiac events recorded by electrocardiogram were not correctly flagged and routed to clinicians for full review.

OS Therapies' HER2 drug prevented lung cancer from returning in a 3rd of patients

OS Therapies’ HER2-focused immunotherapy prevented patients’ lung cancer from returning in 33% of cases, hitting the primary goal of a phase 2 trial.

Amid Samsung Bio's rapid expansion, CDMO weighs plan to build a 6th plant

One day after Samsung Biologics revealed in a regulatory filing that it had signed its largest contract in company history, the CDMO giant said it's considering the construction of a sixth manufacturing plant.

 
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