By Nick Paul Taylor
Ionis Pharmaceuticals-partnered tominersen looked to be down and out when Roche revealed the extent of its phase 3 failure in patients with Huntington's disease last year. But an encouraging signal in the wreckage of the clinical trial has offered a reprieve—and persuaded Roche to wind back to phase 2 to see whether the sign of efficacy holds up to rigorous study.
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By Dave Muoio
Provider organizations in 49 states will need to ensure staff begin vaccinating in the coming weeks or face enforcement penalties, CMS said Friday. Texas is the country's final holdout state due to a preliminary injunction still in place.
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By Phil Taylor
Biopharma merger and acquisition (M&A) activity was subdued in 2021 and would have approached a record low for recent years if not for a flurry of deals in the last quarter.
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By Conor Hale,Andrea Park
Many of 2021's medtech acquisitions were fueled by pandemic windfalls, driven by a year of roller-coaster demand for coronavirus diagnostics and supplies.
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By Andrea Park
Fresh off a SPAC deal that brought in $500 million in cash proceeds, Sema4 is putting those earnings to good use, with a buyout bid for genomic testing and analysis company GeneDx.
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By Kevin Dunleavy
While drug supply chains generally held up during the pandemic, it was no easy feat. COVID-19 showed the industry just how vulnerable the supply chain could become, and it spawned new efforts to regionalize manufacturing and double down on automation. In a panel discussion during Fierce JPM Week, five industry executives talked about the challenges and solutions.
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By Kyle LaHucik
As head of global R&D for Bayer, Christian Rommel is attempting to chart a reinvention of research and development at the storied Big Pharma. Recent acquisitions, leadership additions and developments in technology will all have to work in his favor to bring Bayer into the next stage.
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By Annalee Armstrong
The pharmaceutical industry picked up digital clinical trial tools during the pandemic that can also be used to tackle the lack of diversity in research. So that’s it. The issue is solved. Not so fast, as a panel of experts attested during a session on new paths to trial diversity at Fierce JPM Week, which kicks off Tuesday.
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By Rebecca Torrence
Microsoft has formed a coalition to build and track new AI innovations with some big names in healthcare, including Cleveland Clinic, Intermountain Healthcare, Providence and more.
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By Andrea Park
Amid its continued struggles with the far-ranging recall of many of its CPAP and BiPAP machines and other respiratory devices, one area playing a significant role in keeping Philips’ head above water is its image-guided therapy segment.
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By Heather Landi
Five years in the making, the nation's top health IT agency released Tuesday the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, a critical step in establishing a nationwide data-sharing network.
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By Fraiser Kansteiner
Problems at Catalent's plant “allegedly” fueled recent supply woes for Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy, BioProcess International first reported in early January. For its part, Novo said a contract manufacturer doing syringe filling on the GLP-1 med had temporarily halted deliveries following a manufacturing glitch.
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By Conor Hale
XTAL BioStructures was bought in a $6 million all-cash deal. The company includes 18 employees and a headquarters just outside Boston.
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