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Top Stories By Annalee Armstrong Eli Lilly is so serious about becoming the leader in Alzheimer’s disease with donanemab that the Indianapolis Big Pharma challenged competitor Biogen to a head-to-head trial for their two therapies last year. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Kenneth Galbraith has made an immediate mark on Zymeworks. Days after taking up the CEO position, Galbraith has axed half the senior management team and disclosed plans to cut total headcount by 25%. read more Sponsored by: Danaher Corporation Is biopharma ready to reap the rewards and realize the full potential of synthetic/engineering biology? Jennifer Honeycutt talks about how engineering biology with the right partners could provide new pathways to drug discovery and development, portable cell-free solutions for scalable industrial biomanufacturing on demand, and new preclinical testing methods for better science and smarter biopharma. read more By Ben Adams JLABS has grown into a massive organization that spans the globe and is helping big ideas from small beginnings get off the ground. read more By Kyle LaHucik Existing meds haven't delivered on treating the depression that impacts millions of Americans. That's how Sage Therapeutics sees it, and with partner Biogen, the biopharma thinks it can "raise the bar" for patients and healthcare providers. read more By Kyle LaHucik With investor interest in psychedelics heating up, Eleusis joins the relatively quiet SPAC market in a deal that gives the biotech $288 million to test a psilocybin-based treatment for depression. The proceeds will also bankroll an expansion of subsidiary Andala's drug therapy clinics. read more By Kyle LaHucik ImmPACT Bio raised $111 million in series B funds to bankroll development of three CAR-T treatments, including a phase 1 drug that led to complete remission in seven of eight patients treated to date. The California biotech also named ex-Pfizer SVP and Baxter President Sumant Ramachandra as its CEO. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Hongming Chen has ended her long affiliation with Kala Pharmaceuticals. Having been with Kala since its origins in 2010, Chen has left the chief scientific officer post to become head of R&D at a biotech that is just starting out. read more By Annalee Armstrong It’s not often that high profile pharmaceutical executives publicly laud a direct competitor’s medicine, but that’s what’s happening these days for Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid. read more By Angus Liu To repeat the success of CAR-T therapies in blood cancers, a key direction for solid tumor research focuses on enabling the engineered immune cells to better target those tumors. Now, a group of scientists in Italy have proposed a method to do just that by breaking down a sugar-based shield around cancer cells. read more By Gareth Macdonald Demand for faster enrollment and growing use of decentralized trials model are increasing use of management tech in clinical development, according to Florence Healthcare. read more By Kevin Dunleavy Gilead sued a network of drug distributors, claiming they endangered patients by selling more than $250 million in counterfeit versions of the company’s HIV drugs—mostly Biktarvy and Descovy—in the United States over the last two years. read more By Robert King President Joe Biden endorsed splitting up his $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act, but it remains unclear what healthcare policies could survive such a piecemeal approach. read more Resources Sponsored by: WIRB-Copernicus Group Sites receiving augmentation support enroll more than 30,000 patients in just over three months. 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