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Feb 3, 2023

J&J's pharma group quietly works through global overhaul, with layoffs expected to reach multiple countries


Bruised by high profile cancer setbacks, Sanofi CEO plots early-stage path ‘back to the magic’


Express Scripts is gearing up for a busy 2023. Meet its new president


Siemens’ Varian lands US, EU nods for tool to image tumors in seconds during radiation treatments


Aledade, Mark Cuban's drug company and a handful of others are public benefit corporations. Could it be the Rx to improve healthcare?

 

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J&J's pharma group quietly works through global overhaul, with layoffs expected to reach multiple countries

Johnson and Johnson's pharmaceutical unit Janssen is undergoing a seismic overhaul, folding its infectious disease team with the vaccines unit and discontinuing numerous programs in the process. As a result, the company expects to lay off employees in several countries.
 

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Bruised by high profile cancer setbacks, Sanofi CEO plots early-stage path ‘back to the magic’

Could we see Sanofi give up on cancer? Not according to Paul Hudson, although the CEO admitted that after some struggles with its headline candidates, the French pharma might seek solace earlier in its pipeline.

Express Scripts is gearing up for a busy 2023. Meet its new president

Express Scripts is kicking off 2023 with a new leader at the helm.

Siemens' Varian lands US, EU nods for tool to image tumors in seconds during radiation treatments

A new tool from Siemens Healthineers’ Varian Medical Systems allows doctors to capture images of tumors in mere seconds and calculate changes in both the tumor and nearby organs, then use those data to adapt a patient’s treatment over time.

Aledade, Mark Cuban's drug company and a handful of others are public benefit corporations. Could it be the Rx to improve healthcare?

Health tech unicorn Aledade recently announced that it made the strategic decision to become a public benefit corporation. The company is among just a handful of healthcare companies that are structured this way. What does it mean, and should others join them?

Gilead spotlights growth for HIV, cancer meds as COVID drug Veklury slides

Even as sales of Gilead Sciences' COVID-19 drug Veklury slow along with pandemic hospitalizations, the company was able to celebrate growth for its core offerings in 2022.

Boston Scientific found guilty of infringing on drug-eluting stent patent, fined $42M

Half a decade after it began, an intellectual property case between Boston Scientific and TissueGen has finally reached a verdict.

4D in unknown dimension as FDA slaps hold on Fabry gene therapy trial

4D Molecular Therapeutics is on shaky ground as its Fabry disease gene therapy program, dubbed 4D-310, has been hit with an FDA clinical hold.  

Regeneron plans summer launch for longer-lasting version of Eylea as it tries to fend off rival Roche

Regeneron anticipates an August launch for its new longer-lasting version of Eylea as it tries to fend off Roche's Vabysmo. Eylea delivered an 8% increase in sales last year, despite a 3% drop in the fourth quarter.

Abbott collects European, U.S. clearances for heart ablation catheters

Abbott scored two device approvals for its cardiac ablation catheters for treating abnormal heart rhythms—one on each side of the pond.

Banner Health pays $1.25M over 'pervasive' HIPAA noncompliance following 2016 hack

Over 2.8 million people's protected information was compromised in a 2016 cyberattack. Upon investigation, the government said that Banner Health could have done more to prepare and respond.

Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2023: J&J quietly overhauls pharma wing with global layoffs; Eisai lays off 91 people

We had hoped that our Layoff Tracker would stay retired for a while, but 2023 is starting to look a lot like our old friend 2022 when it comes to layoffs in biotech.
 
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