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Feb 23, 2023

As Novartis pulls back from legacy sickle cell program, Intellia CEO calls the market 'wide open'


Eisai's Leqembi shunned as CMS keeps strict Alzheimer's drug restrictions in place


Apple's long-desired glucose tracking is reportedly at proof-of-concept stage: Bloomberg


Moderna, on its back foot, reassures investors on flu vaccine after mixed phase 3 data


Sen. Warren urges US patent office to scrutinize Merck's efforts with Keytruda

 

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As Novartis pulls back from legacy sickle cell program, Intellia CEO calls the market 'wide open'

Novartis will no longer develop an ex vivo sickle cell disease program that was part of an older deal with Intellia, and the gene editing biotech’s CEO John Leonard thinks he knows why.
 

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Eisai's Leqembi shunned as CMS keeps strict Alzheimer's drug restrictions in place

Despite new phase 3 data for Eisai's Leqembi, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services doesn't think there is enough evidence to reconsider a restrictive coverage policy for anti-amyloid Alzheimer's drugs.

Apple's long-desired glucose tracking is reportedly at proof-of-concept stage: Bloomberg

For much of the last decade, rumors swirling around Silicon Valley have suggested that Apple is aiming to one day bring completely noninvasive glucose tracking to its eponymous smartwatch.

Moderna, on its back foot, reassures investors on flu vaccine after mixed phase 3 data

Moderna spent much of its fourth-quarter earnings call reassuring investors that its flu vaccine is still on an approval pathway after lukewarm phase 3 data dinged the company’s hot streak. 

Warren urges US patent office to scrutinize Merck's efforts with Keytruda

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has sent a letter to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office asking for intense scrutiny of Merck's attempts to extend its patent protection for oncology superstar Keytruda.

Medtronic gets back on pitch with relaunch of Harmony right-side heart valve

Nearly a year after recalling a crucial component of its Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve system—a process that began barely a year into the device’s initial rollout—Medtronic is once again striking the right note.

Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2023: Jounce lays off 57% of staff; Graphite halves team

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.

In antitrust suit, Hikma says Amarin locked up exclusive supply deals to shut out Vascepa generics

It's back to the courts for Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Amarin. After battling over patents on Amarin's Vascepa, Hikma accuses Amarin of locking down exclusive ingredient contracts that prevented generics from entering the market.

BioCryst hits another hurdle, delays trial for its 1 remaining clinical candidate

Just a few months after discontinuing its most advanced pipeline asset, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is now delaying testing of its only remaining clinical candidate.

After splashing $1B, Roche returns lagging cancer drug Gavreto to Blueprint Medicines

Roche is sending Gavreto back to Blueprint Medicines two and half years after the Swiss pharma paid $775 million upfront to in-license the RET inhibitor.
 
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