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Mar 20, 2023

Biogen, Novartis deliver one-two punch to Sangamo, walking away from deals in quick succession


Eli Lilly CEO racked up $21.4M in 2022 pay as stock price hit all-time high


Fierce Medtech's 2022 Fierce 15


Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly replenish Type 2 diabetes stars Ozempic, Mounjaro, after off-label weight-loss boom


Illumina, Icahn trade jabs amid looming proxy fight over $8B Grail buy


Athenex’s cash dries up as it faces clinical hold on cancer therapy in wake of patient death

 

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Biogen, Novartis deliver one-two punch to Sangamo, walking away from deals in quick succession

For Sangamo, last week is probably one to forget. Late on Friday, the gene-based therapy biotech revealed it had lost two partners in quick succession, with Biogen and Novartis walking away from partnerships collectively worth billions of dollars in milestones within days of each other. 
 

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Eli Lilly CEO racked up $21.4M in 2022 pay as stock price hit all-time high

Under David Ricks’ leadership, Eli Lilly’s stock price reached a record high in 2022. But the CEO’s pay decreased slightly last year.

Fierce Medtech's 2022 Fierce 15

Since its humble beginnings back in 2012, the Fierce 15 has made a point of spotlighting the most exciting startups in medtech—those not only challenging the limits of both the tech and healthcare industries but also making real progress toward their lofty goals. The companies on this year’s list—which kicks off the second decade of Fierce Medtech’s Fierce 15—are setting the bar even higher.

Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly replenish Type 2 diabetes stars Ozempic, Mounjaro after off-label weight-loss boom

Ozempic, which has been in short supply for some six months, is once again available in two common, lower doses, while a third higher dose will maintain limited availability through the end of the month, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s drug shortage database. Novo Nordisk confirmed the restocking in an emailed statement.

Illumina, Icahn trade jabs amid looming proxy fight over $8B Grail buy

In the week since Carl Icahn sent an open letter to Illumina shareholders to drum up support for a proxy battle, the fight between the billionaire activist investor and sequencing giant has only continued to heat up.

Athenex's cash dries up as it faces clinical hold on cancer therapy in wake of patient death

As Athenex’s cash dries up, the FDA has slapped a clinical hold on its phase 1 trial assessing a CAR-NKT cell therapy for neuroblastoma in the wake of a patient death.

AstraZeneca hit by marketing breaches across its respiratory drug range amid online slip-ups

AstraZeneca has been reprimanded by the U.K. drug marketing authority for a series of breaches of its code of conduct across its website for its respiratory franchise.

Gilead scoops up Nurix’s IRAK4 degrader for up to $445M, plucking first fruit grown from 2019 collab

Gilead has selected the first fruit borne from a 2019 collaboration with Nurix, taking on an IRAK4 degraded to tackle inflammatory diseases. Gilead is paying up to $445 million to exclusively license the med.

BD, Visby Medical snag updated FDA nods for women's health PCR tests

The FDA cleared a pair of tests this week both aimed specifically at improving diagnoses of women’s health conditions.

AAD: Awaiting FDA decision in psoriasis, UCB touts 48-week data for bimekizumab in hidradenitis suppurativa

While UCB waits for the FDA's approval decision on bimekizumab in psoriasis, the company is touting new data in another indication. The company presented 48-week data in hidradenitis suppurativa at the American Academy of Dermatology's 2023 meeting.

#FierceMadness is back for 2023! Pick your favorite pharma ads in a tournament-style battle royal

If it’s March, it must be #FierceMadness, Fierce Pharma Marketing’s annual take on the March Madness NCAA basketball tournament and bracket mania—with a pharma twist.
 
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