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Choosing the best eCOA platform that considers the needs of patients, site staff and data requirements are all critical factors. But it takes more to reach success. Download your eCOA Technology Guide. 
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| By Nick Paul Taylor,Max Bayer Novavax is reducing its head count by 25%. After trying to cut costs without laying off staff, the vaccine company has now accepted it will need to part ways with hundreds of employees to align its spending with the dwindling size of the COVID-19 opportunity. |
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By James Waldron Last month, Fierce Biotech told you about an unknown number of layoffs due to hit Takeda employees as the Japanese pharma moves away from early-stage R&D work in adeno-associated virus-based gene therapies and rare hematology. Now, we’ve got a better sense of the workforce impact. |
By Gabrielle Masson EQRx is abandoning its plan to provide drugs that are typically expensive at lower prices. The biotech is also cutting ties with two of its partners, letting go of 170 staff members and slashing all assets from its pipeline except one. |
Sponsored by ValGenesis Inc. Cell and gene therapies hold great promise but can also carry serious risks. Applying a risk-based approach during development and manufacturing increases patient safety and product quality. Read more. |
By Nick Paul Taylor Roche is stepping up the defense of its critical HER2 franchise, committing $70 million in upfront and near-term payments to secure global rights to Zion Pharma’s early-phase treatment of brain metastases. |
Sponsored by Precision for Medicine Discover Sofia Baig's vision for clinical research, data-driven insights & patient centricity at Precision for Medicine! |
By Eric Sagonowsky,Max Bayer,Kevin Dunleavy,Zoey Becker,Fraiser Kansteiner,Andrea Park,Annalee Armstrong,Ben Adams,Gabrielle Masson,James Waldron,Nick Paul Taylor The times are changing in biopharma. We hope our selections for this year's Most Influential People in Biopharma special report reflect the trends many of our readers are seeing in the industry. |
By Annalee Armstrong Gilead has found a potential friend for breast cancer med Trodelvy in PARP1 and MK2 Inhibitor specialist XinThera, which will now come under the Big Pharma's wing. |
By Gabrielle Masson The FDA has lifted its partial clinical hold on Salarius Pharmaceuticals’ lead asset seclidemstat in a rare cancer indication, a hold that was put in place last fall after a patient death was reported. |
By James Waldron Biotech may be an inherently risky business, but ADC Therapeutics is now keen to pursue a low-risk R&D strategy that will see it focus on assets it deems most likely to make it to market. |
By Annalee Armstrong Enanta Pharmaceuticals’ COVID-19 drug reduced some symptoms of the respiratory disease but did not reduce viral load or time to improvement when compared to placebo. Executives pointed to a tighter analysis of key symptoms for signs that EDP-235 could have value on the market—so long as a partner helps them get there. |
By Max Bayer New research from Harvard scientists confirmed suspicions that the gut microbiome could be responsible for why checkpoint inhibitors aren't effective in some patients. |
By Helen Floersh A new universal receptor system designed by a research team from the University of Pittsburgh could make engineering custom T cell therapies far more efficient. |
By Andrea Park With the sell-off of its applied science, food and enterprise services businesses now complete, PerkinElmer is charting a new path with its remaining diagnostics and life sciences divisions. |
By Kevin Dunleavy Pfizer’s proposed $43 billion acquisition of Seagen two months ago was the largest deal in biopharma since 2019 but it came during a period when M&A activity has been limited. Analysts from EY and West Monroe however believe that the M&A market is about to grow because of a confluence of factors. |
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July 18-19, 2023 | Jersey City, NJ Our speaking faculty features leaders from big pharma, small-mid size pharma, biotechs, and more. Save $500 when you. Register Today! 
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