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May 10, 2023

FDA's nagging doubts about Sarepta's DMD gene therapy won't quit as advisory meeting looms


Samsung Galaxy Watch joins Apple Watch, Fitbit with FDA nod for afib-warning feature


Teva CEO Francis, after 4 months at the helm, preps grand strategic reveal


All the rumors are true: Syneos Health inks $7.1B acquisition with investment firm trio


Siemens Healthineers profits plummet 81% amid exit from cardiology robotics, slowed COVID test sales

 

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FDA's nagging doubts about Sarepta's DMD gene therapy won't quit as advisory meeting looms

An FDA committee will consider whether evidence supports the benefits and risks of Sarepta's DMD gene therapy on Friday. The agency seems unconvinced.
 

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Samsung Galaxy Watch joins Apple Watch, Fitbit with FDA nod for afib-warning feature

Better late than never. A year after Fitbit secured the FDA’s signoff for an algorithm built into its eponymous smartwatches that can spot potential signs of atrial fibrillation—and about half a decade after the Apple Watch did the same—Samsung has achieved the milestone, too.

Teva CEO Richard Francis, after 4 months at the helm, preps grand strategic reveal

With a new CEO at the helm and its growth drivers firing in the first quarter, Teva plans to debut its new strategic framework next week.

All the rumors are true: Syneos Health inks $7.1B acquisition with investment firm trio

All the rumors are true. After months of sale speculation, Syneos Health has officially been snapped up by three private investment firm affiliates for the eye-watering sum of $7.1 billion.

Siemens Healthineers profits plummet 81% amid exit from cardiology robotics, slowed COVID test sales

Only a few years after Siemens Healthineers put down $1.1 billion to pick up Corindus and its robotic-assisted endovascular surgery system, the medtech giant is tightening the technology’s scope.

Sobi snatches up CTI and blood cancer drug Vonjo in $1.7B purchase

Swedish blood disorder specialist Sobi has enhanced its hematology portfolio with a $1.7 billion acquisition of Seattle-based CTI BioPharma and its myelofibrosis treatment Vonjo, a potential blockbuster that was approved last year.

Bicycle rides to 2nd $1.7B Big Pharma deal in 2 months, this time with Bayer

Bayer has taken its radiopharmaceutical pipeline up a gear, paying out $45 million upfront to Bicycle Therapeutics on a collaboration spanning multiple oncology targets.

Roche’s plant decommissioning costs in Ireland climb to €57M-plus: reports

The costs for Roche to decommission and demolish its former API manufacturing plant in County Clare, Ireland, continue to climb, with the bill now reaching €57.3 million ($62.7 million) over a three-year period.

Post-spinoff, PerkinElmer rebrands diagnostics, life sciences business as Revvity

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.

Boehringer posts slim slice of phase 2 obesity data on Lilly, Novo rival, reporting 15% weight loss

Boehringer Ingelheim has teased the obesity data that emboldened it to start gearing up for phase 3. Recipients of the Zealand Pharma-partnered prospect lost up to 14.9% of their weight after 46 weeks, but the data released so far make it hard to say how Boehringer compares to Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.

Humanity's guide to the human genome just got a major upgrade

Scientists have released the first draft of the human pangenome reference, a new blueprint of human DNA built on data from a much more diverse cohort than the original.
 
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