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May 11, 2023

Next-gen Lilly obesity drug slashes weight in Innovent study—but is it enough to rival Mounjaro?


Takeda cuts 2 midstage GI assets including Crohn's hopeful in latest pipeline cleanup


BioNTech swiftly axes oral mRNA vaccine project after tech flunks early test


Fusion, Cyteir refocus pipelines to funnel cash toward best bets


Angelini, JCR work to pierce blood-brain barrier in new epilepsy deal worth up to $505M biobucks


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Next-gen Lilly obesity drug slashes weight in Innovent study—but is it enough to rival Mounjaro?

Innovent Biologics has strengthened its pitch for the Chinese obesity market with fresh phase 2 data. The update shows giving mazdutide, a molecule from Eli Lilly’s deep bench of obesity assets, at a higher dose dialed up the placebo-adjusted weight loss to 15.4% after 24 weeks.
 

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Takeda cuts 2 midstage GI assets including Crohn's hopeful in latest pipeline cleanup

Takeda may have caught attention recently for ending work on its early-stage gene therapy R&D, but a close reading of the Japanese pharma’s latest earnings report reveals it has also culled a couple of gastrointestinal assets.

BioNTech swiftly axes oral mRNA vaccine project after tech flunks early test

BioNTech has swiftly rejected an oral mRNA delivery technology. Barely one year after signing up to work with Matinas BioPharma, BioNTech found an initial mouse study failed to show preclinical activity—leading it to join Gilead on the list of companies to dump the biotech in recent months.

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Fusion, Cyteir refocus pipelines to funnel cash toward best bets

Fusion Pharmaceuticals and Cyteir Therapeutics have each taken a magnifying glass to their pipeline and reshuffled priorities, shelving or shopping their backup assets.

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Angelini, JCR work to pierce blood-brain barrier in epilepsy deal worth up to $505M biobucks

Angelini Pharma just inked an exclusive licensing deal worth up to $505.5 million in biobucks to use JCR Pharmaceuticals’ tech in hopes of developing new epilepsy treatments.

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.

ImmunityBio gets manufacturing-related FDA snub on cancer drug, shares crash

ImmunityBio was hit with a complete response letter by the FDA for its bladder cancer prospect, sending the California-based company’s stock into a steep slide.

Philips shareholders vote against freeing execs from legal liability over 2022's troubles

After watching Philips’ valuation plummet more than 60% since the onset of the June 2021 recall of millions of its respiratory devices, shareholders aren’t letting the losses slide.

Bernie Sanders-led Senate committee takes pharma and PBMs to task—even after insulin price cuts

Even after top diabetes players Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi slashed their insulin prices earlier this year, the companies still aren't off the hook. The CEOs of the companies—along with three PBM execs—faced intense questioning at a Bernie Sanders-led Senate committee hearing on insulin affordability.

About 1 in 3 physicians report being sued at least once in their career, AMA finds

New survey data from the American Medical Association suggest medical liability claims are more often filed against physicians who are older, men and surgical specialists.

FTC targets digital pharma ads as IQVIA-Propel Media deal in regulator's crosshairs

The Federal Trade Commission is taking a deeper look into IQVIA’s attempt to snap up Propel Media, which owns pharma digital ad specialist DeepIntent, as the regulator questions whether the deal will create an unfair playing field in the digital market for pharma ads.
 
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