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May 20, 2024

Gilead's new liver disease med continues to deliver the goods ahead of FDA verdict

Taking on pharma giants, Endeavor links IPF drug to improved lung function in phase 2

Third Rock, J&J neuroscience spinout Rapport is first biotech to outline summer IPO plans

Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: Akari bids adieu to 67% of staff; Erasca erases 18% of roles

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Gilead's new liver disease med continues to deliver the goods ahead of FDA verdict

By James Waldron

Three months after spending $4.3 billion on CymaBay Therapeutics for its primary biliary cholangitis med, Gilead Sciences has presented a fresh slice of data as a reminder of seladelpar’s potential while an FDA decision is pending.

Taking on pharma giants, Endeavor links IPF drug to improved lung function in phase 2

By Nick Paul Taylor

Endeavor BioMedicines has linked its Hedgehog inhibitor to improved lung function in a phase 2a idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) study, sending a sonic pulse through a sector currently dominated by drugs that only slow the decline of the disease..

Third Rock, J&J neuroscience spinout Rapport is first biotech to outline summer IPO plans

By James Waldron

The new year burst of biotech IPOs may have sputtered out months ago, but Rapport Therapeutics is a reminder that companies are still willing to test the waters of the public markets.

Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: Akari bids adieu to 67% of staff; Erasca erases 18% of roles

By Gabrielle Masson,Max Bayer

We really didn't want to have to create another Layoff Tracker this year. But here we are, launching the third annual iteration tracking biopharma layoffs.

AstraZeneca places $1.5B bet on end-to-end ADC manufacturing in Singapore

By Fraiser Kansteiner

Riding high on its Daiichi Sankyo-partnered antibody drug conjugate (ADC) Enhertu—and banking on an approval for its next ADC contender datopotamab durextecan this winter—AstraZeneca is placing a big bet on the cancer-fighting technology as it blueprints a massive manufacturing investment in Asia.

Hims & Hers expands weight loss program to include access to GLP-1 medications

By Heather Landi

Six months after launching its weight loss program, online health and wellness company Hims & Hers added compounded GLP-1 medications to its offerings.

First Wave BioPharma comes ashore with new name as it prepares for phase 3 trial

By Andrea Park

The company formerly known as First Wave BioPharma has found itself on dry land with a decidedly non-aquatic new moniker.

R3 Vascular raises $87M to test its bioresorbable scaffold for blocked arteries below the knee

By Conor Hale

On the heels of a groundbreaking FDA approval for a major medtech, a Silicon Valley startup is shaping up to be a possible competitor.

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