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Jun 9, 2025

GSK snags long-time Sanofi exec to lead vaccine and infectious disease R&D


FDA limits Merck's Keytruda, Bristol Myers' Opdivo in stomach cancer


Cancer tester Caris Life Sciences to go public in $400M Nasdaq IPO


Growing Astellas looks to reap the rewards of uniting commercial strategy, medical affairs: exec


Feeling RSV heat from Merck, Sanofi lays out early supply plans for Beyfortus


Axsome plots new fibromyalgia trial after FDA refuses to review former Pfizer candidate

 

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GSK snags long-time Sanofi exec to lead vaccine and infectious disease R&D

After nearly 25 years with Sanofi, Sanjay Gurunathan, M.D., has left for GSK, where he will lead vaccine and infectious disease R&D for the British pharma.
 

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FDA limits Merck's Keytruda, Bristol Myers' Opdivo in stomach cancer

After questioning the benefits of checkpoint inhibitors in stomach cancer cases without PD-L1 expression, the FDA has moved to restrict the use of Merck's and Bristol Myers Squibb's immunotherapies in those patients.

Cancer tester Caris Life Sciences to go public in $400M Nasdaq IPO

Caris recently began rolling out its MI Cancer Seek companion diagnostic test for genomic tumor profiling.

Growing Astellas looks to reap the rewards of uniting commercial strategy, medical affairs: exec

Astellas chief commercial officer Claus Zieler recently donned a second hat as medical affairs officer, marking the last step of uniting the two business areas.

Feeling RSV heat from Merck, Sanofi lays out early supply plans for Beyfortus

One day before the potential FDA approval of a rival respiratory syncytial virus monoclonal antibody from Merck, Sanofi has revealed an aggressive supply effort for its RSV blockbuster Beyfortus, including a plan to begin shipping its AstraZeneca-partnered shot early in the third quarter.

Axsome plots new fibromyalgia trial after FDA refuses to review former Pfizer candidate

Axsome Therapeutics has hit a costly snag in its mission to bring esreboxetine to market for fibromyalgia. The FDA has refused to review the CNS specialist’s new drug application for the asset, with the agency determining that one of the two trials in the filing was not up to snuff.

George Medicines opens new front in hypertension treatment with FDA nod for combo pill

The drug is the first triple-combo pill for the initial treatment of hypertension in the U.S.

Merck's leader in oral PCSK9 inhibitor race reduces cholesterol in pair of phase 3 trials

Merck & Co.’s ambition to get the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor to market came one step closer this morning as the pharma unveiled a pair of phase 3 wins for enlicitide decanoate in patients with high cholesterol.

Abcuro hires ex-Alexion, Biohaven exec to lead commercial team ahead of planned launch

Abcuro has begun to add commercial muscle ahead of the anticipated launch of an inflammatory disease drug, appointing ex-Priovant Therapeutics executive Courtney Cupples to its C-suite to lead preparations.

FDA clears Reflow Medical’s retrievable below-the-knee stent system

The company’s Spur implant carries a series of small spikes that penetrate calcifications from within the peripheral blood vessel, to help reduce the effects of recoil once the stent is removed from the artery.

‘Time to Listen’: Pfizer debuts video series about life with sickle cell disease

Despite some recent setbacks to its sickle cell disease pipeline, Pfizer is plowing ahead in improving education around the disease.

'We are in a good spot': Gilead's new chief medical officer is committed to pipeline diversification

Dietmar Berger became Gilead Sciences’ new chief medical officer this year after the company’s oncology department suffered some prominent setbacks. But the drug development veteran still believes that the virology giant made the right move to branch out into oncology and immunology.

WuXi Biologics breaks ground on microbial production plant in China

After delivering strong sales growth last year and with more expansion in mind, CDMO giant Wuxi Biologics is breaking ground on a new microbial production plant in Chengdu, China.
 
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