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Another knock back for amyloid: Roche's approach to presymptomatic Alzheimer's ends in failure

Roche's long-running attempt to show its anti-amyloid-beta antibody works very early in the Alzheimer's disease pathway has ended in defeat. The AC Immune-discovered candidate failed to improve outcomes in cognitively unimpaired individuals at high imminent risk for developing Alzheimer's symptoms.

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BIO: 'Diversity candidates' and knowledge 'shortfalls': Women in biotech say 'I'm here to do my job' despite toxic tropes

Discussions and dialogues addressing efforts to increase diversity in biotech permeated this year's BIO, with new data indicating slight gains across the industry. Yet toxic tropes persist both in and out of the conference, underscoring how much room for improvement remains.

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Delimiting and delivering: Promontory co-founder 'can't hire fast enough' as small biotech expands vision

Promontory Therapeutics has ditched its old name in an effort to “delimit” itself and is now doing what many others can’t—expanding.

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Sponsored: An Integrated Approach to Developing Next-Generation Genomic Medicines

The life sciences companies at Danaher enable gene editing, gene therapy and mRNA medicines with integrated solutions that improve research, development and manufacturing.

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Biogen takes nuclear option, terminating Karyopharm ALS pact after getting a look at phase 1 data

Biogen is jettisoning one of its three clinical-phase amyotrophic lateral sclerosis candidates, kicking an oral nuclear export inhibitor back to Karyopharm Therapeutics.

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Bavarian Nordic sets up COVID booster for battle against Pfizer-BioNTech's shot

Bavarian Nordic plans to put its COVID booster, called ABNCoV2, up against Pfizer and BioNTech’s Comirnaty in a phase 3 trial slated to start in August.

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Exelixis signs on $25M to check out 3 drug targets from BioInvent's antibody library

Exelixis will pay $25 million upfront for the right to check out three drug targets from BioInvent's library, all in the name of bringing new antibody-based immuno-oncology therapies to market.

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Despite efficacy doubts, FDA advisors endorse Pfizer, Moderna COVID shots for preschoolers

An FDA advisory committee has recommended by a unanimous vote that the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines be sanctioned for preschoolers. While the blessing sets up the Comirnaty and Spikevax vaccines for long-awaited authorizations, questions remain about how effective the shots will be given the rapidly evolving virus.

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CAR-T countdown: NeoImmuneTech drug could reduce number of cells needed for cancer therapy five-fold

NeoImmuneTech’s drug NT-I7 has shown potential to reduce the number of cells needed in a CAR-T therapy infusion five-fold, as well as boosting survival rates in mice.

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Boston Scientific offers $230M for Korean maker of gastrointestinal and airway stents

Boston Scientific is adding a familiar face to its family of medical devices.

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Sanofi taps AI firm Yseop to automate trial report writing

Sanofi will use artificial intelligence to automate aspects of clinical trial report writing in a bid to speed up its drug development efforts.

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FDA's drug manufacturing oversight lags as pandemic wears on

In fiscal year 2021, the FDA sent out 70% of follow-up letters to manufacturing facilities within 90 days of an inspection. Over that same stretch, the regulator completed 48% of regulatory actions for facilities in need of follow-up within six months of inspection closing, the agency said in a new report. Both represented declines from the prior year.

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Pharmacy retail giant Walgreens looks to disrupt the clinical trials business

Walgreens' healthcare ambitions continue to grow as the pharmacy retail giant expands its reach into clinical trials, leveraging its vast trove of patient data, its technology assets and its retail locations. Industry CRO veteran Ramita Tandon, who is leading the new business line, spoke with Fierce Healthcare to lay out Walgreens' clinical trials strategy.

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