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Jun 25, 2024

100 days with John Crowley: BIO’s new vision and a ‘wake-up call’ for the country


Merck KGaA drops xevinapant with phase 3 head and neck cancer trial on course for failure


mRNA, genomic medicines biotech Exsilio breaks cover with $82M and Tal Zaks at the helm


Eli Lilly inks OpenAI deal for discovering new antibiotics


Terns’ ex-MASH drug cuts fat, not muscle or food intake, in GLP-1 combo in mice


Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: G1 reduces staff after Cosela fail; Effector shutters

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100 days with John Crowley: BIO’s new vision and a ‘wake-up call’ for the country

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization’s CEO John Crowley isn’t shying away from the tough tasks. With only a little more than three months at the helm of the world’s largest biotech advocacy group, the leader has already implemented a wide-scale restructure and taken a firm stance with Congress regarding U.S. biosecurity.
 

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Merck KGaA drops xevinapant with phase 3 head and neck cancer trial on course for failure

An interim analysis has concluded that Merck KGaA's TrilynX study is unlikely to meet its primary objective of prolonging event-free survival.

mRNA, genomic medicines biotech Exsilio breaks cover with $82M and Tal Zaks at the helm

If you're going to be a new biotech in mRNA, it helps to have the type of technology that can draw a big name. That's what Exsilio Therapeutics, which broke cover today with $82 million to create new genomic medicines sprinkled with a side of mRNA, has done. 

Why early market access planning is crucial in CGT commercial strategy

CGT companies should consider developing a market access strategy early in clinical development, ideally more than three years prior to launch.

Eli Lilly inks OpenAI deal for discovering new antibiotics

Eli Lilly is teaming up with OpenAI on a quest to develop new treatments that overcome antimicrobial resistance.  

Terns’ ex-MASH drug cuts fat, not muscle or food intake, in GLP-1 combo in mice

Terns Pharmaceuticals’ prediction that its shelved MASH drug TERN-501 could be effective against obesity in a combination treatment appears to be playing out, at least preclinically—apparently without decreasing calorie intake.

Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: G1 reduces staff after Cosela fail; Effector shutters

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. 

Illumina parts ways with Grail, with divestiture complete

Nearly four years after first pitching its multibillion-dollar plan to obtain Grail, Illumina has cut (nearly) all ties with the cancer blood test developer.

AbbVie's Duopa successor in Parkinson's rejected again after FDA flags third-party manufacturer issues

A little over a year after being slapped with an FDA rejection, AbbVie has hit another regulatory wall in its bid to debut a more convenient Parkinson’s disease successor to its established formulation of carbidopa and levodopa.

Drugmakers dig in their heels amid FTC's latest patent crackdown. What happens next?

In the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s latest campaign against what the agency views as “junk” drug patent listings in the FDA’s database, drugmakers have decided not to play ball. A partner at the law firm MBHB explained to Fierce Pharma what could happen next in the fight.
 
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A closer look at 'friend-shoring' and the drug shortage challenge

In this week’s episode of “The Top Line,” Fierce Pharma’s Zoey Becker sits down with Bobby Sheng, the CEO of Bora Pharmaceuticals, to discuss the concept of “friend-shoring” in drug manufacturing.
 

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