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Mikael Dolsten set to leave Pfizer, sparking search for CSO successor


House Speaker Mike Johnson pledges vote for BIOSECURE as China-targeting bill hangs in limbo


FDA shares draft guidance on tackling misinformation online, offering flexibility to industry


Roche nets European approval for AI-powered CGM in Type 1, Type 2 diabetes


uniQure claims latest interim data shows gene therapy can slow Huntington’s disease


US government appeals Gilead's trial win in Truvada, Descovy patent fight

 

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Mikael Dolsten set to leave Pfizer, sparking search for CSO successor

Mikael Dolsten’s time at Pfizer is coming to an end. After 15 years, including a career-defining pandemic period, the chief scientific officer will leave Pfizer once the drugmaker finds his successor.
 

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House Speaker Mike Johnson pledges vote for BIOSECURE as China-targeting bill hangs in limbo

Ahead of an election in November—and amid a period of legislative uncertainty for the China-targeting BIOSECURE Act—U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has pledged to hold a vote for the controversial bill before the year is out.

FDA shares draft guidance on tackling misinformation online, offering flexibility to industry

Want to challenge online misinformation about your products? The FDA has set out pointers about how to proceed—and how it will regulate companies’ responses—in draft guidance that is open for comment for 90 days.

Roche nets European approval for AI-powered CGM in Type 1, Type 2 diabetes

The Accu-Chek SmartGuide's AI forecasts blood sugar levels for up to two hours and can alert the user to the risk of developing dangerously low blood sugar within 30 minutes.

uniQure claims latest interim data shows gene therapy can slow Huntington’s disease

The clinical journey for uniQure’s Huntington’s disease gene therapy got off to a bumpy start, but now the company says the latest interim data shows a slowing of disease progression. 

US government appeals Gilead's trial win in Truvada, Descovy patent fight

As Gilead Sciences tussles with a web of HIV med litigation, a case tied to patents for prevention regimens of Truvada and Descovy is not quite settled. Late last week, the U.S. government appealed Gilead's prior win in the fight.

Hologic survey uncovers ‘Screening Action Gap’ between women and preventive healthcare

Though the vast majority of women are aware of the importance of early screening for various cancers and other life-threatening health conditions, a new survey estimates that nearly half of those in the U.S. have skipped or delayed potentially life-saving tests.

Johnson & Johnson pays $50M to resolve its ugly divorce with Emergent BioSolutions

Johnson & Johnson will pay Emergent BioSolutions $50 million to settle a two-year contract squabble and bring closure to an ill-fated, government-arranged partnership between the biopharma giant and the contract manufacturer to produce COVID-19 vaccines.

FDA amplifies Inspire Medical’s sleep apnea nerve stimulator recall

The agency handed down a Class I recall designation to the effort, its most serious label, due to a manufacturing defect that could result in what it described as “electrical leakage.”

Jazz hands chief commercial role to Samantha Pearce amid reports of possible sale

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is promoting Samantha Pearce, currently its senior vice president of Europe and international, to chief commercial officer as she takes the lead in running its commercial engine.

Cancer drug from lab of bankrupt biotech works against COVID-19 and MRSA lung damage in mice

Just in time for a summer COVID wave to remind us that SARS-CoV-2 is here to stay, researchers at the University of California San Diego have published new findings that show an experimental cancer drug developed by a now-bankrupt biotech can suppress a key driver of lung inflammation.
 
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