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Courtship in the Clinic: Seagen unveils positive bladder cancer data for Padcev-Keytruda combo amid merger talks with Merck

Seagen and Astellas revealed some positive data from one of the cohorts in the phase 1b/2 urothelial cancer trial, specifically, the group testing Padcev as a first-line treatment with Merck’s Keytruda for urothelial cancer (la/mUC) patients ineligible for cisplatin-based chemotherapy.

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Ever the optimist, Biogen secures FDA priority review for ALS drug that flunked phase 3

Biogen hasn’t let a phase 3 failure for tofersen hold it back. In fact, the company has used 12-month data to secure priority review status for a new drug application of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis drug.

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Martin Shkreli wants to be dealt back into the biopharma game, and now he's betting on the blockchain

Two months fresh out of prison—and despite a federal judge banning the famous “pharma bro” from working in the drug industry for the rest of his life—Martin Shkreli is looking to get right back in the mix.

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Could the FTC block a Merck-Seagen merger? M&A consultant says no

Many in the biopharma industry are under the assumption that the FTC will tighten the screws on mergers and acquisitions, especially large ones like Merck and Seagen that are under consideration. But one M&A industry consultant doesn’t believe the FTC has the legal standing to challenge such mergers.

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Mayo Clinic, Mercy's new collaboration will mine years of deidentified patient data for clinical insights

The two major health systems say new algorithms trained on their shared data set have "the potential to transform medicine worldwide."

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3M to peel off $8B healthcare business into standalone public company

Much like the mythical hydra, when 3M is sliced apart in the coming months, two separate companies will crop up in its place.

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Pfizer, BioNTech rebuff CureVac's 'groundless' patent infringement claims against COVID-19 shot Comirnaty

After developing the massively successful COVID shot, Comirnaty, Pfizer and BioNTech are responding to CureVac's litigation, saying they are facing what they call “threats of a groundless patent infringement suit by a company, CureVac, who has been unable to bring to market any product to help in the fight against COVID-19.”

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Major payers including Aetna, UHC sign on to California primary care initiative

The California Advanced Primary Care Initiative is jointly backed by the California Quality Collaborative, an arm of the Purchaser Business Group on Health, and the Integrated Healthcare Association.

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HHS proposes restoring transgender health protections stripped by Trump-era rule

HHS is proposing to restore nondiscrimination protections for transgender individuals that were stripped by the Trump administration in 2020.

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InflaRx will still ask FDA to greenlight COVID treatment after phase 3 flop

InflaRx is forging ahead months after a COVID treatment failed a phase 3 study, saying it plans to still ask the FDA for emergency use authorization.

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Brooklyn hails immunotherapy for achieving 'primary objective'—but fails the primary endpoint

Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics says the phase 2 INSPIRE trial “achieved its primary objective” of finding patients that might respond to the immunotherapy IRX-2. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the primary endpoint, rendering the mid-phase study in patients with cancer of the oral cavity a failure.

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Baxter begins Class I recall of drug dose calculation software

So far, Baxter and the FDA have reported five complaints linked to the software defect, with no patient injuries or deaths reported.

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