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Biogen, amid layoffs, ponies up $7.3B for rare disease specialist Reata and potential blockbuster Skyclarys


The future of accelerated approval for FDA's Marks? More rare disease drugs and no 'hanging chads'


‘Like a highlight reel’: Dexcom posts highest-ever quarterly revenues after 25% growth spurt


AstraZeneca axes assets, inks Pfizer gene therapy deal and loses key R&D exec in Friday news flurry


GE HealthCare lands FDA Class I recall for 81K+ defective pulse oximetry sensors

 

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Biogen, amid layoffs, ponies up $7.3B for rare disease specialist Reata and potential blockbuster Skyclarys

Biogen has revealed a proposal to acquire Reata Pharmaceuticals for $7.3 billion. The Texas-based rare disease specialist brings newly approved Skyclarys, the first treatment for the neurologic disorder Friedreich’s ataxia with peak sales potential of $1.5 billion.
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The future of accelerated approval for FDA's Marks? More rare disease drugs and no 'hanging chads'

The FDA has a better idea of the data they need to grant accelerated approvals for rare disease drugs, meaning more could soon see the light of day, according to Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D.

‘Like a highlight reel’: Dexcom posts highest-ever quarterly revenues after 25% growth spurt

“Q2 was our highest revenue quarter ever and represented the largest year-over-year dollar growth in our company's history,” Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer said in a call with investors.

AstraZeneca axes assets, inks Pfizer gene therapy deal and loses key R&D exec in Friday news flurry

It’s all change at AstraZeneca. The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker not only revealed its second quarter earnings results, but also disclosed the elimination of several pipeline programs, the purchase of a portfolio of preclinical gene therapies from Pfizer and the upcoming departure of a key, long-serving R&D executive. 

GE HealthCare lands FDA Class I recall for 81K+ defective pulse oximetry sensors

GE HealthCare warned healthcare providers that tens of thousands of TruSignal pulse oximeters may put hospitalized patients at risk of further injury.

Sanofi, BioNTech cull mRNA clinical cytokine cancer candidate based on early data

Sanofi and BioNTech’s vision of using mRNA to prime anti-cancer immune attacks has failed to hold up to clinical scrutiny. After running an interim analysis of early-phase data, the partners have jointly decided (PDF) to scrap development of the candidate as an intratumoral therapy.

AstraZeneca forecasts stronger China sales as CEO tries to clear the air on spinoff report

Is AstraZeneca planning to peel off its China business? By CEO Pascal Soriot’s response to that question, it may only be a contingency plan.

Teva CEO Francis poaches business development head Angus Grant from BeiGene

Teva has enlisted BeiGene's Angus Grant, Ph.D. as its EVP of business development, the Israeli-American generics giant announced Friday. It was during Grant's tenure as chief business executive that BeiGene signed the high-profile PD-1 and TIGIT pacts with Novartis.

FDA hands Class I label to Abbott’s Amplatzer sheath recall due to air embolism risk

Abbott has reported 26 incidents to the FDA, including 16 injuries and zero deaths.

'The Top Line': A special episode on Narcan, the life-saving nasal spray

This week on "The Top Line," we revisit an episode on Narcan the nasal spray. It is the first naloxone product to be approved for use without a prescription.
 
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