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September 30- October 1, 2024 | Boston, MA Join the Fierce Biotech Summit to explore biotech's recovery and future. This two-day event features leaders discussing biotech IPOs, cell therapy, regulatory challenges, and strategic innovations. Connect with experts and gain valuable industry insights. Save up to $500 with Early Bird Rates. Register Now!
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| By Annalee Armstrong We already know that Takeda is hoping to find a path to the FDA for epilepsy medicine soticlestat despite a phase 3 miss, but the Japanese pharma has now revealed that the clinical trial failure will cost to company just over $140 million. |
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By James Waldron GSK has scrapped a phase 2 human papillomavirus vaccine from its pipeline after deciding the asset won’t have best-in-class potential. |
By Darren Incorvaia An old GLP-1 that has since been outshined by Ozempic may have a new path to the limelight. In a small phase 2 trial of patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease, Novo Nordisk’s liraglutide slashed cognitive decline by 18%. |
Sponsored by InMed Pharmaceuticals InMed Pharmaceuticals recently released preclinical data indicating its proprietary, small molecule compound, INM-901, targets multiple biological pathways associated with Alzheimer’s disease. |
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By Nick Paul Taylor Ideaya Biosciences is betting $400 million in biobucks that a bispecific antibody-drug conjugate can turbocharge the effect of its DNA damage repair molecules. The West Coast biotech dangled the cash to secure an option on a preclinical program in development at Biocytogen. |
By Nick Paul Taylor FibroGen is radically restructuring its business, laying off 75% of its U.S. staff and stopping investment in its lead candidate in response to the failure of two late-phase pancreatic cancer clinical trials. |
By James Waldron Tracon Pharmaceuticals has decided to wind down operations weeks after an injectable immune checkpoint inhibitor that was licensed from China flunked a pivotal trial in a rare cancer. |
By Darren Incorvaia The Swiss biotech presented preclinical results on its new Morphomer-antibody drug conjugate platform at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on July 29. |
By Gabrielle Masson,Annalee Armstrong,Darren Incorvaia,Max Bayer Welcome to Fierce Biotech's Fundraising Tracker, 2024's version. |
By Kevin Dunleavy Six months after surviving a patent challenge involving its $3.2 million gene therapy, Sarepta faces a new lawsuit from another gene therapy developer claiming the approved treatment infringes active patents. Sanofi subsidiary Genzyme has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Delaware claiming that in producing groundbreaking Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment Elevidys, Sarepta encroaches on two of its patents involving the manufacture of viral vectors. |
By Darren Incorvaia Digital technology company inFormed Consent has partnered with healthcare business development firm trifermed to launch a platform that will allow researchers to obtain informed consent from clinical trial participants remotely. |
By Kevin Dunleavy Three-year data from a study of early Alzheimer’s disease patients on Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi showed that longer-term use provides continued benefits without additional safety concerns. |
By Heather Landi Flo Health, a reproductive and menstrual health app, secured $200 million in series C funding, boosting its valuation to more than $1 billion, the company announced Tuesday. |
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