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uniQure pauses part of Huntington's trial after 3 patients hospitalized—1 of whom hasn’t fully recovered

Three patients treated with the higher dose of uniQure's Huntington's disease gene therapy have been hospitalized, including one who has yet to fully recover.

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Pfizer’s $5.4B GBT buy adds potential sickle cell disease ‘cure’ and former Sanofi candidates

The $5.4 billion Pfizer coughed up to acquire Global Blood Therapeutics was worth it to get the Big Pharma’s hands on a pipeline of exciting sickle cell disease treatments, if analysts’ predictions are anything to go by. And those gains will come well before GBT’s preclinical pipeline, from the likes of Sanofi, enter the clinic.

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Genentech didn't get it right on diversity for critical Graduate Alzheimer's program. They're trying again

Roche's Genentech unit tried and failed to recruit a diverse population for its critical late-stage Alzheimer's disease program for gantenerumab. They're trying again, armed with lessons learned.

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Karuna’s resurrection of Lilly drug delivers phase 3 schizophrenia success, teeing up 2023 filing

Karuna Therapeutics’ multi-year mission to resurrect an old Eli Lilly drug has ended in clinical success. The biotech has emerged from the phase 3 Emergent-2 trial with evidence showing its therapy works in schizophrenia, positioning it to seek FDA approval next year.

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Kodiak matches Regeneron’s Eylea in macular edema phase 3, lighting Beacon of hope after flop

Kodiak Sciences has bounced back from the failure of its eye disease drug candidate, noting that it has matched Regeneron and Bayer’s blockbuster Eylea in one phase 3 in macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion.

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The most significant FDA citations of 2021-2022

Given the nature of warning letters and 483s as well as the dangers tied to manufacturing snafus, it doesn't make sense to rank worst offenders. Instead, we're providing a glimpse of FDA write-ups that are significant for different reasons. 

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Senate Democrats pass major healthcare deal that includes drug price reforms

The Senate on Sunday passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes major reforms to drug prices and extends ACA subsides by three years.

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MIT engineers develop shape-shifting artificial pancreas that brushes off the immune system’s rejections

Researchers at MIT have developed a method that could be used to ensure long-lasting diabetes implants do not trigger an immune response, allowing them to keep working without being rejected by the body.

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With COVID vaccine demand in free fall, BioNTech's revenue plummets nearly 50% in second quarter

After four consecutive quarters in which revenue topped 5 billion euros ($5.1 billion), BioNTech is coming to grips with a decline in demand for the shot, known commercially as Comirnaty. And the fall is coming quicker than expected.

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Troubled testmaker Talis Biomedical drops COVID plans, lays off 35% of remaining staff

The point-of-care testmaker Talis Biomedical is undergoing a second wave of layoffs this year after struggling to get its COVID-19 diagnostic off the ground. It will make another 35% reduction in its headcount and is walking away from COVID testing altogether, pivoting instead to screeners for sexually transmitted diseases.

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Eli Lilly says Indiana's abortion ban will force it to hire more outside the state

Despite Indiana's inability to reach a consensus on the issue of abortion, the state "opted to quickly adopt on the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the United States,” Eli Lilly said over the weekend. Now, the company is warning of its economic consequences.

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