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FDA’s drug center to consolidate AI efforts under single council


J&J files for FDA approval of $6.5B autoimmune drug, teeing up showdown with argenx and UCB


IRA biosimilar measure intended to boost uptake so far has 'limited' impact: report


Repare jettisons preclinical R&D, 25% of staff to focus on 'most promising' candidates


Qiagen, AstraZeneca expand companion diagnostic partnership to chronic diseases beyond cancer


BioMarin cuts deeper with 225 layoffs under CEO's new corporate strategy


Merck’s Keytruda flunks pivotal studies in early-stage lung and skin cancers

 

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FDA’s drug center to consolidate AI efforts under single council

In an email to staff, CDER Director Patrizia Cavazzoni said the council would replace its AI-related steering committee and policy working groups.
 

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J&J files for FDA approval of $6.5B autoimmune drug, teeing up showdown with argenx and UCB

Johnson & Johnson has taken another step toward realizing a return on its $6.5 billion nipocalimab bet, filing for FDA approval to challenge argenx and UCB for the generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) market.

IRA biosimilar measure intended to boost uptake so far has 'limited' impact: report

The Inflation Reduction Act features a five-year boost in Medicare Part B reimbursement rates for biosimilars. The measure was intended to boost uptake, but has it worked so far? Drug development consultancy Certara sought to find out in its recent "Boost or Bust?" report.

Repare jettisons preclinical R&D, 25% of staff to focus on 'most promising' candidates

Repare Therapeutics is laying off a quarter of its workforce as the oncology biotech scales back its preclinical work to focus on more advanced candidates such as a synthetic lethal drug handed back by Roche earlier this year.

Qiagen, AstraZeneca expand companion diagnostic partnership to chronic diseases beyond cancer

Their goal is to offer a quick companion diagnostic that could be turned around while a patient is undergoing a routine exam.

BioMarin cuts deeper with 225 layoffs under CEO's new corporate strategy

The rightsizing at BioMarin continues to take its toll as CEO Alexander Hardy devises a new corporate strategy for the rare disease biotech.

Merck’s Keytruda flunks pivotal studies in early-stage lung and skin cancers

A Merck & Co. effort to move its PD-1 behemoth Keytruda into early treatment of lung cancer has reached a dead end, along with another bid to expand into a type of early-stage skin cancer.

Silence Therapeutics cranks up the volume to raise awareness of cardiovascular risk factor Lp(a)

Silence Therapeutics isn’t staying mum about the need for broader awareness of the risks associated with heightened levels of lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a). A new campaign launched by the drugmaker this week aims to improve education around Lp(a) and encourage more widespread testing.

Gain hopes to prove Parkinson's drug's potential next year after phase 1 win for allosteric modulator

Gain Therapeutics has set its sights on proving the effectiveness of its Parkinson’s therapy next year after the brain-penetrant small molecule demonstrated “peripheral target engagement” in a phase 1 trial.

Moderna takes aim at COVID-induced loneliness in new campaign for updated vaccines

The newly FDA-authorized updated vaccines for COVID-19 offer protection not only against serious illness but also, according to Moderna, against the loneliness that can come with a loved one’s infection with the virus.

In 2 papers, researchers piece together how micronuclei in cancer cells collapse and contribute to disease progression

In 2022, on the alpine shores of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, longtime friends Samuel Bakhoum, M.D., Ph.D., and Stefano Santaguida, Ph.D., were catching up. Pandemic restrictions had prevented the two from seeing each other for years, but, at a small conference in the lakeside town of Stresa, they seized the opportunity to share what they’d been working on recently—the collapse of micronuclei in cancer cells.

CDC Foundation revamps 'Contagious Conversations' podcast with narrative-focused format

Five years and nearly 50 episodes in, the CDC Foundation has given its “Contagious Conversations” podcast a makeover.
 
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