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Aug 29, 2024

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


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


UK unveils plans to plug up to $527M into clinical trials, manufacturing and more


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


Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: BioMarin cuts 225 roles; Genentech jettisons 93 Bay Area jobs


Controlled chaos: Method to design disordered proteins could open door to new therapies

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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.
 

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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.

UK unveils plans to plug up to $527M into clinical trials, manufacturing and more

The investment program, which combines the powers of the U.K.'s Department of Health and Social Care, England’s National Health Service and local trade group ABPI, has snared an up to 400 million pound sterling ($527 million) investment to help accelerate patient access to cutting-edge drugs, bolster clinical trials and improve medicines manufacturing in the country.

The Evolving Alzheimer’s Disease Landscape

New disease-modifying drugs, biological pathways and blood-based biomarker tests are among the rapid changes shaping the Alzheimer’s disease landscape

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.

The Crucial Role of HEK293 DNA Quantification in Biotherapeutics

In this episode of The Top Line, sponsored by Bio-Rad, Dipika Gurnani delves into the challenges and solutions of quantifying HEK293 DNA in biotherapeutics, a field revolutionizing healthcare for over 350 million patients worldwide.

Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2024: BioMarin cuts 225 roles; Genentech jettisons 93 Bay Area jobs

We really didn't want to have to create another Layoff Tracker this year. But here we are, launching the third annual iteration tracking biopharma layoffs. 

Controlled chaos: Method to design disordered proteins could open door to new therapies

Proteins are made of chains of amino acids, and a basic tenet of biology is that the sequence of amino acids determines how a protein folds into a 3D shape which, in turn, dictates the protein’s function. But another tenet of biology is that rules are meant to be broken.

As psychedelics development hits snag, PharmAla launches tool to ease researchers’ access to MDMA info

The effort to develop psychedelic therapies took a hit earlier this month when the FDA rejected Lykos Therapeutics’ MDMA-assisted therapy, a blow that was quickly followed by the retraction of three Lykos research papers and the slashing of 75% of the biotech’s workforce.

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.
 
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Launching a Product in Europe: Understanding Supply Chain Cost Drivers

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