Sanofi snags FDA priority review for hemophilia A med
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Codiak's $2.5M check in July isn’t enough to stave off job cuts and restructuring

Despite a $2.5 million check from a vaccine alliance earlier this summer, Codiak BioSciences is still struggling. The biotech is laying off around 30 employees and trimming its pipeline.

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Sanofi, seeking to stem bleeding at hemophilia A unit, gets FDA priority review for rival to Roche

The hemophilia A market has a new date for the diary: Feb. 28. Officials at the FDA put the date on the agenda at Sanofi and Sobi by accepting the partners’ hemophilia A drug candidate efanesoctocog alfa for priority review.

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Cleaning house: Scientists find genetic quirk may help clear out beta amyloid, treat Alzheimer's

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A pharmaceutical jack of all trades? Novo CEO touts semaglutide's potential in NASH, Alzheimer's and its hot start in obesity

Novo Nordisk’s recent growth renaissance has flourished thanks in no small part to semaglutide—the GLP-1 molecule behind the company’s leading trio of Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy. But even as the drug's metabolic empire prospers, Novo Nordisk isn’t letting its GLP-1 rest on its laurels.

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Appeals court strikes down bid to reinstate OSHA COVID-19 protection standard

A federal appellate court ruled it doesn't have the authority to get OSHA to make permanent a COVID-19 emergency protection standard.

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Sandoz, Amneal and Rhodes join Teva in nationwide generic Adderall shortage as demand spikes

Alongside Teva, Amneal Pharmaceutical, Purdue subsidiary Rhodes Pharmaceuticals and Novartis’ soon-to-be-spun-off generics unit Sandoz have generic extended-released Adderall on back order, according to a recent supply update from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, which tracks drug shortages.

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FDA clears BrainsWay's 2nd neurostimulation approach to depression treatment

Nearly a decade after reeling in the first FDA nod allowing its deep brain stimulation technology to help treat major depressive disorder, BrainsWay has doubled back with another agency-cleared depression treatment.

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SaNOtize bags $24M to fund phase 3 trial of COVID-19 nasal spray

SaNOtize has raised a $24 million series B round, giving it the cash to fund its ongoing phase 3 COVID-19 prevention trial and other research into its nitric oxide nasal spray (NONS).

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InterWell Health finalizes $2.4B kidney care merger to combine tech, value-based care capabilities

InterWell Health completed a three-way merger with Fresenius Health Partners and Cricket Health to create a kidney care powerhouse on track to have $11 billion in costs under management by 2025. 

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Pfizer, Moderna bivalent COVID booster nods could land this week: report

The FDA could authorize variant-targeted mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna as early as Wednesday, Politico first reported, citing three people close to the decision.

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LGBTQ+ community-led Folx launches new project dealing with monkeypox

Folx Heath is a virtual care provider designed by and for the LGBTQ+ community, so the rise in monkeypox cases and the effect if was having on the community, spurred the company to act. Folx knew it needed to get in front of the issue, which was mired in confusion, as a source of solid health information and solutions.

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