| Today’s Big NewsSep 7, 2023 |
| By James Waldron Roche’s $310 million splash into the metabolic therapy pool two months ago already appears to be paying off, with its Alnylam-partnered hypertension med reducing blood pressure in a phase 2 trial. |
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By Nick Paul Taylor Pfizer and Valneva have ticked off another milestone in their Lyme disease vaccine program, showing that booster doses safely trigger immune responses in adolescents and younger children in a phase 2 clinical trial. |
By James Waldron What do you get when you combine the established cancer modality of antibody-drug conjugation with targeted protein degradation? An intriguing new class of antibody drugs called degrader-antibody conjugates—and Seagen is keen to get in on the ground floor. |
By Nick Paul Taylor Vaxart is still looking a little queasy. The biotech delivered mixed data on its oral monovalent norovirus vaccine candidate, with the failure to cut acute gastroenteritis in the challenge study ensuring a muted response from investors despite successes on other endpoints. |
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By Gabrielle Masson Investors have reached deep into their pocketbooks for Mariana Oncology’s series B financing, with Eli Lilly coming aboard for the oversubscribed $175 million round aimed at making waves in radiopharmaceutical development. |
By Annalee Armstrong CymaBay has always believed in its liver disease med seladelpar, even after a 2019 failure in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Now, the drug has shown its mettle in a phase 3 study of patients with primary biliary cholangitis, teeing up regulatory discussions. |
By Helen Floersh Novo Nordisk will collaborate with Harvard and the Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop three new programs over the next three years to tackle diabetes and cardiac fibrosis. |
By Nick Paul Taylor PhRMA has rounded up its attack ad team once again for another broadside against pharmacy benefit managers, zeroing in this time on the potential for insurers to profit from where prescriptions get filled. |
By Kevin Dunleavy Now that the CMS has revealed its list of the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act, it’s time to consider the financial implications for affected companies. |
By Joseph Keenan Trialbee, which specializes in patient recruitment, launched a new tool to help alleviate patient recruitment delays for clinical trials. |
By Dave Muoio The two new initiatives leverage cultural representation and targeted messaging to reach audiences impacted by health inequity, Google's Garth Graham, M.D., said. |
By Joseph Keenan The London-based private equity firm Permira shelled out 703.1 million pounds sterling ($886.40 million) to take the CRO Ergomed Clinical Research private. |
By Joseph Keenan Singapore-based Harvest Integrated Research Organization, or HiRO, has expanded its global footprint with the acquisition of Courante Oncology, a Minnesota-based CRO that specializes in oncology. |
By Ayla Ellison Patient advocates are addressing the web of challenges and inequalities that exist within the healthcare landscape. Patient advocacy is a cornerstone of positive change, and it is one of the five categories that will shape the Fierce 50. |
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