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Oct 2, 2024

Gilead strikes licensing deals with 6 generics makers to boost access to long-acting HIV PrEP med


Synchron’s brain-computer interface clears year-long safety study


Big pharma, biotech relations ‘won't necessarily be symbiotic’ in future AI landscape: S&P


J&J's Erleada prevails over Astellas, Pfizer’s Xtandi in real-world prostate cancer study


High-flying Eli Lilly pushes more chips forward with $4.5B 'Medicine Foundry' project


Triveni ropes in $115M series B less than a year after $92M fundraise


Verrica narrows Ycanth sales focus, rejigs commercial team and plots layoffs in cost-cutting drive

 

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Gilead strikes licensing deals with 6 generics makers to boost access to long-acting HIV PrEP med

The company will allow six generic manufacturers to make and sell its long-acting PrEP drug, lenacapivir, in 120 resource-limited countries.
 

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Synchron’s brain-computer interface clears year-long safety study

Synchron has reported that its miniature Stentrode brain-computer interface implant showed no major side effects in a year-long human safety study.

Big pharma, biotech relations ‘won't necessarily be symbiotic’ in future AI landscape: S&P

Big Pharma is investing heavily in AI to slash development timelines and foster innovation. But instead of strengthening future relationships with the biotech world, the investment may position independent AI-focused biotechs as a threat to pharma’s internal R&D processes.

J&J's Erleada prevails over Astellas, Pfizer’s Xtandi in real-world prostate cancer study

A real-world, head-to-head study of two androgen receptor pathway inhibiting (ARPI) prostate cancer drugs indicates that Johnson & Johnson’s Erleada provides an edge in overall survival versus Astellas and Pfizer’s Xtandi.

High-flying Eli Lilly pushes more chips forward with $4.5B 'Medicine Foundry' project

Eli Lilly is making another massive investment, revealing it will build a $4.5 billion R&D and manufacturing facility dubbed the Lilly Medicine Foundry that will “drive innovation in drug production and make medicines for clinical trials," the company said. It will add to the huge project the company is constructing in Lebanon, Indiana.

Triveni ropes in $115M series B less than a year after $92M fundraise

Triveni Bio has roped in $115 million to advance preclinical antibody treatments designed to take on immunological and inflammatory disorders.

Verrica narrows Ycanth sales focus, rejigs commercial team and plots layoffs in cost-cutting drive

Dermatology biopharma Verrica Pharmaceuticals is lining up a cost-cutting plan that is prompting a major shake-up of its commercial teams and a narrowed focus on how it sells its only approved drug.

Frazier Life Sciences adds $630M to 'evergreen' fund for small and mid-cap biotechs

Frazier Life Sciences has sourced a further $630 million for its fund focused on small and mid-cap biotechs.

FDA elevates Philips recall of hospital, home ventilator software

The agency labeled the recall effort as Class I, its most serious, and said it received reports of nine injuries and one death.

Lucid Diagnostics recruits ex-NFL players for esophageal precancer testing blitz

In a campaign to raise awareness of and testing for the warning signs of esophageal cancer, Lucid Diagnostics is aiming to intercept the disease as early as possible, ideally while it’s still in precancerous stages.

Aspen Neuroscience, underway with Parkinson's cell therapy trial, bolsters manufacturing with new San Diego facility

Aspen is building out a new 22,000-square-foot facility near its headquarters in the Torrey Pines neighborhood of San Diego for the manufacture of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cell therapies. The new plant is specifically designed for production and testing of Aspen’s personalized Parkinson's disease candidate ANPD001.

Nasal spray neutralizes army of respiratory diseases and protects mice from deadly influenza

The COVID-19 pandemic made us acutely aware of how vulnerable our noses are. The nose is a gateway to infection for respiratory pathogens like influenza and SARS-CoV-2, but our options to shield our nasal passageways from disease are limited.

Hologic corrects misconceptions in #BustTheMyth breast cancer awareness campaign

Hologic is asking women to #BustTheMyth this Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The provider of breast health products has put a set of myths about cancer, such as the belief women without a family history have no need to worry, at the center of its latest annual campaign.
 
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