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Today's Big NewsOct 24, 2022 |
| By Nick Paul Taylor Novartis is coming for the jewels of AstraZeneca’s $39 billion takeover of Alexion. In a phase 3 trial, the Swiss drugmaker’s iptacopan beat the incumbent rare disease drugs Soliris and Ultomiris, advancing its plan to turn the oral challenger into a $3 billion-a-year blockbuster. |
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By James Waldron Gene therapy may be a hot area of biotech development, but that doesn’t mean companies are finding it any easier to navigate the bear market. These now include Applied Genetic Technologies, which, rather than face a looming “challenging” funding environment, has opted for a $23.5 million sale to investment fund Syncona. |
By Nick Paul Taylor Sumitomo has landed its takeover target. After seeing Myovant turn down its original offer, the Japanese drugmaker has added almost 20% to its price to get the deal done and snag a phase 2 in vitro fertilization asset. |
By Gabrielle Masson After a second patient death, Alpine Immune Sciences is terminating enrollment for two trials assessing its cancer asset davoceticept, including the biotech’s combo study with Merck’s Keytruda for adults with advanced malignancies. |
By James Waldron A phase 3 failure puts another nail in the coffin for Tricida to get its kidney disease drug, veverimer, to market, two years after the FDA denied approval. Having already taken a battering with previous regulatory woes, Tricida’s stock price plummeted 93% in pre-market trading this morning to 65 cents. |
By Helen Floersh Scientists have discovered that nicotine accumulation in the intestines of tobacco smokers drives the progression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH—and that a nicotine-degrading gut bacterium could be useful in treating the disease. |
By Angus Liu AstraZeneca’s long-troubled cancer immunotherapy tremelimumab has finally secured its first FDA approval, but the regulatory blessing comes in what could be an increasingly competitive tumor type. |
By Andrea Park Barely one week into his tenure as president and CEO of Philips, Roy Jakobs is already being put to the test. |
By Dave Muoio An early start to respiratory illness season is overwhelming pediatric facilities across the country. Clinicians warn that the situation could become worse as influenza and COVID-19 pick up with the cold weather. |
By Conor Hale The new enterprise will shepherd the medtech giant’s Puritan Bennett brand of ventilators—which had once seen wide demand during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, though sales have since dramatically declined. |
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