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Today’s Big NewsNov 1, 2023 |
| By Annalee Armstrong If you’ve been living under a rock for the past several years, you probably still know what a GLP-1 inhibitor is—at least by brand name. But the 33,000 attendees at the European Society for Medical Oncology would like to remind you that there’s plenty of breakthroughs in cancer worthy of the same kind of fanfare. |
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By Max Bayer FDA advisers appear satisfied with CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ assessment of potential off-target effects from their CRISPR-based gene therapy exa-cel, quelling the top concern from the FDA as an approval deadline nears. |
By Gabrielle Masson With a confirmatory trial for Sarepta’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy trial ending in failure, Pfizer’s chief scientist says the pharma giant’s gene therapy is now “the main game in town.” |
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By James Waldron GSK has dropped its in-house STING agonist only a day after a similar drug the British Big Pharma reserved the rights was finally lifted from clinical hold limbo. |
By James Waldron Despite dropping its multiple myeloma CAR-T only five months ago, Cellectis has secured over $100 million in upfront cash and equity investment from AstraZeneca for a 10-candidate deal. |
By Max Bayer Bioluminescence is rocketing out of stealth, looking to warm a frigid funding environment with the embrace of fresh funding. |
By Annalee Armstrong Sanofi is making an initial $30 million investment in MeiraGTx to gain a first peek at data from the biotech’s riboswitch platform, all for a chance to someday brew up some new deals. |
By James Waldron Tonix Pharmaceuticals’ pipeline has taken another hit as the biotech drops a major depression disorder therapy after the drug flamed out of a phase 2 trial. |
By Gabrielle Masson In a year riddled with obstacles and adverse events, Mersana Therapeutics finally has some good news: The FDA has lifted a clinical hold on a phase 1 trial for the antibody-drug conjugate XMT-2056. |
By Gabrielle Masson C4 Therapeutics is discontinuing one of its cancer assets after a phase 1/2 trial proved the drug ineffective. |
By Joseph Keenan NASA and Defender Pharmaceuticals will test an anti-nausea gel in two clinical trials, recruiting astronauts to undergo motion simulation exercises to test sensorimotor performance. |
By Angus Liu Aside from Pfizer's declining COVID-19 sales, GSK is giving the New York drugmaker another reason to worry. In the first round of their RSV vaccine showdown, GSK's Arexvy pulled down $860 million, more than doubling the haul from Pfizer's Abrysvo. |
By Conor Hale The Biden administration is launching a federal outfit to evaluate the safety of AI, and to address its impact in healthcare, R&D and the broader societal concerns that have recently come to the fore. |
By Kevin Dunleavy The FDA has approved Amgen’s biosimilar version of Johnson & Johnson’s autoimmune standout Stelara. But the new product will not launch until 2025 because of a settlement the companies made earlier this year, which delayed the launch in exchange for J&J dropping a patent infringement lawsuit. |
By Noah Tong Third-party administrator Yuzu Health says it can help insurance companies and brokers provide small businesses up to 40% in savings. |
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