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Nov 15, 2024

Vaccine stocks sag in US, Europe after RFK Jr.'s HHS appointment


Halozyme offers $2B for Evotec to expand beyond delivery tech used by J&J and Roche


Misconduct and the future of neurodegenerative disease research


With RFK Jr. appointment for HHS, biopharma industry could face powerful adversary in government


Philips obtains FDA clearance for radiotherapy scanner combining 4D and spectral CT in one scan


Innate Pharma antibody pits natural killer cells against cancerous B cells in mice and monkeys


Chutes & Ladders—Flagship-backed biotechs name new leaders

 

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Vaccine stocks sag in US, Europe after RFK Jr.'s HHS appointment

President-elect Donald Trump's choice for HHS secretary could pose risk to vaccine makers' top lines, as evidenced by sinking share prices after the appointment.
 

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Halozyme offers $2B for Evotec to expand beyond delivery tech used by J&J and Roche

Halozyme Therapeutics has bid to buy Evotec for around 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion). Evotec confirmed it received an offer and said it is analyzing the proposal before deciding on the next steps.

Misconduct and the future of neurodegenerative disease research

This week on "The Top Line," we explore a neuroscientist's alleged misconduct and its impact on the future of neurodegenerative disease research.

With RFK Jr. appointment for HHS, biopharma industry could face powerful adversary in government

Trump's appointment follows his pre-election promise to allow Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to "go wild" on the issue of health and medicines.

Philips obtains FDA clearance for radiotherapy scanner combining 4D and spectral CT in one scan

The company said its Spectral CT 7500 RT system—which is also capable of syncing its operations with the movements of organs related to the patient’s breathing—will help clinicians better visualize tumors and quantify their responses to treatment.

Innate Pharma antibody pits natural killer cells against cancerous B cells in mice and monkeys

French biotech Innate Pharma is recruiting natural-born killers to target B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The company’s tetraspecific antibody controlled tumors and improved survival in mice and reduced cancerous B cells in cynomolgus macaques.

Chutes & Ladders—Flagship-backed biotechs name new leaders

Two industry veterans are taking the reins at Apriori Bio and Valo Health, biotechs backed by VC firm Flagship Pioneering. Craig Williams has been promoted to CEO-partner at Flagship and is now CEO of Apriori Bio, while Brian Alexander, M.D., is joining as CEO-partner and will lead Valo Health.

EU regulators endorse meds from BMS, J&J, Eisai and more—plus a clutch of biosims

In a flurry of activity, the European Medicines Agency's CHMP has done an about-face on Eisai and Biogen’s Alzheimer’s disease med Leqembi, endorsed a clutch of biosimilars, recommended a slew of label expansions and put forward new cancer and COVID drugs for approval. Now, it's up to the European Commission to confirm those potential green lights in the coming weeks and months.

Dexcom taps Nick Jonas, other stars for World Diabetes Day push

Dexcom has rounded up its celebrity spokespeople for World Diabetes Day, putting singer Nick Jonas at the center of a campaign intended to help people change their perception of what they can achieve.

Boston Pharma hits phase 2 MASH goal, positioning monthly prospect to follow Akero, 89bio into pivotal trials

Boston Pharmaceuticals has linked its metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis prospect to improved outcomes in a midphase trial, positioning the biotech to advance the ex-Novartis candidate toward late-stage development in 2025.

FDA nod for Azurity's Danziten will allow patients to take leukemia med without fasting

Azurity Pharmaceuticals has earned an FDA approval for Danziten (nilotinib), a new formulation of Novartis’ chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) blockbuster Tasigna that doesn’t require patients to take their medication on an empty stomach.

After US plant reveal, France's Orano Med lays out €250M to build another radioligand facility overseas

Orano Med—developing targeted alpha therapies for cancer—kicked off construction of a 250 million euro plant in the Bessines-sur-Gartempe commune of France. Dubbed the Advanced Thorium Extraction Facility, the new 7,000-square-meter site is slated to manufacture thorium-228, a precursor of lead-212, for radioligand therapies.
 
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