| Editor’s Note: The Fierce Life Sciences Weekly Digest will not publish next week, November 24, in observance of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Thank you for reading, and we’ll be back in your inboxes December 1. |
| By Fraiser Kansteiner Pfizer plans to cut approximately 500 roles and ax its Pharmaceutical Sciences Small Molecule capabilities at its site in Sandwich in Kent in the U.K. The move is a consequence of Pfizer’s enterprisewide cost realignment program, which the drugmaker unveiled in mid-October. |
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By James Waldron Novartis is going to give a solid-tumor-focused cell therapy the T-Charge treatment after paying $100 million upfront to Legend Biotech for a selection of CAR-T candidates. |
By Ben Adams Eli Lilly nabbed a coveted FDA approval for its obesity drug this month and, despite using the same ingredient as its diabetes drug Mounjaro, the U.S. Big Pharma has created a dividing line between the two franchises. |
By Kevin Dunleavy How popular have Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide drugs become for weight loss in Europe? The craze is such that Germany’s drug regulator is considering banning the export of Ozempic, according to a report in Der Spiegel magazine. |
By Max Bayer A day after AstraZeneca inked a new $185 million licensing deal to reenter the GLP-1 frenzy, CEO Pascal Soriot says the future marketplace will center less on treating obesity and more on sustained weight management. |
By Angus Liu In response to an onslaught from Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk is escalating the obesity market battle with a new head-to-head trial against its archrival. |
By Angus Liu As demand continues to surge for the Ozempic-Wegovy duo of diabetes and obesity meds, Novo Nordisk is investing heavily to boost production capacity with a new trench worth more than $6 billion. |
By Nick Paul Taylor Verve Therapeutics has published the first data on an in vivo base editing program in humans, giving the world an early look at the effects of a cholesterol-busting candidate that could become part of Eli Lilly’s stable of heart disease drugs. But investors pummeled the stock amid potential safety concerns. |
By Andrea Park The C-suite makeover is aimed at emphasizing ResMed’s focus on product development, profitable growth and strengthened branding, according to a company announcement. |
By Helen Floersh Researchers have reported the first-ever live birth of a chimeric monkey developed largely from embryonic stem cells. While the advancement is a technical achievement, it also raises ethical concerns. |
By Angus Liu A few months ago, Fierce Pharma asked employees working in the biopharma industry to use photographs to tell their stories during the pandemic. Now, we’re showcasing those precious memories here. |
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