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| By Gabrielle Masson The Department of Health and Human Services is allegedly canceling clinical trial funding for biotechs with ties to certain foreign investors, Fierce Biotech has learned. |
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By Gabrielle Masson “I'm proud to report that we're on track to meet all the PDUFA targets, and that morale is good and improving at the agency,” FDA's Marty Makary said at this year’s BIO, an international convention that has attracted 23,000 attendees. |
By Fraiser Kansteiner Following a disappointing performance from the company’s CAR-T candidate in an early-stage cancer trial, BioNTech is winding down cell therapy manufacturing at its inaugural U.S. plant in Gaithersburg, Maryland. In turn, the German company is laying off 63 technical operations staffers at the site. |
Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific Austin Read of Thermo Fisher Scientific discusses how combining biospecimens with real-world data is advancing diagnostics, treatment and the future of patient care. |
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By James Waldron Scholar Rock’s investigational spinal muscular atrophy drug helped patients taking Eli Lilly’s obesity blockbuster Zepbound maintain muscle mass, offering another avenue to reach a key goal for the obesity market. |
By Kevin Dunleavy “This is probably one of the toughest years to predict,” Arda Ural, Ph.D., EY Americas Life Sciences Sector Leader, said on a conference call last week. |
By Darren Incorvaia A new biotech has come roaring to life in Wales with a $140 million series A and a lead candidate ready for phase 2 trials in major depressive disorder. Draig Therapeutics has emerged from a partnership between Cardiff University’s Medicine Discovery Institute and SV Health Investors to tackle unmet needs in neuropsychiatry. |
By Nick Paul Taylor PwC analysts have warned the speedy evolution of the Chinese biotech sector is creating “heightened risks related to IP security, regulatory compliance and strategic alignment.” |
By Gabrielle Masson,Darren Incorvaia,James Waldron The Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker records venture capital rounds of $50 million or more secured by biotechs. |
By Angus Liu The value of priority review vouchers (PRVs) appears to be on the rise as concerns mount over declining supplies following the sunset of the rare pediatric disease PRV program. |
By Fraiser Kansteiner Following HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision last week to purge the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and appoint his own replacements, the 17 ousted experts are hitting back at the arguments behind the cull. |
By Darren Incorvaia A pair of professional organizations in the U.K. is calling for the biopharma industry and national government to take action to improve diversity in clinical trials. The call comes after the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and the Association of Medical Research Charities held an event with industry stakeholders to identify barriers to increasing diversity in clinical research. |
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