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| By Max Bayer More than six months after Johnson & Johnson merged its infectious disease and vaccine units, the healthcare giant is cutting research and development for the unit altogether, according to sources familiar with the decision. |
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By Fraiser Kansteiner “I did not come back to FDA to spend all my time on supply chain, but that’s what’s happened,” Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., said in response to a question about drug shortages during a recent presentation of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA. “And I feel like I know a lot about it, and I’m pretty fired up to do something about it.” |
By Andrea Park Between commercial developers like Synchron and Elon Musk’s Neuralink, and ongoing research around the globe, it may be only a matter of time before people with paralysis, ALS and other speech-limiting conditions have their communication abilities restored via “mind-reading” technology. |
By Nick Paul Taylor An “inadvertent disclosure” has given the world a look at Roche’s eagerly anticipated TIGIT data. Having kept its cards close to its chest throughout the phase 3 lung cancer study, the Swiss drugmaker published interim overall survival results Wednesday after they were mistakenly made public. |
By Fraiser Kansteiner After floating the idea earlier this month, Mallinckrodt has formally declared its intention to kick off another round of bankruptcy proceedings in the coming days. But questions remain on just how much the move will affect the company’s looming opioid payouts. |
By Angus Liu Novo Nordisk is struggling to meet strong demand for Wegovy, and the company has reportedly tapped another contract manufacturer to churn out the popular weight-loss drug. |
By Conor Hale The company is gearing up for a nationwide rollout as public hopes rise for treatments that may make some headway against the condition. |
By James Waldron The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has tapped Regeneron for a next-generation COVID-19 antibody therapy, promising up to $326 million in government funds in the hope of getting a candidate into the clinic this year. |
By Fraiser Kansteiner While nothing is certain yet, Apellis may be homing in on the source of a rare but serious side effect tied to its world-first geographic atrophy drug Syfovre. The safety update comes as the company links the use of its med to eight total cases of retinal vasculitis—a type of inflammation that blocks blood flow to the retina and can potentially cause blindness. |
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