| Today’s Big NewsSep 5, 2023 |
| By Annalee Armstrong The world’s pharmaceutical companies are set to invest $302 billion in R&D by 2028—but what will they get in return? Fierce Biotech explores the 10 therapies with the highest potential value. |
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By Gabrielle Masson The latest financing will in part go toward VGA039, an early-stage mAB being developed by Star's offshoot Vega to treat von Willebrand disease. |
By Nick Paul Taylor Zenas BioPharma has flipped regional rights to its bifunctional monoclonal antibody obexelimab. Bristol Myers Squibb has taken the other side of the deal, paying $50 million upfront for certain Asian rights to an asset that Zenas picked up from Xencor in return for a stake in its business less than two years ago. |
By Max Bayer Tonix Pharmaceuticals says its fibromyalgia treatment turned long COVID med failed to improve severe pain in patients with the post-COVID condition. However, some potential improvements in measurements of fatigue and sleep quality are guiding the company toward a new focus. |
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By Nick Paul Taylor BioCardia’s dive into its paused phase 3 heart failure trial has failed to identify reasons to be optimistic about the primary endpoint. Weeks after the monitoring board recommended pumping the brakes, the biotech has revealed the study is unlikely to meet its main objective, putting another dent in its share price. |
By Kevin Dunleavy Add Novartis to the list of biopharma giants that have filed lawsuits against the U.S. government as a reaction to the Inflation Reduction Act. The case was filed Friday in New Jersey federal court, three days after the CMS revealed that Novartis’ heart-failure treatment Entresto was among 10 drugs subject to price negotiations in 2026. |
By Nick Paul Taylor Amgen’s $13.4 billion Otezla bet can withstand competition from Bristol Myers Squibb’s Sotyktu. That is the conclusion of analysts at Spherix Global Insights, who found Amgen is holding on to its market share and largely limiting BMS’ growth to the conversion of users of injectable biologics. |
By Paige Minemyer As more and more cell and gene therapies come to the market, these high-cost drugs are set to have a major impact on cash-strapped Medicaid programs, according to a new analysis from Prime Therapeutics. |
By Fraiser Kansteiner After jumping into the mRNA game back in 2018, CanSino has built a facility in Shanghai that can produce up to 200 million vaccine doses a year, the company’s co-founder and CEO Xuefeng Yu told Reuters in a recent interview. |
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