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12 billion dollars: one of the boldest women’s health research moves an administration has made for women’s health research. On a global scale, this has caused countries and sovereign states to start…
In this edition of The Weekly, Managing Editor Jef Akst and News Editor Greg Slabodkin share their insights from the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy’s 27th annual conference, including advanc…
In this special edition of The Weekly, we discuss the much-anticipated annual meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy in Baltimore. It starts Tuesday and will hit on wide-ranging issue…
J&J and BMS’ challenges to Medicare drug price negotiations shut down in federal court less than a week after BMS announced it was laying off more than 2,000 employees.
Earlier this week, a federa…
The potential impacts on clinical trial outcomes warrant a discussion surrounding the current definition of women’s health.
In the second episode on our series on women's health, we discuss what may…
Sanofi will cut an undisclosed number of jobs as it revamps its U.S. vaccines commercial operations, as well as 99 employees from its Belgian sites—moves that are part of a full pipeline reprioritiza…
The past two weeks have seen Amylyx lose its only marketed product but receive numerous accolades for its decision to voluntarily withdraw Relyvrio after a failed Phase III trial in amyotrophic later…
Last month, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Advancing Women’s Health Research and Innovation, signalling the significance of women's health to the government and consequently investors.
…Conference season is in full swing, with the American Association for Cancer Research and American College of Cardiology concurrently holding their annual meetings in San Diego and Atlanta, respectiv…
WuXi AppTec was once again in the news this week, with speculation that the China-based biotech allegedly handed a U.S. client’s intellectual property over to the Chinese government without consent.
…The pharmaceutical industry is facing critical attention, particularly around drug pricing and development costs. Drug development cost is about 10% of the total healthcare spend in the United State.…
It was another busy week! Bayer reduced its executive suite from 14 to 8 as part of a major restructuring.
Meanwhile, the government announced it will pay for Wegovy for patients with heart disease a…
This week, we're talking money! Following the release of BioSpace's 2024 Salary Report, we discuss salary trends and how they are impacting the biopharma workforce. Considering growth rates, we also …
Phew, what a week!
One of the most anticipated FDA decisions of the year dropped last week when the regulator approved Madrigal’s Rezdiffra as the first therapy for MASH (formerly known as NASH).
T…
Continuing on from our previous episode "The gap is where the pain is", this episode focuses on a healthy discussion regarding the IRA, particularly the unintended consequences to small molecule deve…
The weight loss market is the gift that keeps on giving—at least for Novo Nordisk—as Wegovy continues to demonstrate its prowess with label expansion.
Also discussed: biosimilar approvals for Fresen…
These days you can hardly move without figuratively bumping into antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). This week we discuss Pfizer's strategic priorities for oncology - focused on ADCs and less on small m…
When it comes to drug pricing, there have been (and are) bad actors in the industry, but the conversation usually ends there. Five KOLs from different parts of the industry come together to discuss t…
This week Lori, Greg and Tyler discuss AbbVie: how longtime CEO Richard Gonzalez navigated Humira's LOE, his victorious retirement announcement, and the future of biosimilars.
Also discussed: Earlybi…
This week Lori, Greg and Tyler discuss the Accelerated Approval of Amtagvi, the first one-time cell therapy for solid tumors and the first TIL therapy; the FTC and HHS probe into generic drug shortag…