In R&D, small biotechs hold their own against big pharma

Despite spending billions on R&D, big pharma doesn't punch its weight in discovering the new molecules that eventually make it to market. Instead, it's...

Nonprofit under pressure to make new TB drug affordable

Authorities warn that antibiotic-resistant infections rank high, if not at the top, of public and global health concerns. TB offers a prime example...

Catalent to buy Paragon for $1.2B as gene therapy demand grows

Biologics have been a business boon to contract manufacturers, Catalent included. Large-molecule drugs are such a focus, in fact, that last year Catalent split its Drug...

Another late-stage miss knocks Gilead from its leading NASH position

Gilead is part of a small group of drugmakers with late-stage NASH assets. But misfires in the STELLAR program have dimmed the prospects of...
Dive Insight: Anytime a PD-(L)1 inhibitor can beat Keytruda (pembrolizumab) to the market in a specific type of cancer, it should be celebrated as a...
As Humira (adalimiumab) goes, so goes AbbVie. And it may require quite a few new products to replace the rheumatoid arthritis giant, which earned...
Dive Insight: While California sequencing company Illumina is larger, Oxford's kept itself relevant and recently attracted new cash to fund an expansion. Amgen's seen the sequencing...

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Early cancer drug data give Amgen hope it has...

CHICAGO — Decades of research have failed to uncover a therapeutic answer to one of the most well-known genetic drivers of cancer. Yet Amgen...

Gilead firms up path to market for key arthritis...

A filing this year for filgotinib could set up a potential market launch in 2020, which would be one to two years earlier than...

Audentes lays down marker in muscular dystrophy

Audentes Therapeutics is trying to show Sarepta isn't the only game in town when it comes to DMD. The collaboration with Nationwide's Children Hospital...

Sangamo hemophilia A progress boosts shares

While BioMarin and Spark remain out in front, Sangamo's data appear strong enough to warrant consideration of the biotech's therapy in the discussion of...

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