Zolgensma set a new drug pricing bar. Insurers show some signs of pushback

Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) wasn't the first gene therapy approved in the U.S. That milestone belongs to Spark Therapeutics' Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec), a treatment for...

Pfizer, Novartis partner in hunt to find drugs for NASH

Neither Pfizer or Novartis are among the handful of companies at the leading edge of NASH drug development, which has yet to advance a therapy...

Former FDA head Gottlieb joins Pfizer board

While past FDA chiefs have joined drugmaker boards following their tenure, Gottlieb's move to Pfizer is both rapid and more high-profile than that of past...

Don’t worry about Humira biosimilars, the pipeline will deliver, AbbVie says

As Humira (adalimiumab) goes, so goes AbbVie. And it may require quite a few new products to replace the rheumatoid arthritis giant, which earned...
As Humira (adalimiumab) goes, so goes AbbVie. And it may require quite a few new products to replace the rheumatoid arthritis giant, which earned...
Wednesday's settlement follows last month's conviction of five former Insys executives, including the company's founder John Kapoor, for their involvement in bribing physicians to...
The plaques are considered hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, formed in the brain from sticky clusters of a misfolded protein fragment called beta-amyloid. For the past...

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3 takeaways from cancer’s biggest conference

The cancer field's largest conference has come and gone, and with it a window into the thousands of clinical trials being run in hopes...

Roche acknowledges the obvious, extends Spark buyout deadline

The Securities and Exchange Commission filings that Spark released Monday confirm what became apparent when the FTC announced it was subjecting the Roche buyout...

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

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...

Rival accuses Kaleo of cybersquatting in ‘elaborate scheme’

Cybersquatting was most common in the 1990s and early 2000s, with someone snatching a domain and then selling it to the trademark holder for...

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