Gilead to build manufacturing site in Maryland to boost cell therapy

The new facility should help the big biotech meet some of the unique challenges of manufacturing CAR-T therapies. The process is complex and time...

Hunting productivity, drugmakers pitch new ‘pillars’ of R&D

SAN FRANCISCO — Developing new medicines isn't a resource-efficient endeavor. Estimates vary, but most molecules selected to begin clinical development won't end up on pharmacy shelves...

R&D leaders worry pharma reputation risks losing talent

PHILADELPHIA — It's not artificial intelligence or creative corporate structures that some of the biopharma industry's leaders see as the best way to boost R&D...

Biotechs dive deeper into targeted cancer research, despite costs

"It could become very challenging for a small biotech company, or even a pharma company, to cover that part of a clinical trial test,"...
PHILADELPHIA — It's not artificial intelligence or creative corporate structures that some of the biopharma industry's leaders see as the best way to boost...
Investors reacted negatively to the pushed-back readouts, sending shares of the Singapore-based biotech down nearly 20% between Tuesday's market close and Wednesday's. Wall Street analysts,...
Novo is best known for its insulin products like Levemir (insulin detemir) and Tresiba (insulin degludec), as well as other diabetes treatments...

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FDA’s Woodcock defends accelerated approvals and talks of culture...

Over more than three decades at the Food and Drug Administration, Janet Woodcock has seen the biotech industry mature from the early days of...

J&J invests in integrin therapies via Morphic deal

Four months after Morphic reached an R&D deal with AbbVie, the Waltham, Massachusetts-based biotech has found another drugmaking giant to partner with. Morphic and AbbVie...

Zolgensma set a new drug pricing bar. Insurers show...

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...

Takeda takes another step into cell therapy research

Takeda, on the cusp of closing its deal to acquire Shire, is also working to ramp up its efforts in emerging fields of cancer...

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Novo faces shareholder suit over insulin sales disclosures

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Celgene wins approval for drug key to Bristol buyout

Approval of Inrebic, which was previously known as fedratinib, is the first domino to fall in Bristol-Myers bet on Celgene's product pipeline. 

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