Clovis shares slide on Rubraca trial discontinuation

Clovis' Rubraca (rucaparib) was given an accelerated approval in December 2016 for advanced and pretreated ovarian cancer. However, the Colorado-based biotech still lags behind...

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 to...

Amgen invests $66M in genetic sequencing company Oxford Nanopore

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 company...

BioMarin confirms timeline for hemophilia gene therapy, putting pressure on rivals

Hemophilia has become one of the most competitive battlegrounds in the emerging field of gene therapy. While BioMarin remains the frontrunner to market, a...
Biopharma companies wanting to treat rare diseases are increasingly pressed to be invested in gene therapy. Novartis and Roche have recognized this with their...
First-generation cell therapies, such as those developed by Novartis and Gilead, rely on immune cells collected from each individual patient. A painstaking manufacturing process...
Hemophilia has become one of the most competitive battlegrounds in the emerging field of gene therapy. While BioMarin remains the frontrunner to market, a...

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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...

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...

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...

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,"...

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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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