Gilead firms up path to market for key arthritis drug

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

Pfizer muscular dystrophy gene therapy stumbles on safety

Dive Brief: Pfizer's Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy improved physical function in two patients measured one year after treatment, but also led to one patient being...

Lilly to withdraw FDA-approved cancer drug after clinical failure

Lartruvo (olaratumab) was the first new drug approved for soft tissue sarcoma in more than four decades, at the time offering patients with the tough-to-treat...

From BIO meeting, Merck CEO backs capitalism, rebuts industry’s critics

In an era of criticism and scrutiny for biopharma companies, executives gathered at the 2019 BIO meeting have debated how the industry can push...
In gene therapy, where dramatic results in deadly diseases can hasten clinical testing, studies tend to be smaller, with greater significance put on each...
Denali started 2018 with one research agreement with Takeda and is now ending the year with another big pharma collaboration. The Takeda deal, announced in...
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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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...

AstraZeneca inks ambitious $6.9B deal for Daiichi cancer therapy

Long known for its prowess in cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, AstraZeneca has joined its pharmaceutical peers in making a bigger play in oncology. While the...

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...

Sarepta may have seen off another rival in Wave

Wave Life Sciences has joined the biopharma sector's gold rush to treat DMD, a genetic disorder that causes progressive musculoskeletal disability in boys. So far,...

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CMS chief declines to provide details on Trump healthcare plan

The administration faces increasing pressure to release a concrete healthcare plan as Democratic presidential candidates are eager to keep the national conversation focused...

Roche cancer drug the 3rd approved for pan-tumor use

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Novo faces shareholder suit over insulin sales disclosures

Novo is best known for its insulin products like Levemir (insulin detemir) and Tresiba (insulin degludec), as well as other diabetes treatments like...

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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