Once ‘bodies for hire,’ CROs are finding a new role as data specialists

Drugmakers want better designed, less expensive clinical trials. The demand is so great that contract research providers, often called CROs, are building out their...

Lilly bets on AC Immune’s tech to target Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer's drug development is notoriously difficult, exemplified by the fact there are no therapies approved to treat the underlying disease. That's not for a lack of...

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...

Pharma returns on R&D ebb to new low, Deloitte finds

Deloitte's annual report on R&D productivity, while limited in scope, is an indicator of the challenges faced by large pharmaceutical firms in bringing new...
Known for its work in the field of messenger RNA therapeutics, BioNTech is looking for new ways to grow. Earlier this month, the private...
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...
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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Safety setback for Pfizer, Lilly pain drug should have...

The U.S. opioid crisis breathed new life into clinical development of the nerve-growth factor (NGF) inhibitors tanezumab and fasinumab. The drug class had been...

MacroGenics dives as breast cancer drug shows small improvement

MacroGenics stock took a beating Tuesday, dropping far more than any other biotech on the iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index as the ASCO conference closed....

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...

Bluebird sets $1.8M price tag for blood-disease gene therapy

Bluebird declined to release the Zynteglo price when the agent received European Commission conditional approval last week. The price announcement Friday coincided with a...

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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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