Novartis chief defends cell, gene therapy push

By most measures, Novartis enjoyed a positive start to 2019. Drug sales rose by 5% in dollar terms, lifted by strong performances from the Swiss...

Amgen bone drug application knocked back in Europe

Expectations for Evenity (romosozumab) are modest, and the rejection by the EMA is a "minor setback" for Amgen, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Kennen...

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...

Amicus widens UPenn gene therapy collaboration

Biopharma companies wanting to treat rare diseases are increasingly pressed to be invested in gene therapy. Novartis and Roche have recognized this with their...
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,...
By most measures, Novartis enjoyed a positive start to 2019. Drug sales rose by 5% in dollar terms, lifted by strong performances from the Swiss...
Biologics have been a business boon to contract manufacturers, Catalent included. Large-molecule drugs are such a focus, in fact, that last year Catalent split its...

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Bayer backs cell therapy startup with $215M in funding

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...

Medicare proposes raising CAR-T pay, but reimbursement solution years...

CAR-T therapies represent a significant clinical advance for patients with certain types of advanced lymphoma. In clinical testing, Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) and Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel)...

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....

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...

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