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Wave delays key data readout for Huntington’s therapy

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,...

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...

Safety setback for Pfizer, Lilly pain drug should have Regeneron and Teva feeling nervous

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...

PhRMA’s DTC defense rolls out on airwaves and online

The move by PhRMA and its members to address calls for more transparency on drugs prices came to a head in October, when the...

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

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)...

Clinical biomarkers expected to lift R&D productivity: Iqvia

Pharma's recent slump in R&D productivity — the rate of success in relation to the time and effort invested in drug development — has...

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...

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...

BioNTech buys MAB Discovery’s antibody research unit

Known for its work in the field of messenger RNA therapeutics, BioNTech is looking for new ways to grow. Earlier this month, the private...

Another late-stage miss knocks Gilead from its leading NASH position

Gilead is part of a small group of drugmakers with late-stage NASH assets. But misfires in the STELLAR program have dimmed the prospects of...

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CMS chief declines to provide details on Trump healthcare...

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

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

Aimed at the molecular catalysts of tumor growth, targeted therapies are treatment mainstays across a wide range of cancer types. 

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...

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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