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Jan 10, 2023

JPM23: Lilly has a full plate, as CMO jokes, 'we need to leave J.P. Morgan and get back to work'


JPM23: Roivant CEO says 2023 shaping up to be 'the single most exciting year' for new readouts


Jasper pulls out of pivotal blood cancer trial at the last minute to prioritize other indications


JPM23: Beam hopes to sidestep sickle cell peers with next-gen gene editing


JPM23: Mirati's post-Krazati pipeline restock to focus on 'highest opportunity for capital'


JPM23, Day 2: VCs still have cash to fund biotech, says investor


Alto’s hopes for brain biomarker strategy rise on phase 2 antidepressant data


AbbVie, following in footsteps of Lilly and Takeda, pays Anima $42M to go after undruggable targets


JPM23, Day 1: Lilly's busy schedule, Mirati's new pipeline, Galapagos' clear out


Cash-strapped Calithera closes down in shadow of enrollment delays to cancer trials


Good day for Day One as pediatric brain tumor drug proves worth in phase 2

 

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JPM23: Lilly has a full plate, as CMO jokes, 'we need to leave J.P. Morgan and get back to work'

Eli Lilly’s plate is full this year, CMO says from the sidelines of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference, with five potential launches cooking and 10 top priorities.
 

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JPM23: Roivant CEO says 2023 shaping up to be 'single most exciting year' for new readouts

Roivant CEO Matt Gline has his foot on the clinical pedal heading, saying 2023 could be the "single most exciting" year for the company with respect to new readouts. The news comes just one week after the company posted competitive phase 2 data of its ulcerative colitis med.

Jasper pulls out of pivotal blood cancer trial at the last minute to prioritize other indications

Jasper Therapeutics spent the past 11 months working to kick off a phase 3 blood cancer trial. Now, with the first-quarter start date in sight, the biotech has pulled a volte-face, dropping plans to start the pivotal study and switching its focus to other indications.

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JPM23: Beam hopes to sidestep sickle cell peers with next-gen gene editing

Beam Therapeutics CEO John Evans is well aware that sickle cell is a crowded area when it comes to gene editing therapies, but as data roll in, each candidate is beginning to differentiate itself.

JPM23: Mirati's post-Krazati pipeline restock to focus on 'highest opportunity for capital'

Mirati Therapeutics became a commercial organization last year with the approval of adagrasib, now known as Krazati, and the company is churning out its next candidates. While that means a loaded pipeline, CEO David Meek, in a nod to the tough market conditions facing biotechs at the moment, said the company won't be afraid to cut and run if any of the assets don't prove their worth.

JPM23, Day 2: VCs still have cash to fund biotech, says investor

All you need to know from the second day of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

Alto’s hopes for brain biomarker strategy rise on phase 2 antidepressant data

Alto Neuroscience has pointed to the success of its antidepressant therapy in a phase 2a trial as proof that its precision psychiatry platform can identify the patients most likely to benefit from its treatment.

AbbVie, following in footsteps of Lilly and Takeda, pays Anima $42M to go after undruggable targets

AbbVie has joined Anima Biotech’s star-studded roster of partners, paying $42 million upfront to work with the biotech on small-molecule mRNA drugs against three “undruggable” targets in oncology and immunology.

JPM23, Day 1: Lilly's busy schedule, Mirati's new pipeline, Galapagos' clear out

Join us for a rolling look at the top life sciences news coming out of this year's J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

Cash-strapped Calithera closes down in shadow of enrollment delays to cancer trials

Calithera Biosciences has kept its head down since a phase 2 fail in 2021 caused it to lay off a third of its workforce. But in the wake of enrollment delays to its two lead cancer therapies, the cash-strapped biotech has given up the fight and announced it’s liquidating the business.

Good day for Day One as pediatric brain tumor drug proves worth in phase 2

Seven months after Day One posted positive initial data for its brain tumor drug, the therapy still appears to be on track for success—proving its effectiveness in a phase 2 trial.

3-drug combo leads to 'unprecedented' response in pancreatic cancer models

Systematically profiling the way pancreatic cancer cells suppress the immune system led scientists to a treatment that showed long-term, disease-free survival of up to 90% in mouse models.

JPM23: 'What has the pandemic done for us?' Freenome and other diagnostics developers on making tests more accessible

In interviews with Fierce Medtech during the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, leaders from Freenome, Babson Diagnostics and Immunexpress discussed their ongoing plans to make a wide range of blood tests as broadly accessible and as simple to use as possible.

JPM23, Day 2: Takeda readies for dengue vaccine launch; Merck touts recent deals

On the second day of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, GSK, Bayer, Roche and many others are set to share updates about their operations.

JPM23: As restructuring continues and revenues grow, Invitae CEO warns total recovery won't happen this year

In an interview with Fierce Medtech at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Invitae CEO Kenneth Knight discussed how the nearly two decades he spent at General Motors, Caterpillar and Amazon prepared him to lead a genetic testing company.

Celltrion signs up to support Rani’s oral biosimilar copy of J&J’s Stelara, lands right of first negotiation

Rani Therapeutics has secured a supply of ustekinumab for an oral drug delivery program, partnering with Celltrion to access materials for its development of a biosimilar rival to Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara. The deal gives Celltrion the right of first negotiation on the oral ustekinumab biosimilar program.

JPM23: Humana bounces back from poor MA enrollment showing in 2022, boosts guidance on membership growth

SAN FRANCISCO—Last year, Humana was forced to slash its estimates for Medicare Advantage enrollment growth, and the news dominated the payer industry conversation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.
 
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