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Mar 7, 2023

AbbVie CEO Gonzalez scored $26M in 2022 pay as cash cow Humira neared patent cliff


Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker '23: J&J spinout Rapport reels in $100M; Noema nets $112M


FDA delays BioMarin's gene therapy approval decision by 3 months


ACC23: Medtronic makes strides in pulsed field ablation race against Boston Scientific, J&J


Practice-changing Polivy? FDA questions Roche data amid high-stakes lymphoma expansion bid

 

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AbbVie CEO Gonzalez scored $26M in 2022 pay as cash cow Humira neared patent cliff

Ongoing controversy around AbbVie’s patenting strategy for Humira didn’t stop CEO Rick Gonzalez from getting a pay bump in 2022.
 

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Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker '23: J&J spinout Rapport reels in $100M; Noema nets $112M

Alongside the new year, we've launched a new Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker to keep the pulse on the industry's financing.

FDA delays BioMarin's gene therapy approval decision by 3 months

After a long road to the FDA finish line for BioMarin, the agency just moved the goal post back by a few months. The new decision date for hemophilia A gene therapy Roctavian is June 30 versus the previous date of March 31.

ACC23: Medtronic makes strides in pulsed field ablation race against Boston Scientific, J&J

The FDA has yet to clear any PFA devices for use in the U.S., and Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic are among the medtech developers vying to snag the first nod—though the latter may have edged ahead with the publication of promising new study results this week.

Practice-changing Polivy? FDA questions Roche data amid high-stakes lymphoma expansion bid

When Roche touted data for Polivy in previously untreated large B-cell lymphoma, the company billed the drug as the first potential new treatment standard in nearly two decades. But the FDA sees things differently.

Immuneering, saving cash for universal-RAS candidate, suspends neuroscience programs

Immuneering is going all in on its universal-RAS candidate, leading it to suspend work on discovery-stage neuroscience programs and throw its resources behind an oncology program that is on course to deliver early clinical data in the coming months.

FDA sounds out de novo clearance for neuromodulation device to treat tinnitus

When it comes to Neuromod Devices’ neurostimulation system to relieve tinnitus, the FDA is all ears.

Protagonist's story turns for the better as J&J-partnered psoriasis med clears lesions in midphase trial

A hero has arrived in Protagonist Therapeutics’ story, in the form of a Johnson & Johnson-partnered psoriasis med that has just cleared lesions in a mid-stage trial.

ReWalk paves a new path as FDA greenlights exoskeleton tech for stairs and curbs

The ReWalk personal exoskeleton is the first to be cleared in the U.S. to help partially paralyzed users surmount stairs and curbs.

Neuron, meet silicon: Scientists outline a plan for organoid intelligence

Computers that run off human brain cells sound like something out of a science fiction novel—but for scientists working in the newly dubbed field of organoid intelligence, bringing together neurons and silicon offers enormous potential for understanding and treating brain disease.

Sanofi's site modernization spree rolls on with plan to shift 2,000 staffers to new flexible workspace in New Jersey

Sanofi is moving its flagship New Jersey site in Bridgewater roughly 15 miles northeast to Morristown—and all 1,900 employees are coming along for the ride, a company spokesperson confirmed. The site’s relocation marks the latest stop on a global campaign to modernize Sanofi’s workspaces, he said.
 
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