| Today’s Big NewsMar 7, 2025 |
| By Nick Paul Taylor Johnson & Johnson has added to the opioid kappa blues. Months after Neumora reported a phase 3 flop, J&J has stopped development of its rival drug candidate aticaprant as an adjunctive treatment for major depressive disorder. |
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By Nick Paul Taylor Amgen and CytomX Therapeutics have kicked a phase 1 T-cell engager to the curb, axing the asset after assessing the clinical data and their pipeline priorities. |
By Gabrielle Masson In defiance of federal orders, the National Institutes of Health is still terminating grants to researchers across the country, The Boston Globe reports. |
By Zoey Becker The newest executive to join the ranks at Pfizer is ten-year Johnson & Johnson vet James List, M.D., Ph.D. At Pfizer, he'll be responsible for leading the company’s pipeline of cardiovascular, metabolic, hematologic, and obesity medicines from early discovery to late development. |
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By James Waldron Atea Pharmaceuticals has laid off a quarter of its workforce so far this year as the biotech prepares to launch a phase 3 trial of its hepatitis C cocktail. |
By Darren Incorvaia,Zoey Becker Sage Chief Medical Officer Laura Gault, M.D., Ph.D., is stepping down to pursue a new opportunity effective March 21, the latest change for a company that has had a recent string of clinical failures. |
By Ben Adams Theriva Biologics is putting more of its eggs in the VCN-01 basket as it unveils a change up in its R&D focus. |
By James Waldron Arcturus believes it’s “highly unlikely” it will lose the government funding for its mRNA bird flu vaccine trial, despite rumors swirling that Moderna’s funding will be revoked. |
By James Waldron Roche and its Genentech subsidiary are planning to hitch up their cardiovascular, renal and metabolism R&D work and shift it over to a new center in Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus. |
By Andrea Park,Gabrielle Masson This week on "The Top Line," we dig into several of the biggest private funding rounds in biotech last year and discuss the shifting VC landscape. |
By Zoey Becker If confirmed, Johns Hopkins surgeon Martin Makary, M.D., would take the reins at the FDA as the agency undergoes cost-cutting measures from the Trump administration. |
By Paige Minemyer The confirmation follows weeks of speculation and rumors that Sycamore was planning to take over Walgreens and take the company private. |
By Angus Liu U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to restrict inbound and outbound investments related to China in several sectors, including biotech. Pfizer could shift overseas production to the U.S. if tariffs become a problem, CEO Albert Bourla said. Blackstone bought a 60% stake in Japanese CRO giant CMIC. And more. |
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