Apple Watch AFib app snags FDA nod for clinical trials

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May 6, 2024

Pfizer hires Citi analyst Andrew Baum to manage portfolio strategy, business development 


Novo Nordisk Foundation inks $300M R&D pact with Gates Foundation, Wellcome 


Apple Watch’s AFib-tracking app certified by FDA for use in clinical studies 


Neurocrine backs push for increased awareness, diagnosis of tardive dyskinesia 


BioNTech plots first wave of cancer launches in 2026 as COVID vaccine sales continue to disappoint 

 

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Pfizer hires Citi analyst Andrew Baum to manage portfolio strategy, business development

Citi analyst Andrew Baum, after covering Pfizer for more than a decade, will join the Big Pharma company as chief strategy and innovation officer. In the role, he'll oversee the drugmaker's portfolio management and business development activities.
 

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Novo Nordisk Foundation inks $300M R&D pact with Gates Foundation, Wellcome

The Novo Nordisk Foundation, Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have inked a $300 million R&D initiative focused in part on infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

Apple Watch’s AFib-tracking app certified by FDA for use in clinical studies

The watch’s sensor and software marked the first digital health product to be qualified under the agency’s Medical Device Development Tools program.

Neurocrine backs push for increased awareness, diagnosis of tardive dyskinesia

Neurocrine Biosciences, maker of the first drug approved by the FDA to treat tardive dyskinesia, continues to throw its weight behind efforts to improve screening, monitoring and general awareness of the neurological disorder.

BioNTech plots first wave of cancer launches in 2026 as COVID vaccine sales continue to disappoint

With plans to have at least 10 potentially registrational trials underway by the end of 2024, BioNTech is plotting the first wave of its market debut in oncology from 2026 onward.

GlycoMimetics fails phase 3 blood cancer trial, causing investors to sour on stock

GlycoMimetics CEO Harout Semerjian told investors in March that phase 3 blood cancer results could “fundamentally impact our company's trajectory.” And the CEO was absolutely right, just not in the way he hoped.

Amneal agrees to $272.5M settlement to resolve opioid lawsuits

Amneal Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle approximately 900 lawsuits brought by state, local and Native American jurisdictions claiming that the New Jersey generics producer fueled the opioid crisis by failing to act on suspicious opioid orders.

Chiesi buys into Gossamer’s Winrevair rival, betting almost $500M

Italian pharma Chiesi is betting almost $500 million to jointly commercialize Gossamer's late-stage Winrevair rival. The asset is currently enrolling patients in a phase 3 study.

EyePoint reports midstage trial fail for Duravyu, raising serious questions about the prospect

Targeting a major pharmaceutical market in retinal diseases, EyePoint Pharmaceuticals has revealed that its lead candidate failed to meet its primary endpoint in a phase 2 trial.
 
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