| Editor's Note: Fierce Biotech is monitoring the FDA's advisory meeting for Sarepta Therapeutics' DMD gene therapy. Check our website this evening for the latest news. |
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Choosing the best eCOA platform that considers the needs of patients, site staff and data requirements are all critical factors. But it takes more to reach success. Download your eCOA Technology Guide. 
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| By Nick Paul Taylor GSK has shared pivotal data that could help fend off Pfizer’s attack on its blockbuster vaccine franchise. The phase 3 results show the five-in-one meningitis vaccine is immunologically effective against the most common strains, keeping GSK tucked in behind Pfizer in the race to market. |
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By Nick Paul Taylor Revive Therapeutics has extinguished its phase 3 COVID-19 trial after an interim look at the data showed it was on course to fail. But the biotech still thinks it can resuscitate the drug program, telling investors it believes the data could support talks with the FDA about the next steps. |
By Annalee Armstrong Algorithm Sciences is no longer planning to set up a base on Hoth Therapeutics, as the two small biotechs terminate a planned merger. |
Sponsored by ValGenesis Inc. Cell and gene therapies hold great promise but can also carry serious risks. Applying a risk-based approach during development and manufacturing increases patient safety and product quality. Read more. |
By Gabrielle Masson ‘Tis the season—earnings season that is. A time of pipeline culls, project delays and partnership terminations—and this quarter has been no exception, with two more biotechs reporting changes today. |
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By Gabrielle Masson NYBC Ventures has unveiled as one of the first venture funds to focus solely on advancing new blood and cell-based therapies, with $50 million in hand from the New York Blood Center. |
By Helen Floersh Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy may have benefits beyond helping patients shed pounds: They appear to reverse the impairments in cancer-fighting natural killer cells seen in people with obesity, independent of weight loss. |
By Max Bayer,Gabrielle Masson Pablo Cagnoni, M.D., former CEO of Flagship-founded Rubius Therapeutics, is headed to Incyte to serve as president and head of R&D. |
By Angus Liu Roche and Eisai each bought a HER2 drug from separate Chinese companies. Takeda will lay off 186 staffers across Massachusetts. EQRx has returned three drugs it previously licensed from two Chinese biotechs. And more. |
By Zoey Becker As GSK's former consumer health unit Haleon nears its one-year mark of independent operations, its former parent company is shedding 240 million shares. |
By Heather Landi The end of the PHE has significant operational, financial and compliance impacts for providers, payers, states and suppliers. As the healthcare industry moves into a post-pandemic world, here are the biggest changes to track and what lies ahead for the next two years. |
By Ben Adams Around 40% of liver disease posts on social media site TikTok contain misinformation in a worrying trend doctors want to reverse. |
By Phil Taylor Last year, Healthy.io claimed FDA approval for the first smartphone-based, at-home diagnostic that can be used to screen people for chronic kidney disease. Now, Boehringer Ingelheim has come on board to see how the test might be used more widely to improve patient care. |
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