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Editor's Corner—When ASCO dueled with the world's biggest pop star, Swift Biotech was ready for it


Eisai hit with ransomware attack, launches investigation into possible data leaks


ASCO: Merck bills Keytruda, used around surgery, as new standard in 'messy' early lung cancer realm


ASCO: J&J's multiple myeloma combo produces déjà vu with 96% Carvykti-like response


As Sandoz prepares to spin off from Novartis, the company sets sights on new crosstown headquarters 


'We're swimming against the tide': Why Lilly is trying new strokes to persevere against pain 


400 Grail blood test users were incorrectly told they may have cancer: report


'The Top Line': News from ASCO's annual meeting, plus this week's headlines 

 

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Editor's Corner—When ASCO dueled with the world's biggest pop star, Swift Biotech was ready for it

As usual, ASCO occurred the first weekend in June in Chicago. Except this year, a superstar whose reputation precedes her put on a rivaling show right next door.
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Eisai hit with ransomware attack, launches investigation into possible data leaks

Eisai was the victim of a ransomware attack late Saturday night and is now working on response efforts, including the creation of a company-wide task force.

ASCO: Merck bills Keytruda, used around surgery, as new standard in 'messy' early lung cancer realm

As doctors navigate the "messy" early-stage non-small cell lung cancer landscape with various immunotherapy approaches, Merck & Co. has now unveiled new data that it hopes can establish Keytruda, used before and after surgery, as a new standard of care.

ASCO: J&J's multiple myeloma combo produces déjà vu with 96% Carvykti-like response

Johnson & Johnson has seen response rates as high as 97% in multiple myeloma before but this time, it’s not for Carvykti. No, this time the healthcare giant’s pharmaceutical unit Janssen is shining the spotlight on a combo study for talquetamab and Tecvayli.

As Sandoz prepares to spin off from Novartis, the company sets sights on new crosstown headquarters

After spinning off from Novartis later this year, generics and biosimilars giant Sandoz plans to move into its new headquarters by the middle of 2024.

'We're swimming against the tide': Why Lilly is trying new strokes to persevere against pain

Easing pain may have been one of the original goals of medicine, but the zeitgeist has long since moved on to harder-to-treat conditions. That makes Eli Lilly’s efforts to reinvigorate the space all the more intriguing.

400 Grail blood test users were incorrectly told they may have cancer: report

Hundreds of people who used Grail’s Galleri multicancer blood test reportedly received letters last month incorrectly indicating that they might have cancer.

BioNTech's $200M bet on next-gen Yervoy triggers tumor responses, teeing up phase 3 trial

BioNTech has shared an updated look at the data that persuaded it to gamble $200 million on a rival to Bristol Myers Squibb’s Yervoy. The phase 1/2 study linked the anti-CTLA-4 antibody to a 29.6% response rate, offering encouragement to BioNTech and partner OncoC4 as they gear up for a pivotal clinical trial.

BIO: Jazz is auditioning new bandmates in an M&A market ripe with talent

“It's a good time to be investing in and acquiring innovation,” Jazz Pharmaceuticals CEO Bruce Cozadd says, as the company scouts for deals at the BIO International Convention.

ASCO: Novocure's tumor-treating electric fields nearly double survival for some lung cancer patients

Study results that Novocure presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting Tuesday scratched a seven-year itch: According to the company, it's the first phase 3 clinical trial in at least as long to detail a therapy’s ability to significantly improve the survival rate for patients with platinum-resistant, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

PhRMA cries foul on CMS' registry approach for Alzheimer's disease drugs

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has said it plans to cover Alzheimer's disease meds with the use of a registry to collect real-world data from physicians. Trade group PhRMA argues the move will "severely restrict" access.

FDA collects another 6,000 complaints—including 40 deaths—linked to Philips' CPAP recall

The new additions bring the total number of complaints that the FDA has collected between April 2021—when Philips first began alerting customers to potential issues with some of its respiratory devices—and the end of March of this year to more than 105,000, with 385 reported deaths.

ASCO: Novartis pressures Lilly with Kisqali, targeting $3B opportunity in early breast cancer

Novartis has pulled back the curtains on the highly anticipated Kisqali data that previously drove an 8% share-price rally in a single day. As the Swiss pharma aims to bring the CDK4/6 battle with Eli Lilly into earlier treatment of breast cancer, the trial results indicate there's an intense rivalry ahead.

Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2023: Oncorus lets go of almost all staff; GreenLight lays off 96 people

We had hoped that our Layoff Tracker would stay retired for a while, but 2023 is starting to look a lot like our old friend 2022 when it comes to layoffs in biotech.
 
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