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As EU challenge intensifies, Illumina clocks a stateside win in FTC antitrust case over Grail buy

An administrative law judge ruled in Illumina’s favor on Thursday in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s challenge to the DNA sequencing giant’s acquisition of blood test maker Grail.

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Amgen bided its time to beat rival bidder in $3.7B ChemoCentryx buyout

Amgen spent two years to eventually scoop up rare disease drugmaker ChemoCentryx. In this case, patience was a virtue.

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Beyond headlines and amyloid, the Alzheimer's pipeline chugs along

There's more to the Alzheimer's disease pipeline than the three leading therapies: Eisai and Biogen’s lecanemab, Genentech’s gantenerumab and Eli Lilly’s donanemab. The Alzheimer’s Association scraped data from the ClinicalTrials.gov database and found that there are 143 drugs in the pipeline—not just three—spread across 172 clinical trials.

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Backlash against CVS, Walgreens raises questions about role of retail in post-Dobbs world

Messages on the popular social media site accused the retail pharmacy of “putting politics over patients" by refusing to fill a prescription for non-abortion related care. Other drugstores restricting reproductive health care raise questions about retail’s role in the abortion debate.

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Novo Nordisk ponies up $1.1B for Forma in effort to shape up sickle cell disease market

Novo Nordisk is handing over $1.1 billion in cash to buy Forma Therapeutics in hopes that the clinical-stage biotech’s assets will help build a leading portfolio in sickle cell disease.

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AWS selects 10 startups for its 2022 Healthcare Accelerator, focused on health equity

The startups selected pitched solutions aimed at improving access to care and addressing social determinants of health. The program will run four weeks and culminate with a demo day at HLTH 2022.

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Medtronic’s new MiniMed insulin pump adds 27% boost to time in range, study finds

Medtronic's Adapt trial put the algorithm-equipped MiniMed 780G insulin pump to the test against one standard of care for Type 1 diabetes management—a combination of multiple daily insulin injections and intermittent check-ins with a continuous glucose monitor.

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Pfizer poaches Verily's Panayiotou for new chief marketing role

Andreas "Drew" Panayiotou joins Pfizer in the pharma’s inaugural biopharma global chief marketing officer role. In this capacity, Panayiotou will initiate building commercial infrastructure, and add new innovative engagement channels, tools, and digital solutions.

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Vibrant Gastro passes vibrating constipation pill through FDA review

Fresh off reporting the promising results of a phase 3 study of its constipation relief device, Vibrant Gastro is keeping things moving.

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CMS aims to streamline Medicaid, CHIP enrollment process

CMS proposed a new rule outlining requirements for states to ensure that Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries are able to hold on to their coverage.

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Novartis R&D chief Bradner bids adieu to the Swiss Big Pharma

Novartis' head of R&D Jay Bradner is stepping down after seven years at the helm, with plans to pursue new ventures. For his replacement, the company tapped Merck executive Fiona Marshall, who will take over in November.

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United Therapeutics lands blow in inhaled drug patent dispute, pushing back approval of generic rival

United Therapeutics has struck a blow to Liquidia Technologies’ generic formulation of Tyvaso. With a court ruling the generic infringes a United patent, Liquidia faces the prospect of being kept off the market until 2027—unless it gets the decision overturned or prevails in a related dispute.

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JenaValve nabs $100M to clear a path toward FDA approval of dual-use TAVR system

In a fitting move for the maker of heart-valve-opening technology, California-based startup JenaValve is currently on a mission to open up the device’s pathway to the commercial market.

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