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Today’s Big NewsOct 19, 2023 |
| By Nick Paul Taylor Roche’s vision of developing an oral diabetic retinopathy treatment has taken a hit, with the drugmaker stopping development of vicasinabin after completing phase 2. The CB2 agonist was discarded as part of a cull that also saw Roche pull back from its CEAxCD3 bispecific candidate cibisatamab. |
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By Max Bayer Beam Therapeutics is laying off about 100 employees and sunsetting CAR-T development as a lead sickle trial continues to sluggishly progress. The company says the cost cuts should extend the cash runway into 2026. |
By Max Bayer While most of the attention on CRISPR Therapeutics centers on the company’s Vertex-partnered cell therapy and looming FDA advisory committee meeting, Alex Harding, M.D., is cooking up the biotech's next wave of deals. |
Sponsored by Tanvex CDMO Reacting to the growth of biotherapeutics, Tanvex BioPharma USA, Inc., is set to launch Tanvex CDMO, a full-service CDMO specializing in mammalian- and microbial-derived biologics and biosimilars. |
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By Nick Paul Taylor Eli Lilly is hoovering up European antibody-drug conjugate startups. Months after making a move for Emergence Therapeutics, Lilly has struck a deal to buy one of its partners, Mablink Bioscience, to add more ADC technology and drug candidates to its portfolio. |
By Gabrielle Masson An Array BioPharma investor is facing insider trading allegations, with criminal and civil cases accusing him of unlawfully trading stock options after learning from his wife—an Array employee—that Pfizer might acquire the biotech. |
By James Waldron The buzz around HER3-targeting antibody drug conjugates continues to grow. Only a week after BioNTech got in on the action, Endeavor has secured the rights to Hummingbird Bio's preclinical contender. |
By James Waldron With a cash runway that could run out of tarmac in the next six months, British biotech Freeline Therapeutics is considering the offer of a buyout from its majority shareholder Syncona. |
By James Waldron Basilea Pharmaceutica is hoping to have better luck with its second attempt to build out its anti-infective pipeline, handing over $2 million for Gravitas Therapeutics’ clinical-stage antifungal. |
By Joseph Keenan Avania has continued to expand its expertise as a medtech-focused CRO with the acquisitions of Hull Associates and Ironstone Product Development. |
By Fraiser Kansteiner Novo Nordisk's hugely popular diabetes and weight-loss meds have attracted their share of counterfeits. Now, British and European drug authorities are warning that they've discovered falsified Ozempic pens on their home turf. |
By Andrea Park Though Novo Nordisk continues to rake in the massive profits from its blockbuster drugs Ozempic, Wegovy, Victoza and Saxenda—which are prescribed to treat obesity and Type 2 diabetes—the Danish drugmaker is still looking for other approaches. |
By Kevin Dunleavy After trimming an early-stage Crohn’s disease candidate from its pipeline this year, Takeda is dealing with the failure of another of its therapies in a related indication. Alofisel (daradstrocel), a stem cell therapy designed to treat one of the most debilitating complications of Crohn’s—complex perianal fistulas (CPF)—has come up short in a phase 3 trial. |
By Paige Minemyer Waymark, a Medicare-focused provider enablement company, has secured $42 million in fresh funding that it plans to use to continue scaling its offering. |
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| In this episode of "The Top Line," Fierce Biotech's Annalee Armstrong engages in a conversation with Howard Fillit, M.D., an expert in the field of Alzheimer's research and the co-founder and chief science officer at the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation. They delve into the pioneering work being done in Alzheimer's research, discuss the latest breakthroughs, and explore the ongoing efforts to combat this complex disease. |
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