Pharma giant Novo Nordisk is firing back after Senator Bernie Sanders took a stand against the ‘outrageous’ prices of its wildly popular drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy.
Today, just two in ten patients have access to CAR-T therapy in the US. Considering this challenging landscape, the shift has focused from academic centers to community clinics, as they may be able to serve more patients.
Cartherics has entered a collaborative research agreement with TiCARos, to assess the company's proprietary CLIP-CAR technology in its induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived natural killer (NK) cells.
Ipsen is expanding its oncology pipeline by securing the global licensing rights to an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) for solid tumors from Sutro Biopharma, its first drug in the category.
The FDA has agreed to permanently remove several social media posts urging people not to take ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19, after a lawsuit brought by three doctors accused the regulatory body of interfering with their ability to practice...
AstraZeneca CEO Sir Pascal Soriot has been awarded one of the highest honours by science institution SCI for his role in ‘accelerating scientific innovation’ and for leading the company’s global COVID-19 vaccination programme.
From math hater to a leader in clinical data, it’s been a long journey for Jennifer Visser-Rogers, vice president for statistical research and consultancy at Phastar.
“When you have people who like what they do and believe they’re having an impact, you can do anything – more than any project or investment. Prioritise your teams and people because they’re your biggest asset.”
This week, the pharma industry will descend on Pennsylvania Convention Center for Reuters Pharma USA, North America’s largest cross-functional pharma gathering.
The recent submission of clinical trial data for Sanofi/Regeneron’s Dupixent and Verona’s Ensifentrine to the U.S. FDA indicates the entry of new therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in 2024.
AstraZeneca recently announced its £650 million investment in the UK, held up by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt as a ‘vote of confidence’ in the country’s life sciences sector.
Since Roche's Zelboraf (vemurafenib)gained FDA approval in 2011, significant strides have been made in BRAF-targeted cancer therapies, underscoring the significance of combating BRAF mutations in melanoma.
With the pharma and healthcare landscape increasingly being shaped by artificial intelligence (AI), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken proactive steps to outline a comprehensive strategy for regulating AI in medical products.
Within the current treatments of Parkinson’s disease (PD) there is an unmet need for addressing the loss of dopaminergic neurons and non-motor symptoms.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared AGC Biologics’ Milan site to begin manufacturing of Orchard Therapeutics’ Lenmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel), a gene therapy for early-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD).
Eli Lilly is partnering with ecommerce titan Amazon to deliver its weight loss drug Zepbound straight to patient’s doors, in a bid to address ongoing shortages.
Biopharma company Clene has published ‘impactful’ new research into CNM-Au8, its investigational drug in development for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
ReciBioPharm has partnered with pre-clinical gene therapy company GeneVentiv Therapeutics to advance development of an Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV)-based universal gene therapy for haemophilia, and the first to treat haemophilia patients with inhibitors.
DP World, a global leader in supply chain solutions, has launched over 100 freight forwarding offices worldwide in a bold move aimed at bolstering support for the global healthcare sector.
With a treatment for hypoparathyroidism in late-stage development and other promising drugs in Amolyt's pipeline, the $1.05 billion deal is the latest in big pharma's push into rare disease research
Kate Broderick takes us on her intriguing journey - from being drawn to how science was applied within a medical setting, to the enormous challenge of working around the clock when the pandemic began.
The unprecedented demand for GLP-1 medicines, fuelled by their remarkable ability to help patients shed up to 20% of body weight, has been nothing short of explosive.
Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo was recently granted FDA approval in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine as a first-line treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC).
Austian start-up Sarcura has secured a €1.7 million grant to help the company develop a ‘miniaturized and autonomous’ cell therapy manufacturing platform using deep tech.
One of the most challenging aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic was not being able to assess how individual patients would respond to the virus and how severe their symptoms would be.
Despite previously calling the UK a ‘very unattractive’ place to do business, AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot is injecting £650 million into the UK life sciences industry.
Swedish-based company Empros Pharma has announced positive topline data from its phase 2b trial investigating EMP16, an oral therapy for the treatment of obesity.
Biotech company Transgene, IT solutions provider NEC, and biomedical software company BostonGene have expanded their collaboration for the phase 1/2 trial of TG4050, an individualized therapeutic vaccine for patients with head and neck cancers.
Form Bio and Ginkgo Bioworkshave joined forces in what they call a groundbreaking partnership aimed at advancing AAV gene therapy design and development.
Biogen’s stance at the upcoming AD/PD 2024 International Conference on Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease will demonstrate its future plans for treating Alzheimer’s, following the discontinuation of Aduhelm (aducanumab), its anti-amyloid beta...
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recently refused marketing authorization for Nezglyal (leriglitazone).
OneChain Immunotherapeutics has received €1.9m from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation to advance a ‘groundbreaking’ CAR-T therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia type T into clinical development.
Finnish health technology company Solu has launched an online tool to analyse and prevent outbreaks of Candida auris disease, which it claims is the fastest on the market.
Allecra Therapeutics, a biopharma company developing novel therapies to combat antibiotic resistance, has received FDA approval for its treatment tackling ‘complicated’ urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Curve Therapeutics, a biotech developing an intracellular screening platform addressing complex disease targets, has closed its £40.5 million Series A financing.
Baseimmune, a biotech company that uses proprietary, deep learning AI to predict future pathogen mutations to generate novel vaccines, has closed its $11.3 million Series A funding round.
Neuraxpharm Group, a European specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, has announced the first launch of BRIUMVI (ublituximab) in Europe for the treatment of adult patients with relapsing multiple...
The Committee of Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended Janssen’s CARVYKTI (cilta-cel) for the earlier treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM).
AN2 Therapeutics recently announced a decision to voluntarily pause enrollment of the phase 3 portion of the phase 2/3 trial, EBO-301, in light of potentially lower than expected efficacy data obtained from the phase 2 trial.
