Tag: Pharmaceuticals

June 20, 2022

The deal gives Valneva a cash injection that it will be able to use to advance Lyme disease candidate VLA15 towards the market, but the revised licensing terms means that the French biotech will shoulder more of the financial cost […]

June 17, 2022

The company says it plans to use a “flexible” model, drawing on both decentralised trial (DCT) and conventional site-based models via its Health Corner and Village Medical outlets at various Walgreens locations across the US. The move follows in the […]

June 17, 2022

A broad bill carrying multiple proposals for revising and expanding FDA programs and policies, in addition to reauthorizing user fees critical for funding FDA operations, was endorsed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee this week. The […]

June 16, 2022

The result isn’t a big surprise – Roche terminated two phase 3 trials of crenezumab in people with prodromal to mild sporadic Alzheimer’s in early 2019 after interim analyses found it would be futile to continue – but is another […]

June 15, 2022

When vaccines became available earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, countries vied for supply contracts. However, as the need for vaccines begins to slow in Europe, some countries want to amend their contracts to reduce spending and to prevent receiving more […]

June 14, 2022

Alnylam, a pioneer in the drugmaking method known as RNA interference, has climbed the biotech industry ranks over the last two decades. After solving challenges associated with delivering these treatments into the body, Alnylam has become one of the sector’s […]

June 14, 2022

The first pill to treat adults with severe alopecia was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday. Olumiant (baricitinib) is the first FDA-approved alopecia therapy that treats the entire body rather than a specific spot, the agency […]

June 13, 2022

COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized in the U.S. for a year and a half, with the FDA progressively expanding their clearances to cover broader and broader swathes of the population. Yet they are still unavailable to the youngest children, who […]

June 9, 2022

While recent years have seen scientists make major advances in cutting-edge treatments such as gene and cell therapies, manufacturing remains a significant hurdle. The complex, multi-step processes required are beyond the capabilities of a traditional pharmaceutical plant. That’s where Resilience […]

June 9, 2022

Regenxbio recently celebrated the opening of its new Manufacturing Innovation Center gene therapy manufacturing facility. “Launching operations at our Manufacturing Innovation Center is an important milestone in the evolution of REGENXBIO,” said Kenneth T. Mills, president and CEO of REGENXBIO. […]

June 2, 2022

Sana Biotechnology, which raised a whopping $588 million in its initial public offering last year, has inked a deal for new manufacturing space. The preclinical-stage biotech is ditching plans to run its manufacturing operations in Fremont, California, and instead plans […]

June 2, 2022

The most immediate effect of the deal is a much-needed infusion of funds for Repare, which went public in 2020 at a price of $20 a share. The company’s stock soared above $42 in early 2021, only to plummet as […]