News round-up for 13 – 17 April by Bruno Quinney, Content Team at DDW. This week, breakthroughs have emerged in cancer research. Elsewhere, regulatory reforms have accelerated clinical trial set up in...
After Replimune’s advanced melanoma drug was rejected for a second time, CEO Sushil Patel slammed the FDA for failing to exercise regulatory flexibility, while other experts...
The latest biotech IPO comes in at a record high. Kailera Therapeutics raised $625 million, topping the record set by Moderna’s public entrance. In 2018, Moderna...
→ Anthropic keeps deepening its ties to the biopharma industry, appointing Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to its board. The AI giant recently acquired Coefficient Bio, a...
Several of pharma’s top leaders scored large pay bumps last year, including two new chiefs who joined the “$30 million club.” Read More
Immune tolerance has long been the holy grail in transplant medicine, a hoped-for end to the downsides of anti-rejection regimens for patients after they receive lifesaving...
Two years ago, I wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that one of the greatest threats to childhood vaccination is the normalization of skepticism, even though...
The Merck update, which will shed light on a $588 million bet to succeed Keytruda, is part of a roster of presentations that could shape the...
For pathogens like HIV, malaria, and rapidly evolving influenza strains, coaxing the immune system to produce the rare, highly potent antibodies needed for protection has long...
The high-profile obesity drug developer priced the biotech sector’s biggest offering since 2022 and will use the proceeds to support a portfolio of medicines licensed from...