For the first time in more than two decades, a completely new form of antipsychotic medication will be available in the U.S. following an approval Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration. While ...
To enhance patient outcomes and increased trial success, Convert Pharma is leveraging companion AI- and genetic biomarkers, a ...
The French pharmaceutical giant said it’s in negotiations to sell a controlling stake of Opella to the private equity firm CD&R, in a deal that reportedly could be worth more than $16 billion.
The offering will fund testing of a potential rival to Amgen’s Tezspire and is already the sixth for an immune drug developer this year, the most since 2021.
Thomas Fuchs will lead artificial intelligence initiatives across Lilly, including in drug discovery, clinical trials and manufacturing.
Within the pharmaceutical industry, a multibillion-dollar race is underway to top Novo Nordisk’s and Eli Lilly’s in-demand obesity drugs. Dozens of companies, large and small, have set out to test ...
In a letter to Pfizer’s board, the activist investor claimed former CEO Ian Read and CFO Frank D’Amelio were pressured to abandon a Starboard-led attempt to change the company’s direction.
Seven young boys given Bluebird's Skysona later developed blood cancers, findings that could shape how doctors balance the gene therapy’s risks against its benefit.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech is using what it calls ligand-siRNA conjugates to reach drug targets in the kidney, which historically have been difficult to reach with RNA therapies.
Cumulatively, data showed the shot to be 63% effective across the three-year period. However, efficacy appeared to wane and GSK said it expects revaccination will eventually be needed.
Phase 3 findings could position the biotech’s therapy to become part of a “new standard” for SMA, its CEO said, while boosting research into whether it can preserve muscle in people with obesity.
Biotechnology company Purespring Therapeutics has raised about $105 million to fund its development of gene therapies for diseases of the kidney.