May 2025
Deerfield raises $600M healthcare fund to invest in therapeutics, AI
Deerfield, Artificial Intelligence, Investments, Drug Development, Health care facility
J&J’s $130M gene therapy bet flunks rare retinal disease trial
Johnson & Johnson, gene therapy, bota-vec, X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, Phase 3 failure, vision loss treatment, rare eye disease, $130 million investment
Recursion’s homegrown assets hardest hit in AI-discovered pipeline cull
Recursion, homegrown, assets
FDA lifts clinical hold on Atara’s Epstein-Barr T-cell programme
United States Food and Drug Administration, Study on Hold, Atara, Hoist device, Atara ‘s, EBVALLO
PTC’s Novartis-partnered Huntington’s drug disappoints in mid-stage data reveal
PTC518, factor IX, Huntington ‘s disease, Market
Over 500 BMS jobs axed in latest round of NJ cuts
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), Layoffs, New Jersey, Lawrenceville campus, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN), Pharmaceutical industry job cuts, Employment reduction
Novo eyes fourth-quarter FDA verdict for oral Wegovy filing
Obesity, Novo, United States Food and Drug Administration, Decision, Oral cavity, Wegovy, semaglutide, Overweight
Exclusive: Vertex drops AAV gene therapy research, tRNA therapy partnership
gene therapy, Dependovirus, Transfer RNA, Partnership, Industry, research, Safety
ElevAAte and the push for East Asian American leaders in biopharma
ElevAAte, biopharma, East Asian American, Leadership, leaders, Asian Americans, Mentorships, East Asian Americans, Ken Song