June 4, 2025 – Talk Bio

Struggling Biotechs Face Harsh Market as Funding and Clinical Successes Dry Up in 2025

4 days ago talkbio0Tagged Biotech Layoffs, biotech sector, Clinical Trial Failures, downturn, investor sentiment, M&A, Market

biotech layoffs; market downturn; funding challenges; clinical trial failures; investor sentiment; M&A slowdown; job cuts; biotech sector

Ex-HHS Workers Accuse Trump Administration of Using Flawed Data to Justify Mass Firings

4 days ago talkbio0Tagged Agencies, CHARGE Syndrome, disability services, firings, Medicare, Project, public servants, Trump administration

HHS firings; Trump administration; federal workforce; flawed data; Project 2025; agency cuts; disability services; Medicare; public servants

Sarepta’s rAAVrh74 Viral Vector Receives FDA Platform Technology Designation for Gene Therapy

4 days ago talkbio0Tagged gene therapy, Infrequent, Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle, platform technology designation, SRP-9003, United States Food and Drug Administration, Viral Vector

Sarepta Therapeutics; FDA; platform technology designation; rAAVrh74 viral vector; gene therapy; SRP-9003; limb-girdle muscular dystrophy; rare diseases

Eli Lilly and Camurus Sign $870M Deal for Long-Acting Obesity Therapies

4 days ago talkbio0Tagged biotech collaboration, Camurus, cardiometabolic health, Drug Development, eli lilly, FluidCrystal technology, incretin drugs, long-acting therapies, Obesity, pharma partnerships

Eli Lilly; Camurus; obesity drugs; long-acting therapies; FluidCrystal technology; incretin drugs; cardiometabolic health; pharma partnerships; drug development; biotech collaboration

FDA Approves Moderna’s Next-Generation Covid Vaccine With Limited Use for Most Healthy People

4 days ago talkbio0Tagged Approved, COVID19 (disease), Elderly (population group), high-risk, Moderna, next-generation Covid vaccine, Omicron, Omicron JN.1, restrictions, Spikevax, United States Food and Drug Administration, Vaccines, Variant

Moderna; FDA approval; mNexspike; next-generation Covid vaccine; vaccine restrictions; Covid-19; Spikevax; elderly; high-risk medical conditions; Omicron JN.1 variant

Science-Led Storytelling Takes Center Stage in Pharma Communications (June 2025)

4 days ago talkbio0Tagged Cheryl Lubbert, Engaged to be married, Pharma, pharmaceutical communications, Reverba Global, science-led storytelling, Translucent, Trust (Social Behavior)

pharmaceutical communications; science-led storytelling; pharma marketing; patient engagement; trust and transparency; Cheryl Lubbert; Reverba Global

Actuate Therapeutics’ Pancreatic Cancer Drug Elraglusib Shows Survival Benefit in Phase 2 Study

4 days ago talkbio0Tagged 130-nm albumin-bound paclitaxel, Actuate, ASCO, Elraglusib, gemcitabine, Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Midline (qualifier value), Pancreatic carcinoma, Survival

Actuate Therapeutics; Elraglusib; Pancreatic cancer; Phase 2 trial; Median overall survival; Gemcitabine; Nab-paclitaxel; Metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Survival benefit; ASCO 2025

J&J’s Akeega Advances PARP Inhibition in Prostate Cancer, but FDA Pathway in Broader Patient Subsets Remains Unclear

4 days ago talkbio0Tagged Akeega, Amplitude, Approved, BRCA, HRR gene, Inhibitor, J&J, Malignant neoplasm of prostate, mCSPC, Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer, Mutation, PARP1 gene, United States Food and Drug Administration

Akeega; J&J; prostate cancer; PARP inhibitor; FDA approval; BRCA mutations; HRR gene alterations; AMPLITUDE study; metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC); metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)

Gilead Bolsters Trodelvy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer With Practice-Changing Keytruda Combo Win

4 days ago talkbio0Tagged Antibody-Drug Conjugates, Combined Modality Therapy, Gilead Sciences, Immunotherapy, Keytruda, Phase 3 trial, practice-changing, Progression-Free Survival, TNBC, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, Trodelvy

Gilead Sciences; Trodelvy; Keytruda; triple-negative breast cancer; TNBC; antibody-drug conjugate; immunotherapy; progression-free survival; ASCO 2025; phase 3 trial; practice-changing; combination therapy