July 17, 2025 – Talk Bio

Pfizer Warns of ‘Near-Term Stock Out’ of Penicillin Used for Treating Syphilis in Pregnant Women After Recall

16 hours ago talkbio0Tagged Bicillin L-A, Drug Shortage, Extencilline, penicillin recall, Pfizer, Pregnant Women, public health medicine (field), syphilis treatment, Syphilis, Congenital, United States Food and Drug Administration

Pfizer; penicillin recall; Bicillin L-A; syphilis treatment; pregnant women; drug shortage; congenital syphilis; FDA; Extencilline; public health

Sarepta Shifts Focus to siRNA Platform, Lays Off 500 After Elevidys Receives Black Box Warning

16 hours ago talkbio0Tagged acute liver injury, black box, Cautionary Warning, ELEVIDYS, gene therapy, layoffs, Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne, pipeline shift, restructuring, RNA, Small Interfering

Sarepta Therapeutics; siRNA platform; Elevidys; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; layoffs; black box warning; pipeline shift; acute liver injury; gene therapy; restructuring

Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer Launch Direct-to-Consumer Discount Program for Eliquis

16 hours ago talkbio0Tagged Anticoagulants, blood thinner, Direct-to-Consumer, Eliquis, Myers, online program, Pfizer, squibb

Bristol Myers Squibb; Pfizer; Eliquis; direct-to-consumer; discount; online program; Eliquis 360 Support; anticoagulant; blood thinner; patient access

Endpoints 11: The Most Promising Biotech Companies to Watch in 2025 Revealed Live in Boston

17 hours ago talkbio0Tagged biotech industry, City of Boston, Endpoints

Endpoints 11; biotech companies; Boston; biotech awards; biotech industry

FDA Advisory Committee Votes Against GSK’s Blenrep in Multiple Myeloma

17 hours ago talkbio0Tagged Advisory Committees, Clinical Trials, drug safety, Eye, Multiple Myeloma, ODAC, SmithKline Beecham, Toxicity aspects, United States Food and Drug Administration, vote

FDA Advisory Committee; Blenrep; GSK; multiple myeloma; ODAC vote; drug safety; ocular toxicity; clinical trials

Thermo Fisher to Acquire Sanofi Factory; Amphastar Plans Major HQ Expansion

19 hours ago talkbio0Tagged Acquisition, Amphastar, California, capacity quadruple, expansion, fill-finish, headquarters, pharmaceutical manufacturing, Ridgefield New Jersey, sanofi, sterile manufacturing, Thermo Fisher

Thermo Fisher; Sanofi; acquisition; sterile manufacturing; Ridgefield New Jersey; fill-finish; pharmaceutical manufacturing; Amphastar; headquarters expansion; capacity quadruple; California

CDER Employees Leave FDA in Droves Amid HHS Overhaul

21 hours ago talkbio0Tagged CDER, Employee, Health Policy, HHS Overhaul, Jr., layoffs, resignations, restructuring, Robert F. Kennedy, United States Food and Drug Administration

CDER; FDA; HHS overhaul; employee resignations; layoffs; health policy; restructuring; Robert F. Kennedy Jr.