August 2025 – Page 10

Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker 2025: Abata Folds; Generation Lays Off 90% of Staff

2 months ago talkbio0Tagged Abata, Biotech Layoff Tracker, Biotech Layoffs, company closure, Fierce, Generations, Staff

biotech layoffs; Abata; Generation; Fierce Biotech Layoff Tracker; 2025; company closure; staff reduction

Eli Lilly Vows Vigorous Defense as Texas Sues Over Alleged Drug Kickbacks

2 months ago talkbio0Tagged Drug Prescriptions, eli lilly, Free Nurse Program ', Glucagon-Like Peptide 1, Ken Paxton, kickback scheme, Medicaid fraud, Mounjaro, pharmaceutical litigation, Support Services Program, Texas, Zepbound

Eli Lilly; Texas Attorney General; kickback scheme; drug prescriptions; Mounjaro; Zepbound; GLP-1 drugs; Medicaid fraud; Free Nurse Program; Support Services Program; Ken Paxton; pharmaceutical litigation

Phase III Study: Perioperative Padcev & Keytruda Combo Significantly Improves Survival in Bladder Cancer

2 months ago talkbio0Tagged cisplatin-ineligible, enfortumab, Event-Free Survival, Keytruda, Malignant neoplasm of urinary bladder, muscle-invasive bladder cancer, Overall Survival, Padcev, pembrolizumab, perioperative, Phase III, vedotin

Padcev; Keytruda; enfortumab vedotin; pembrolizumab; phase III; bladder cancer; muscle-invasive bladder cancer; cisplatin-ineligible; perioperative; event-free survival; overall survival

PureTech Spins Out Celea Therapeutics to Advance IPF Drug Candidate

2 months ago talkbio0Tagged Celea Therapeutics, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung diseases, LYT 100, Phase 3 trial, pirfenidone, Pulmonary Fibrosis, PureTech, spin-out

PureTech; Celea Therapeutics; spin-out; lung disease; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; IPF; deupirfenidone; LYT-100; Sven Dethlefs; phase 3 trial

Bayer Expands Oncology Pipeline with $1.3B Kumquat Deal

2 months ago talkbio0Tagged Approved, Bayer, Cancer Therapeutic Procedure, commercialization, G12D inhibitor, K-ras Oncogene, Kumquat Biosciences, milestone payments, Oncology Pipeline, precision oncology, United States Food and Drug Administration

Bayer; Kumquat Biosciences; oncology pipeline; KRAS G12D inhibitor; FDA approval; cancer therapy; precision oncology; commercialization; milestone payments

Insmed’s Brinsupri Receives First-Ever FDA Approval for Progressive Lung Disease

2 months ago talkbio0Tagged Approved, brensocatib, Brinsupri, Bronchiectasis, CTSC gene, Inhibitor, Insmed, Lung diseases, neutrophil-mediated disease, non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, Progressive, United States Food and Drug Administration

Brinsupri; Insmed; FDA approval; non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis; bronchiectasis; DPP1 inhibitor; brensocatib; progressive lung disease; neutrophil-mediated disease; first-in-class

AbbVie Invests $195 Million in New North Chicago API Manufacturing Site

2 months ago talkbio0Tagged AbbVie, alpha 1-antitrypsin, domestic production, expansion, Facility (object), Illinois (geographic location), Investments, Manufacturing, North Chicago, pharmaceutical manufacturing

AbbVie; North Chicago; API manufacturing; $195 million investment; facility expansion; pharmaceutical manufacturing; Illinois; domestic production

Novartis antibody ianalumab clinches another Phase 3 win in rare blood disease (ITP)

2 months ago talkbio0Tagged Autoimmune, Autoimmune thrombocytopenia, B-cell depletion, ianalumab, Infrequent, Inosine Triphosphate, Novartis, Phase 3, platelet levels, Psychological inhibition, regulatory submissions, Sjögren 's disease, TNFRSF13C protein, human, treatment failure, VAY736

Novartis; ianalumab; VAY736; primary immune thrombocytopenia; ITP; rare disease; Phase 3; time to treatment failure; safe platelet levels; eltrombopag; autoimmune; B-cell depletion; BAFF-R inhibition; Sjögren’s disease; regulatory submissions

FDA may not renew Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 shot authorization, creating uncertainty for fall child vaccinations

2 months ago talkbio0Tagged Advice, authorization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Child, Comparison, COVID19 (disease), EUA, Eua (gastropod), Moderna, Pediatric brand name, Pfizer-BioNTech, Regulatory Framework, renewal, United States Food and Drug Administration, Vaccination, Vaccines

FDA; Pfizer-BioNTech; pediatric COVID-19 vaccine; EUA renewal; authorization not renewed; child vaccinations; fall 2025; regulatory framework; Moderna comparison; CDC guidance

After CDC shooting, employees and public health leaders urge RFK Jr. to change his rhetoric

2 months ago talkbio0Tagged campus, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), CHARGE Syndrome, Leadership, Officer David Rose, public health leaders, RFK Jr. rhetoric, Security Measures, Shooting sensation quality, vaccine misinformation, workplace safety

CDC shooting; RFK Jr. rhetoric; vaccine misinformation; CDC employee reactions; public health leaders; security measures; Atlanta CDC campus; Officer David Rose; HHS leadership; workplace safety