Inside ASCO 2025: Big Data Drops and a Towering Campaign – Key News Highlights
ASCO 2025; cancer research; big data; campaigns; clinical oncology; artificial intelligence; HER2; lung cancer; breast cancer; therapeutic vaccines
Vertex Lays Off 125 Staffers, Shrinks Rhode Island Campus After Diabetes Therapy Setback
Vertex Pharmaceuticals; layoffs; Rhode Island; diabetes therapy; VX-264; cell-device combo; clinical trial failure; facility consolidation
New Rules and Regulatory Trends in Biopharma Manufacturing in 2025
biopharma manufacturing; 2025 regulations; FDA; digital quality systems; green manufacturing; import rules; Trump administration tariffs; country-of-origin labeling; forced labor compliance; serialization
Insmed’s TPIP PAH Therapy Advances to Phase III Following Positive Phase 2b Results
Insmed; TPIP; treprostinil palmitil inhalation powder; pulmonary arterial hypertension; PAH; Phase 2b trial; Phase III trial; clinical trial results; FDA engagement
FDA Places Clinical Hold on Five Gilead HIV Studies Due to Safety Concerns
FDA; Gilead Sciences; HIV; clinical hold; GS-1720; GS-4182; clinical trials; safety signal; CD4+ T-cell; lymphocyte count; Biktarvy; lenacapavir
Antares Therapeutics Launches with $177M to Tackle ‘Undruggable’ Targets After Scorpion Spinout
Antares Therapeutics; Scorpion Therapeutics; biotech spinoff; $177M Series A; undruggable targets; oncology; precision medicine; Eli Lilly acquisition; preclinical pipeline
National Resilience Restructures Manufacturing Footprint, Closes 6 of 10 Plants
National Resilience; manufacturing; CDMO; restructuring; overcapacity; biotech
Recursion Pharmaceuticals Lays Off 20% of Staff Amid Pipeline Cutbacks
Recursion Pharmaceuticals; layoffs; pipeline cutbacks; biotech; workforce reduction; restructuring; rare diseases; oncology
All innuendo and conspiracy: RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory overhaul undermines vaccine confidence, experts say
RFK Jr.; vaccine advisory; ACIP; public health; conspiracy; confidence; overhaul
Axsome Plots New Fibromyalgia Trial After FDA Refuses Review of Former Pfizer Candidate
Axsome Therapeutics; esreboxetine; fibromyalgia; FDA; refusal to file; clinical trial; Pfizer; AXS-14; trial design; pain medicine