Biomedical or Dental Material

AbbVie Buys Gilgamesh’s Psychedelic Drug Bretisilocin for $1.2B

2 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged AbbVie, Acquisition, bretisilocin, Dosage Forms, Gilgamesh, GM-2505, Hallucinogens, mental health, Neuroscience discipline

AbbVie; Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals; psychedelic drug; bretisilocin; GM-2505; major depressive disorder; acquisition; mental health; neuroscience; pharmaceutical deal

IO Biotech’s cancer vaccine Cylembio narrowly misses Phase III primary endpoint in advanced melanoma, but company eyes FDA filing in 2025

4 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged biotech, Blackfoot language, Clinical Trials, Cylembio, Drops - Drug Form, etimupepimut, Hazard Ratio, Io satellite, Keytruda, melanoma, Overall Survival, P-Value, pembrolizumab, Phase 3, Progression-Free Survival, United States Food and Drug Administration

Cylembio; IO Biotech; melanoma; Phase 3; pivotal trial; progression-free survival (PFS); hazard ratio 0.77; p-value 0.056; Keytruda (pembrolizumab); FDA BLA; overall survival (OS) trend; IOB-013/KN-D18; NCT05155254; imsapepimut; etimupepimut; stock drop

XtalPi and DoveTree Announce Landmark $6 Billion AI-Powered Drug Discovery Collaboration

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged Aortic Valve Insufficiency, Artificial Intelligence, Collaboration, Dosage Forms, DoveTree Medicines, Drug Discovery, Gregory Verdine, Immunology, Metabolic Diseases, milestone payments, Neoplasms, Neurology speciality, Robotics, royalties, upfront payment, XtalPi

XtalPi; DoveTree Medicines; AI drug discovery; robotics; pharmaceutical R&D; Gregory Verdine; oncology; immunology; neurology; metabolic diseases; collaboration; upfront payment; milestone payments; royalties

FDA Approves LENZ Therapeutics’ VIZZ Eye Drop for Presbyopia

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged aceclidine, Approved, Eye Drops, LENZ, Myopia, presbyopia, United States Food and Drug Administration, VIZZ

FDA approval; VIZZ; LENZ Therapeutics; presbyopia; aceclidine; eye drop; near vision

Novo Nordisk’s Leadership Shakeup and Wider Implications; Ex-FDA Official Takes Regulatory Role at GSK

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged CEO, competition, Drops - Drug Form, drug market, Leadership, Maziar Mike Doustdar, Nordisk, Obesity, Prices, Regulatory Affairs, Shakeup, SmithKline Beecham, United States Food and Drug Administration

Novo Nordisk; leadership shakeup; new CEO; Maziar Mike Doustdar; share price drop; obesity drug market; competition; GSK; regulatory affairs; Former FDA

Ignoring China’s Biotech Industry Is No Longer an Option: Recent Developments and Implications

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged China, Clinical Trials, Dosage Forms, Ecosystem, global drug development, Industry, innovation, Legal patent, US-China competition

China biotech industry; global drug development; clinical trials; innovation ecosystem; pharmaceutical R&D; biotech patents; US-China competition

Viridian Licenses Promising Eye Disease Candidates to Kissei for Japanese Market

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged Antibodies, Biopharma, Clinical Trials, Dosage Forms, Japan, Kissei, Partnership, Thyroid associated opthalmopathies, Veligrotug, Viridian, VRDN-003

Viridian Therapeutics; Kissei Pharmaceutical; veligrotug; VRDN-003; thyroid eye disease; Japan partnership; anti-IGF-1R antibodies; clinical trials; biopharma deal

Bausch Health to Acquire DURECT and Breakthrough Liver Disease Candidate Larsucosterol for $63M Upfront

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged Acquisition, Bausch Health, Breakthrough Therapy, Dosage Forms, DURECT, epigenetic modulator, Hepatitis, Alcoholic, Larsucosterol, Liver diseases, milestone payments, United States Food and Drug Administration

Bausch Health; DURECT; larsucosterol; liver disease; alcoholic hepatitis; epigenetic modulator; FDA Breakthrough Therapy; acquisition; pharmaceutical; milestone payments