Disease or Syndrome
Major Clinical Trial Failures of 2024: Setbacks in Neuroscience and Beyond
Clinical trials, drug development, neuroscience, ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, oncology
Gilead’s Seladelpar Receives Conditional EU Approval for Primary Biliary Cholangitis Treatment
Seladelpar, Gilead Sciences, primary biliary cholangitis, PBC, European Commission, conditional marketing authorization, RESPONSE trial, ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)
HOOKIPA Pharma Terminates Acquisition Talks with Poolbeg Pharma
biotech merger, acquisition termination, HOOKIPA Pharma, Poolbeg Pharma, immunotherapeutics, rare disease
Biotech M&A Heats Up: Cosette’s $430M Mayne Pharma Acquisition and Industry-Wide Stock Buybacks
Biotech acquisitions, pharmaceutical mergers, stock repurchase programs, women’s health, dermatology, market consolidation
BridgeBio’s Attruby Gains FDA Approval, Challenging Pfizer’s Tafamidis in ATTR-CM Treatment
Attruby, acoramidis, BridgeBio, ATTR-CM, tafamidis, Pfizer, FDA approval, transthyretin stabilizer, cardiomyopathy
AstraZeneca Acquires FibroGen’s China Unit for $160 Million, Gaining Full Control of Anemia Drug Roxadustat
AstraZeneca, FibroGen, China, acquisition, roxadustat, anemia, chronic kidney disease, pharmaceutical industry
Trump’s Healthcare Nominees Pledge to Divest Industry Investments Amid Controversy
Trump administration, healthcare appointments, NIH, CMS, divestment, industry ties, Jay Bhattacharya, Mehmet Oz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Illumina Announces Layoffs as Incyte Forges AI Partnership for Drug Discovery
Illumina, layoffs, Incyte, Genesis Therapeutics, AI partnership, drug discovery, GEMS platform, small molecule therapeutics
Ascletis Advances in Obesity Treatment with Promising Oral GLP-1 Data
Ascletis Pharma, oral GLP-1, obesity treatment, weight loss, ASC30, Chinese biotech, pharmaceutical innovation
Cabaletta’s CABA-201 CAR-T Therapy Shows Promising Results in Lupus and Other Autoimmune Diseases
CABA-201, CAR-T therapy, lupus, autoimmune diseases, clinical trials, remission, B cell depletion