Health Care Activity

Roche in Talks With US on Drug Pricing; Sets Out Pipeline and Dealmaking Ambitions

3 days ago talkbio0Tagged Benefit, dealmaking, direct-to-consumer sales, drug price, gene therapy, Government, Hemlibra, Investments, manager, Manufacturing, Ocrevus, Pharmaceutical Services, pipeline, R&D, Roche (company), U.S., Vabysmo

Roche; drug pricing; US government; pharmacy benefit managers; direct-to-consumer sales; pipeline; dealmaking; US investment; manufacturing; gene therapy; R&D; Ocrevus; Hemlibra; Vabysmo

Epiminder Appoints Mark McLellan as Chief Financial Officer

4 days ago talkbio0Tagged Appointments, authorization, CFO, Epilepsy, Epiminder, healthcare finance, Mark McLellan, medical device company, Minder system, Preventive monitoring, United States Food and Drug Administration

Epiminder; Mark McLellan; CFO appointment; epilepsy monitoring; Minder system; FDA authorization; healthcare finance; medical device company

Somatix Readies Market Launch of First-of-its-Kind Wearable Medication Compliance Feature

2 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Adherence To Medication Regime, AI-enabled, Detection, digital health, Gestures, partnering with, Presenile dementia, Preventive monitoring, Remote, Roche (company), SafeBeing platform, Somatix, Wearable Electronic Devices

Somatix; wearable technology; medication compliance; AI-enabled; gesture detection; remote patient monitoring; SafeBeing platform; dementia; partnering with Roche; digital health

Patient with Preexisting Immunity to AAV Vectors Granted Gene Therapy After Antibody-Depleting Agent Allowed Eligibility

2 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged AAV antibodies, antibody-chopping drug, Clinical Trials, Eligibility Determination, gene therapy

gene therapy; AAV antibodies; ineligible; antibody-chopping drug; clinical trial; eligibility

UK Proposes Raising Payment Scheme for Branded Medicines to Nearly 25% Amid Industry Pushback

2 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Consultation, drugmakers, Industry, Nance-Horan syndrome, payment, pharmaceutical rebates, Pricing, Response process, spending, statutory scheme, UK

UK medicine pricing; NHS spending; statutory scheme; drugmakers; payment percentage; pharmaceutical rebates; industry response; consultation 2025

AI is Transforming Drug Safety—But Governance Sets Essential Guardrails

2 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Adverse reaction to drug, AI guardrails, Artificial Intelligence, Bias (Epidemiology), Data Integrity, drug safety, Jeavons syndrome, patient safety, Pharmacovigilance, regulatory governance, United States Food and Drug Administration

artificial intelligence; drug safety; pharmacovigilance; adverse drug events; regulatory governance; FDA; EMEA; AI guardrails; data integrity; bias; patient safety

Legal Pressure Escalates as FDA Intensifies Crackdown on Direct-to-Consumer Pharma Advertising

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Advertising (activity), CHARGE Syndrome, Compound, Direct-to-Consumer Advertising, enforcement, Legal Challenges, pharmaceutical advertising crackdown, Pharmacy facility, prescription drug ads, Preventive monitoring, United States Food and Drug Administration, warning letters

FDA enforcement; direct-to-consumer advertising; pharmaceutical advertising crackdown; warning letters; legal challenges; AI monitoring; prescription drug ads; transparency in advertising; HHS; compounding pharmacies

Trump Administration Pauses Pharmaceutical Tariffs to Negotiate Industry Agreements

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged branded drugs, domestic manufacturing, drug price, Evaluation, patented drugs, pharmaceutical tariffs, Sectioning technique, tariff pause, Transplant Registry Unified Management Program

Trump; pharmaceutical tariffs; tariff pause; drug pricing; domestic manufacturing; Section 232 investigation; branded drugs; patented drugs

Enanta Presses Ahead with RSV Drug Zelicapavir Despite Missing Primary Endpoint in Phase IIb Trial

4 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Clinical Trials, Congestive heart failure, COPD, development aspects, Elderly (population group), Enanta, Hospitalization, Neoplasm Metastasis, Phase II B Trial, primary endpoint, rates, Respiratory syncytial virus, United States Food and Drug Administration, Zelicapavir

Enanta Pharmaceuticals; RSV; zelicapavir; Phase IIb trial; primary endpoint miss; secondary endpoints; clinical trials; FDA Fast Track; elderly; COPD; congestive heart failure; hospitalization rates; future development

Trump Administration Launches Tariff Probe into Medtech and Pharmaceutical Industries

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged Evaluation, Manufacturing, Medical Devices, medtech industry, National Security, pharmaceutical imports, Sectioning technique, semiconductor tariffs, supply chain, tariffs, Transplant Registry Unified Management Program

Trump administration; tariffs; medtech industry; pharmaceutical imports; Section 232 investigation; semiconductor tariffs; national security; supply chain; manufacturing; medical devices