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Viking Therapeutics Shares Crash After Obesity Pill VK2735 Delivers 12% Weight Loss, But Side Effects and Discontinuations Raise Concerns

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Adverse event, aspects of adverse effects, Clinical Trials, Contraceptives, Oral, drug efficacy, gastrointestinal, Obesity, Stock Crash, Viking, VK2735, Weight Loss

Viking Therapeutics; VK2735; obesity pill; weight loss; clinical trial; stock crash; side effects; adverse events; gastrointestinal; drug efficacy

Tariffs and MFN Policy Power a Broad, Confusing Pharma War

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Drug Industry, drug manufacturing, Drug Prescriptions, Medicaid, MFN, Nation, onshoring, pharma innovation, Policy, Trump administration

tariffs; Most Favored Nation (MFN) policy; prescription drug pricing; pharmaceutical industry; Trump administration; drug manufacturing; onshoring; Medicaid; pharma innovation

High Drop-Out Rate Clouds Viking Therapeutics’ Oral Weight Loss Drug Trial Results

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Clinical Trials, High Drop-Out Rate, oral obesity drug, treatment discontinuations, Viking, VK2735, weight loss data

Viking Therapeutics; oral obesity drug; VK2735; high drop-out rate; weight loss data; clinical trial; treatment discontinuations

CSL Announces Vaccine Unit Spin-Off and Major Workforce Cuts

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged cost-cutting, demerger, Seqirus, SMPX gene, strategic restructuring, Vaccines

CSL; Seqirus; vaccine spin-off; workforce reduction; demerger; strategic restructuring; biotech; cost-cutting

FDA Rejects PTC’s Vatiquinone Application for Friedreich’s Ataxia, Requests Further Studies

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Clinical Research, Complete Response Letter, drug efficacy, factor IX, Friedreich 's ataxia, Rejection, United States Food and Drug Administration, vatiquinone

FDA rejection; PTC Therapeutics; vatiquinone; Friedreich’s ataxia; complete response letter; drug efficacy; additional clinical studies

FDA Rejection Derails PTC Therapeutics’ Rare Disease Hopeful

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Clinical Trials, concerns, Effectiveness, factor IX, Failure (biologic function), Friedreich 's ataxia, Rare Diseases, Rejection, Response process, United States Food and Drug Administration, vatiquinone

PTC Therapeutics; FDA rejection; vatiquinone; Friedreich’s ataxia; rare disease; efficacy concerns; complete response letter; clinical trial failure

FDA Extends PDUFA Date for Regenxbio’s Hunter Syndrome Gene Therapy RGX-121

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged clemidsogene lanparvovec, Deferred, gene therapy, IDS gene, Infrequent, Mucopolysaccharidosis II, PDUFA, Regenxbio, RGX-121, United States Food and Drug Administration

FDA delay; PDUFA extension; Regenxbio; Hunter syndrome; clemidsogene lanparvovec; RGX-121; gene therapy; Mucopolysaccharidosis II; IDS gene; rare disease

VantAI and Halda Strike $1B+ AI-Driven Partnership on ‘Hold-and-Kill’ Drugs

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Aortic Valve Insufficiency, cellular targeting, Chimera organism, Drug Discovery, Halda Therapeutics, hold-and-kill, Immunology, Induce (action), Neoplasms, Proximity, RIPTAC, target-effector pairs, VantAI

VantAI; Halda Therapeutics; RIPTAC drugs; hold-and-kill; AI drug discovery; target-effector pairs; oncology; immunology; regulated induced proximity targeting chimeras; $1 billion deal

Shankar Ramaswamy’s Kriya Therapeutics Raises $313M for Gene Therapy Advancements

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Biotechnology, gene therapy, Kriya, Shankar Ramaswamy, venture

Kriya Therapeutics; Shankar Ramaswamy; gene therapy; biotech funding; fundraising; biotechnology; venture capital; 2025

Battle Intensifies in the Obesity Drug Market as Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly Vie for Dominance

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Benefit, Clinical Trials, competition, Compounders, Direct-to-Consumer, eli lilly, Glucagon-Like Peptide 1, manager, Market, Nordisk, Obesity, Pharmaceutical Services, Wegovy, Zepbound

obesity drugs; GLP-1; Wegovy; Zepbound; Novo Nordisk; Eli Lilly; market competition; direct-to-consumer; pharmacy benefit managers; compounders; clinical trials