Moderna defends pandemic prep as vaccine skeptics gain power
Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel argued that the drug industry's efforts to prepare for a future pandemic are meant to protect Americans, defending the sector's work even as President-elect Donald Trump...
View ArticleNovo Nordisk budgets $409M for new quality control lab in Denmark
Novo Nordisk is spending DKK 2.9 billion ($409 million) to build a new quality control laboratory and will move existing operations into the site to create a “central hub.” The new 53,000-square meter...
View ArticleGSK, Zhifei extend shingles vaccine pact for less money
In a week of back-to-back new deals, GSK is extending its Shingrix agreement in China and adding a collaboration for its RSV vaccine Arexvy. But the changes mean the UK pharma could get millions of ...
View ArticleCG Oncology’s bladder cancer treatment shows durability potential in Phase 3
CG Oncology says its immunotherapy candidate that could help patients avoid surgery may deliver lasting responses in a certain form of bladder cancer based on late-stage trial data. The California...
View ArticleNuvig raises $161M as it prepares for Phase 2 study in hot autoimmune field
An immunomodulatory startup called Nuvig Therapeutics announced a $161 million Series B amid rising competition to develop new and better autoimmune medicines. Nuvig, based in Menlo Park, CA, is...
View ArticleGSK's third new pact of the week focuses on Alzheimer's with startup Muna...
GSK's BD team was busy leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. In the last two days, the UK-based pharma has announced three new partnerships on top of
View ArticleUK to limit access to Lilly’s Zepbound; VivaVision’s positive Phase 2
Plus, news about Atlas Venture: NICE plans a limited rollout of Eli Lilly’s Zepbound: The UK’s drug price watchdog confirmed its prior recommendation for the weight loss drug, but it plans to ...
View ArticleGenmab licenses second monoclonal antibody from Scancell
Genmab is licensing a second investigational anti-glycan monoclonal antibody from Scancell as part of an agreement inked between the two companies in 2022. Scancell, a British immunotherapy biotech,...
View ArticleNational Resilience's new CEO; Moderna opens Australian manufacturing site
Welcome to Endpoints News’ manufacturing briefs, where we bring you essential news on new builds, collaborations, recalls and more. National Resilience is replacing its CEO effective immediately with...
View ArticleMerck’s Eliav Barr on its LaNova deal and the unknowns of VEGF bispecifics
Merck’s top medical exec said its recent bet on a VEGF bispecific antibody — one of the hottest areas in R&D — is not a form of “insurance” against future competition for Keytruda. The pharma...
View ArticleProtara’s stock nearly doubles as biotech divulges new bladder cancer data
Protara Therapeutics reported that 13 of 18 bladder cancer patients who received its experimental cell therapy saw no signs of their cancer at six months. Two of three patients who received ...
View ArticleAmgen deepens roots in North Carolina with latest $1B factory build
Amgen is investing $1 billion for a second factory in North Carolina after already allocating more than half a billion dollars for a separate facility in the state. The latest factory in Holly Springs...
View ArticleBiosecure compromise could add review process for named companies, sources say
Lawmakers are considering a compromise to legislation targeting Chinese life science companies that would add an executive branch review instead of automatically barring biopharma companies from...
View ArticleImfinzi snags another FDA nod to treat lung cancer, this time for...
The FDA has approved AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi to treat limited-stage small cell lung cancer, adding another lung cancer indication to one of the pharma’s best-selling drugs. The decision, announced by the...
View ArticleFDA spells out expedited withdrawal process for accelerated approvals
The FDA on Thursday released new details on how it plans to expedite the withdrawal of certain accelerated approvals when drugs fail to show clinical benefit in confirmatory trials, as recently...
View ArticleHealth execs' security in spotlight after UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
The cold-blooded shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday sent shockwaves through corporate America, highlighting the threats increasingly faced by healthcare executives and...
View ArticleUSPTO withdraws proposed patent rule criticized by pharma industry
The US Patent and Trademark Office has withdrawn its controversial proposal for a new rule that would make it easier to challenge groups of patents in court. The proposal received more than 300 public...
View ArticleLilly continues to expand its empire of GLP-1 factories with new $3B buildout
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI — A four-minute drive north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border in "America's Dairyland," Eli Lilly is staking one of its largest-ever manufacturing bets to continue its dominance in...
View ArticleMerus receives FDA accelerated approval to treat NRG1+ cancers
The Dutch biotech Merus received the first-ever FDA accelerated approval for a systemic treatment targeting a specific genetic fusion in patients with either non-small cell lung cancer or pancreatic...
View ArticleBioNTech, DualityBio report promising ADC data in solid tumors
Duality Biologics and BioNTech say interim data on one of their partnered ADCs look encouraging, with a preliminary cut from the trial showing that nearly a third of treated patients had unconfirmed...
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