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Guardant wins over an FDA advisory panel for Shield CRC test

May 24, 2024
By Mark McCarty
The U.S. FDA’s May 23 advisory hearing for the Shield test for colorectal cancer by Guardant Health Inc., included the expected debate over whether patients would abandon colonoscopy thanks to the advent of a new blood-based test. While much of that debate was fed by what some saw as the test’s poor performance regarding adenoma, the advisory committee voted 6-3 that the benefits outweigh the risks in a decision the FDA is likely to affirm.
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Degron, Takeda bind $1.2B deal for molecular glue degraders

May 23, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Shanghai- and San Diego-based Degron Therapeutics Inc. secured a potential $1.2 billion deal with Tokyo-headquartered Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. May 23 for a multitarget collaboration and exclusive licensing agreement for molecular glue degraders. “It is a breakthrough technology in the small-molecule drug discovery field,” Degron CEO Lily Zou told BioWorld. “People talk about cell and gene therapy, but small molecules are still the mainstream of drug discovery, [with] more reach.”
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Guardant wins over FDA advisory panel for Shield CRC test

May 23, 2024
By Mark McCarty
The U.S. FDA’s May 23 advisory hearing for the Shield test for colorectal cancer by Guardant Health Inc., included the expected debate over whether patients would abandon colonoscopy thanks to the advent of a new blood-based test. While much of that debate was fed by what some saw as the test’s poor performance with regard to adenoma, the advisory committee voted 7-2 that the benefits outweigh the risks in a decision the FDA is likely to affirm.
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FDA adcom to weigh benefit, risk of Novo’s once-weekly insulin

May 23, 2024
By Lee Landenberger
Once-daily insulin treatment is getting a challenge from Novo Nordisk A/S’s once-weekly option. The U.S. FDA’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee meets Friday, May 23, to review the BLA for once-weekly Awiqli (insulin icodec), a human insulin analogue from Novo for adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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Disgorgement but no penalty for self-reported insider trader

May 23, 2024
By Mari Serebrov
A woman who allegedly made nearly $300,000 last year on insider trading based on undisclosed information about a pending biopharma acquisition will have to disgorge her profits, along with interest, to the U.S. Treasury, but she will face no other penalties.
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Degron, Takeda bind $1.2B deal for molecular glue degraders

May 23, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Shanghai- and San Diego-based Degron Therapeutics Inc. secured a potential $1.2 billion deal with Tokyo-headquartered Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. May 23 for a multitarget collaboration and exclusive licensing agreement for molecular glue degraders. “It is a breakthrough technology in the small-molecule drug discovery field,” Degron CEO Lily Zou told BioWorld. “People talk about cell and gene therapy, but small molecules are still the mainstream of drug discovery, [with] more reach.”
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Roche reports on substantive product pipeline plans

May 23, 2024
By Holland Johnson
At its investor presentation on May 22, Roche Diagnostics, a unit of Basel Switzerland-based Roche Holding AG reported on the company's pipeline plans, which include a slew of new tests, instrument upgrades, and the forthcoming launch of its fully automated mass spectrometry instrument.
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Rezolute’s oral diabetic macular edema drug hits phase II goal

May 22, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Shares of Redwood City, Calif.-based Rezolute Inc., and Korean parent company Handok Inc., rose May 22 on positive results of a phase II proof-of-concept study for its investigative oral diabetic macular edema (DME) drug, RZ-402. RZ-402 is an oral small-molecule plasma kallikrein inhibitor designed to block vascular leakage and inflammation for treating chronic DME.
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Interchangeable exclusivity not limited to first-to-file

May 22, 2024
By Mari Serebrov
In lieu of pending guidance, the U.S. FDA’s approval May 20 of Biocon Biologics Ltd.’s Yesafili and Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd.’s Opuviz as interchangeable biosimilars to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Eylea (aflibercept) provides further insight into how the agency is approaching the market exclusivity the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act awards to the first approved interchangeable for any given biologic.
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Rare disease deal: Biogen buys Hibio for $1.15B up front

May 22, 2024
By Lee Landenberger
In a deal worth up to $1.8 billion, Biogen Inc. is buying Human Immunology Biosciences Inc. (Hibio), bolstering its late-stage immune-disease treatment portfolio and diversifying its pipeline. The massive amount comprises $1.15 billion up front and as much as $650 in potential milestone payments. The deal in rare diseases brings Biogen phase III-ready felzartamab, a fully human monoclonal antibody that selectively depletes CD38-positive plasma cells and natural killer cells. Hibio also is developing izastobart, an anti-C5aR1 antibody. Both assets were in-licensed from Morphosys AG in June 2022. Hibio also has mast cell programs in the discovery stage.
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