Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, and other regulatory decisions and designations: Avidity, Beone, Bicara, Lundbeck, Mannkind, Medincell, Revir, Teva.
Astellas Pharma Inc. reported Oct. 14 that its CLDN18.2-targeting monoclonal antibody, zolbetuximab (Vyloy), did not meet the primary endpoint of overall survival in the phase II Gleam trial of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.
The importance of scalability, combination therapies, immunotherapies and speed in developing cancer drugs are paramount in creating a revolution in treating patients who often don’t have much hope, according to a panel of developers who spoke at the BioFuture conference in New York.
Two biopharma companies launched within the past year raised top amounts in series B financings for 2025, seeking to advance their therapeutic candidates for cardiovascular diseases and obesity.
Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s near-term dilution should “pave the way for entrenchment” in the hereditary angioedema (HAE) space, thanks to the buyout of Astria Therapeutics Inc., RBC analyst Brian Abrahams said.
The budget impasse between Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill has implications for a wide range of federal government operations, including at the U.S. FDA, which is absorbing another round of layoffs and cannot accept new premarket filings that require user fee submissions.