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      <title>Muted and missing M&amp;As: JPM deals absent in 2026</title>
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        <![CDATA[For years, the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) kicked off with splashy headlines of major M&A activity among biopharma companies, but in 2026, the hype outweighed reality and in the end, no major merger announcements were made during the conference for companies developing therapeutics.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/727995</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Panelists talk benefits, challenges of European drug development</title>
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        <![CDATA[At a pair of panels on developing and selling drugs in Europe at the Biotech Showcase 2026 meeting in San Francisco, experts discussed the good, the bad and the ugly parts of the European drug development scene.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/727993</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Enterobiotix seeks new funds to advance microbiome pill in IBS</title>
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        <![CDATA[Microbiome specialist Enterobiotix Ltd. is in the throes of raising a new round of funding for a phase IIb trial after reporting positive results from the phase IIa study of EBX-102-02, an oral therapy for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/727893</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>FDA approves Boston Scientific's Farapoint</title>
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        <![CDATA[Boston Scientific Corp.'s Farapoint, its latest pulsed field ablation catheter, received U.S. FDA approval for use as an adjunctive device when treating persistent atrial fibrillation that requires cavotricuspid isthmus ablation, CEO Mike Mahoney reported at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. The newest member of the popular Farapulse family of PFA catheters provides a focal point option for creation of straight line or focal lesions, complementing the larger, single-shot Farawave catheter that has dominated the PFA market since its U.S. approval in early 2024. ]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/727823</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Cell/gene therapy sector now sustainable; China competition mounting</title>
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        <![CDATA[There was an upbeat message for cell and gene therapy companies in the 2026 industry update presented as the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference opened on Monday, with Tim Hunt, CEO of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, telling delegates that after lean years of learning, adapting and setbacks, the sector is now self-sustaining.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/727884</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/727884-cell-gene-therapy-sector-now-sustainable-china-competition-mounting</link>
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      <title>JPM and beyond: Dealmaking forecast for 2026</title>
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        <![CDATA[At the Biotech Showcase 2026 – part of the broader hoopla in San Francisco surrounding the J.P. Morgan 2026 Healthcare Conference – a panel of investors and another of pharma dealmakers discussed what to expect from drug company deals in 2026. The calendar flipping marks a good time to look ahead, but the delineation doesn’t really change anything for dealmakers who have experienced a slow shift in attitudes of investors over the last few months that will likely continue into the year ahead.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/727880</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/727880-jpm-and-beyond-dealmaking-forecast-for-2026</link>
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      <title>Illumina Billion Cell Atlas to accelerate AI, drug discovery</title>
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        <![CDATA[Illumina Inc. presented at the J.P. Morgan 2026 Healthcare Conference on Jan. 13 and introduced what it said is the world's largest genome-wide genetic perturbation dataset, being built to accelerate drug discovery through AI across the pharmaceutical ecosystem. This is a move away from its core focus on DNA sequencing technology.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/727810</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/727810-illumina-billion-cell-atlas-to-accelerate-ai-drug-discovery</link>
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      <title>Abbvie snags PD-1/VEGF bispecific in potential $5B Remegen deal </title>
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        <![CDATA[With rumors regarding a couple of potential mega-mergers making the rounds, the week of the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference kicked off with the official disclosure of some billion-dollar collaborations, leading with Abbvie Inc.’s exclusive licensing deal with Remegen Co. Ltd. for PD-1/VEGF-targeted bispecific antibody RC-148.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/727982</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/727982-abbvie-snags-pd-1-vegf-bispecific-in-potential-5b-remegen-deal</link>
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      <title>FDA takes flexibility, modernization steps in CGT, Rx development </title>
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        <![CDATA[Moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach, the U.S. FDA's CBER released details Jan. 11 about how it’s leveraging its growing experience with cell and gene therapies (CGTs) to exercise greater regulatory flexibility in chemical, manufacturing and control requirements for the products.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/727868</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/727868-fda-takes-flexibility-modernization-steps-in-cgt-rx-development</link>
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      <title>JPM 2026: Year kicks off with biopharma Q4 revenue and guidance</title>
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        <![CDATA[It was a battle of the companies with drugs for transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis on the first day of the J.P. Morgan 2026 Healthcare Conference with Alnylam Inc., Bridgebio Pharma Inc. and Pfizer Inc. all presenting at the annual kickoff conference. One company disclosed 2025 sales as well as 2026 revenue guidance, the second only looked back, while the third was too big to do either for a specific drug.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/727865</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/727865-jpm-2026-year-kicks-off-with-biopharma-q4-revenue-and-guidance</link>
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      <title>Abbvie snags PD-1/VEGF bispecific in potential $5B Remegen deal </title>
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        <![CDATA[With rumors regarding a couple of potential mega-mergers making the rounds, the week of the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference kicked off with the official disclosure of some billion-dollar collaborations, leading with Abbvie Inc.’s exclusive licensing deal with Remegen Co. Ltd. for PD-1/VEGF-targeted bispecific antibody RC-148.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/727866</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/727866-abbvie-snags-pd-1-vegf-bispecific-in-potential-5b-remegen-deal</link>
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      <title>Boston Sci reports good data for Farapulse, Watchman afib systems</title>
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        <![CDATA[Boston Scientific Corp. reported positive data for two key atrial fibrillation therapies at AF Symposium 2025 on January 17. In late-breaking data presentations, the ADVANTAGE AF trial for the Farapulse PFA system met its primary endpoints, showing a 2.3% safety event rate and 63.5% effectiveness rate in treating persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) patients, with an 85.3% symptomatic AF recurrence-free rate. Additionally, a sub-analysis of the OPTION trial demonstrated that the Watchman FLX device significantly reduced bleeding outcomes compared to oral anticoagulants.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/716016</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/716016-boston-sci-reports-good-data-for-farapulse-watchman-afib-systems</link>
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      <title>As wheel Terns in CML, Novartis’ Scemblix in crosshairs</title>
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        <![CDATA[Immunoforge Co. Ltd.’s approval of an IND by the Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety reminded Wall Street – not that anybody needed reminding – about the marketplace jostle among therapies for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), where a number of drugs are cleared by the U.S. FDA but significant need remains in terms of efficacy as well as tolerability.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/716351</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/716351-as-wheel-terns-in-cml-novartis-scemblix-in-crosshairs</link>
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      <title>Them too in TREM2: Street keeping AD Vigil</title>
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        <![CDATA[Among the companies to provide updates at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco was Vigil Neuroscience Inc., which has intrigued Wall Street more since the deal signed in December by Muna Therapeutics ApS, of Copenhagen, Denmark, with London-based GSK plc.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/716297</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/716297-them-too-in-trem2-street-keeping-ad-vigil</link>
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      <title>JPM: CBER’s Marks ‘reassured’ as FDA to refine warnings on CAR Ts </title>
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        <![CDATA[The U.S. FDA is to temper the alert it put out in November 2023 pointing to a potential risk of CAR T therapies causing de novo malignancies. “There was this issue of possible safety concerns with T-cell lymphomas, with these CAR T cells. I think this year, we are feeling reassured in this regard,” Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), told the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine briefing at the J. P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Jan. 13.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/716296</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/716296-jpm-cbers-marks-reassured-as-fda-to-refine-warnings-on-car-ts</link>
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      <title>Biotech Showcase: GLP-1s and the search beyond obesity</title>
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        <![CDATA[Can the market justify the hundreds of GLP-1 developers that are working to eventually reach the market? When the dust settles, Minji Kim, CEO of Cross Border Partners and Advisory Service, told attendees at the Biotech Showcase in San Francisco, only a few leading companies will end up dominating the field.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/716294</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/716294-biotech-showcase-glp-1s-and-the-search-beyond-obesity</link>
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      <title>Natera reports on robust product pipeline at JPM</title>
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        <![CDATA[Natera Inc., a developer of cell-free DNA testing, provided an update on its product portfolio at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Jan. 15. The company disclosed a new version of the Signatera assay that leverages the genome. Natera said the test, now available for research and clinical use, enables bespoke assay design from a whole genome sequence of a patient’s tumor.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/715991</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/715991-natera-reports-on-robust-product-pipeline-at-jpm</link>
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      <title>Abbvie and Simcere enter a $1B T-cell engager deal</title>
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        <![CDATA[Abbvie Inc. and Simcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. are part of the volley of large deals accompanying the opening of the 43rd annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. The two have agreed to develop SIM-0500, a humanized GPRC5D-BCMA-CD3 trispecific antibody, which is in phase I studies in the U.S. and China to treat refractory multiple myeloma.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/716338</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/716338-abbvie-and-simcere-enter-a-1b-t-cell-engager-deal</link>
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      <title>Alliance for Regenerative Medicine: Field growing, cost still an issue</title>
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        <![CDATA[The accelerating pace of U.S. FDA approvals for cell and gene therapies is “great for the field and great news for the patients,” but questions remain over commercialization, with “costs remaining stubbornly high.” That was the glass half-full summary of Tim Hunt, president of the industry group, the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, reprising progress in 2024, and looking forward to the prospects for further growth and the potential impact of the incoming Trump administration in 2025.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/716257</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/716257-alliance-for-regenerative-medicine-field-growing-cost-still-an-issue</link>
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      <title>JPM: Sling’s small molecule has success in thyroid eye disease</title>
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        <![CDATA[Day two of the J.P Morgan Healthcare Conference rolled on with positive data from Sling Therapeutics Inc. that is leading the company to a phase III study in treating thyroid eye disease. The privately held company posted top-line efficacy and safety results from a phase IIb/III study of its lead candidate, linsitinib, which hits its primary endpoint with statistical significance at the twice-daily, 150-mg oral dose.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/716256</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/716256-jpm-slings-small-molecule-has-success-in-thyroid-eye-disease</link>
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      <title>Abbvie and Simcere enter a $1B T-cell engager deal</title>
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        <![CDATA[Abbvie Inc. and Simcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. are part of the volley of large deals accompanying the opening of the 43rd annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. The two have agreed to develop SIM-0500, a humanized GPRC5D-BCMA-CD3 trispecific antibody, which is in phase I studies in the U.S. and China to treat refractory multiple myeloma.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/716226</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/716226-abbvie-and-simcere-enter-a-1b-t-cell-engager-deal</link>
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      <title>Lilly’s ‘timely’ $2.5B Scorpion deal; GSK pays $1B up front for Idrx</title>
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        <![CDATA[Joining the dealmaking spree to kick off the 2025 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Eli Lilly and Co. announced it was picking up an early clinical-stage PI3Kα inhibitor program from Scorpion Therapeutics Inc. in a deal that could be worth up to $2.5 billion, while GSK plc is adding to its cancer pipeline with the acquisition of Idrx Inc. for $1 billion up front.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/716225</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/716225-lillys-timely-25b-scorpion-deal-gsk-pays-1b-up-front-for-idrx</link>
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      <title>Caplyta star shines as J&amp;J takes Intra-Cellular in $14.6B deal </title>
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        <![CDATA[The J.P. Morgan (JPM) Healthcare Conference in San Francisco kicked off with a resounding bang as Johnson & Johnson (J&J) disclosed plans to acquire Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. for $132 per share, which equates to an equity value of about $14.6 billion.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/716224</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/716224-caplyta-star-shines-as-j-and-j-takes-intra-cellular-in-146b-deal</link>
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      <title>JPM: Industry cutbacks ‘probably healthy overall’ as (better?) new year begins</title>
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        <![CDATA[Analysts from the hosting firm talked up their takeaways on biopharma from the J.P. Morgan (JPM) Healthcare Conference and looked ahead to 2024, anticipating a generally better year than those in the recent past.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/704838</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Following JPM, 2024 outlook ranges from hopeful to cautious</title>
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        <![CDATA[Setting the tone for the biopharma industry as it enters a new year, the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) held each January has once again led to reflections, projections and earnest hopes for improving financial and M&A markets. Despite concerns over valuations, raising money and pricing issues, industry leaders are generally upbeat as the industry moves into 2024. JPM’s Sophie Jones, managing director of health care investment banking, noted in a Jan. 18 webinar sponsored by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization that the conference included more than 700 companies. “It’s morphing now into really the kickoff into everybody’s year.”]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/704817</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/704817-following-jpm-2024-outlook-ranges-from-hopeful-to-cautious</link>
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      <title>Asia CDMO giants Wuxi and Samsung to grow production, ADC capacity</title>
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        <![CDATA[Major contract research development and manufacturing organizations (CDMO) out of Asia are announcing plans to ramp up production and antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) capabilities worldwide.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Merck & Co. Inc. CEO Robert Davis said the pneumococcal vaccines (PCVs) space is “an area where there is still a high unmet need, and what we have is a new vaccine specifically targeted to the adult population that addresses 83% of the residual disease. That's about 30% higher than anyone else that's out there.” Speaking Jan. 9 at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM), Davis predicted that his firm “will take a majority share” of the market if approved. The Merck candidate, V-116, bears a PDUFA date with the U.S. FDA of June 17.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[“This is a tough business. It’s never a straight line from start to success.” Those words, from Exelixis Inc. CEO Michael Morrissey, during a presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM), could easily sum up any aspect of the biopharma industry. But with more biopharma firms than ever having reached commercial status, along with the introduction of new therapeutic modalities into the health care market, many are finding the toughest part comes after regulatory approval, whether it’s navigating a competitive landscape, getting payers and physicians on board, or satisfying regulators’ stringent postmarketing requirements. As industry players and observers head home after a busy week in San Francisco, <em>BioWorld</em> offers a brief glimpse at a few firms taking on those post-approval challenges in 2024.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[The U.S. FDA is promising to make 2024 a “breakout” 12 months for gene therapies, with a number of initiatives to promote clinical development, approvals and uptake. “This is a great year to focus on gene therapy,” said Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the FDA. “I just want to focus on moving ahead gene therapy,” he told attendees of the J. P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Jan. 8.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/704472</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/704472-the-year-of-gene-therapy-fdas-marks-calls-for-solutions-to-regulatory-manufacturing-challenges</link>
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        <![CDATA[Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. took to the stage this week at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference to talk up its pipeline, including the phase III program testing XEN-1101 in focal-onset seizures (FOS), due to complete enrollment in the second half of this year. It’s an indication where such other players as Biohaven Ltd. are busy, too. Several million adults are afflicted with FOS in the U.S., with close to a half-million pediatric patients.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/704541</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/704541-new-boss-in-fos-xenon-featured-at-jpm-biohaven-also-in-play</link>
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