After layoffs, Casma eyes path to clinic with autophagy-boosting drug
Casma Therapeutics is unveiling its first preclinical data suggesting that a novel drug can enhance the ability of brain cells to clear out molecular garbage, an approach that it hopes will lead to new...
View ArticleSarepta’s gene therapy vector wins FDA platform technology status
Sarepta Therapeutics said Wednesday it won “platform technology” status for one of its gene therapy components, marking the first public disclosure from a company to receive the long-awaited FDA...
View ArticleDigital health startup Virta stakes fees on curbing GLP-1 prescriptions
In a move to put its money where its mouth is, digital health startup Virta Health said it’s now guaranteeing employers they won’t see increased GLP-1 weight loss prescriptions, or they'll get their...
View ArticleAmplify raises $200M biotech fund, hires Elliot Hershberg as partner
Over its 13-year history, Amplify Partners has dabbled in the life sciences as an early backer in companies like Recursion Pharmaceuticals and PicnicHealth. Now, the Menlo Park, CA-based VC firm is...
View ArticleExclusive: Allay reaches $57.5M Series D milestone for Phase 2b pain trial
NEW YORK — Allay Therapeutics has corralled $57.5 million in a Series D to help it complete a Phase 2b pain trial and gear up for a Phase 3 next summer, the biotech exclusively told ...
View ArticleRestarted auction for 23andMe comes with $305M offer from former CEO Anne...
Anne Wojcicki, the former CEO of beleaguered genetics testing service 23andMe, isn’t giving up her fight to take back the company she started in her sister's garage in 1998. Wojcicki is making a $305...
View ArticleStartup General Medicine wants to change online shopping for healthcare
General Medicine wants to make getting healthcare as easy as online shopping. The startup, launched by former Amazon employees who raised $32 million in funding late May, runs an online healthcare...
View ArticleRegenxbio reports Duchenne gene therapy data from five patients
Regenxbio announced the latest functional outcomes of five children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who received its gene therapy. The muscle disease biotech said on Thursday that all five patients...
View ArticleCullinan's deal for T cell engager from China; Kardigan buys late-stage heart...
Plus, news about Novartis, Signify Bio, Ocugen, Dynavax and ViGeneron: Cullinan Therapeutics gets rights to T cell engager developed in China: The company made a deal with Chongqing-based Genrix Bio...
View ArticleFDA's Prasad details decision to pause chikungunya vaccine in seniors
The FDA and CDC's decision last month to pause administering Valneva's live-attenuated chikungunya vaccine in patients 60 and older was meant to provide more time to examine a potential causal...
View ArticleCorcept plots future for ALS drug that flunked Phase 2, citing survival analysis
Corcept Therapeutics is piecing together a path forward for an experimental drug that failed a mid-stage ALS study after new data showed the treatment boosted survival outcomes. Back in December, the...
View ArticleSchott Pharma's €100M+ Hungary expansion; Antheia’s $56M Series C raise
Welcome to Endpoints News’ manufacturing briefs, where we bring you essential news on new builds, collaborations, recalls and more. Schott Pharma is investing over €100 million ($114 million) to expand...
View ArticleGenerics giant Teva turns to branded drugs R&D for its future
NEW YORK — A decade ago, Teva Pharmaceutical nearly sank its century-old business when it struck a $40.5 billion deal. In July 2015, Teva announced it would buy Allergan's generics business ...
View ArticleTrump health appointees pledge support for cell and gene therapies at FDA
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined the heads of the FDA, NIH and CMS in backing the advancement of cell and gene therapies on Thursday, highlighting a recent success story for ...
View ArticleCMS talks health tech
On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services convened a bunch of health tech leaders for a listening session on its recent request for information about improving health IT ...
View ArticleMakary looks at ways to speed FDA approvals, talks about cutting user fees
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said that he is open to reworking the drug approval process in ways that will be advantageous to the biopharma industry. In a series of recent talks, Makary has said he ...
View ArticleChina is closing in on US biotech, Harvard report warns
Among five tech sectors, China has the most immediate opportunity to overtake the US in biotechnology. That’s according to a report released on Thursday by the Harvard Belfer Center for Science ...
View ArticleOmada Health prices IPO at $19 a share, $1.1B valuation
Omada Health priced its shares in the middle of its indicated range at $19 each, valuing it at around $1.1 billion. It plans to start trading Friday on the Nasdaq under the ticker OMDA, becoming ...
View ArticleGSK taps Sanofi vet to lead vaccine R&D; Bristol Myers names head of...
→ GSK has made a key hire for a crucial part of its business, appointing Sanjay Gurunathan as global head of vaccines and infectious disease R&D. Over the course of 25 years with Sanofi, Gurunathan...
View ArticleBiopharma leaders carving a path for the industry’s LGBTQ+ community
Welcome to the fourth edition of Endpoints News’ special report on scientists, executives, investors and other stakeholders in the biopharma’s LGBTQ+ community. Every year since the inaugural report in...
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