Ardelyx sues Medicare over attempt to change coverage for dialysis drug
Ardelyx and two kidney patient advocacy groups are suing the US government over plans to change how certain drugs used by dialysis patients are paid for, shifting them out of Medicare’s Part D program...
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Artiva's IPO raises $167M to fund company's autoimmune and cancer cell therapies
Cell therapy startup Artiva Biotherapeutics will go public on Friday morning in the 11th biotech IPO this year. Its Wall Street debut adds to the industry’s modest rebuilding in 2024 following a dismal...
View ArticleGRO Biosciences raises $60M for protein therapies from genomically recoded...
A biotech startup trying to expand the limited palette that nature uses to make proteins has raised funds to test its creations in humans for the first time. The company, called GRO Biosciences, is...
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Nadir Mahmood returns to Nkarta a year after leaving; BeiGene picks longtime...
Nadir Mahmood For new Nkarta president Nadir Mahmood, home is where the heart is. The five-year veteran of the NK cell therapy biotech is returning after a brief stint as CEO at Rezo Therapeutics....
View ArticleCorrected: Lilly upped its offer for Morphic by $11 per share, documents show
Industry insiders love to say biotechs are bought, not sold. That appears to be the case with autoimmune drug developer Morphic Therapeutic, which is trying to create a next-generation, oral medicine...
View Article#ASRS24: Roivant recently sold one spinout for billions. Is Priovant next?
When Roivant announced positive Phase 2 data of a key inflammatory drug back in April, the CEO of Priovant — the subsidiary in charge of development — started to get more calls. The drug, brepocitinib,...
View ArticleOrbiMed forms biotech with assets from China-based Keymed, enlists former...
OrbiMed, a longtime biotech funder, created a startup with two bispecific antibodies licensed from a drugmaker in China and put a former Biohaven executive at the helm. Belenos Biosciences, a New...
View ArticleRona Therapeutics raises $35M; Actuate now plans for $22M IPO
Shanghai-based RNA company raises $35 million: Rona Therapeutics’ Series A+ round was led by LongRiver Investments. Investors include Lilly Asia Ventures, among others. The company is developing RNA...
View ArticleEuropean Commission president’s second-term pledge: simpler regulations,...
Ursula von der Leyen won a second term as president of the European Commission on Thursday, with 401 votes in favor from a total of 719 in the European Parliament. After her win, von der Leyen...
View ArticleUS inks $113M deal with Siga to bolster smallpox, mpox reserves
The US government is paying Siga $113 million to stockpile additional courses of the smallpox and mpox treatment known as Tpoxx. The project falls under the government’s strategic preparedness plan and...
View ArticleEMA reasserts differences with FDA for Covid vaccine strain selection
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday reconfirmed that its strain selection for Covid-19 vaccines for the fall season will differ slightly from the FDA’s selection, pending any further...
View ArticleVermont attorney general sues two major PBMs for allegedly driving up costs
The deluge of legal action against pharmacy benefit managers continued Wednesday, with Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark filing a lawsuit claiming that PBMs are behind an illegal effort to drive...
View ArticleChina approves Eli Lilly's weight loss drug as country launches obesity...
Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide has been approved for weight management in China, entering what’s expected to be a substantial market for GLP-1s. Tirzepatide — marketed in the US as Mounjaro for diabetes and...
View ArticleA rare disease first; Lilly’s Alzheimer’s push; Argenx’s next act; Novartis'...
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View ArticleUpdated: Samsung wins FDA approval for second Soliris biosimilar
Samsung Bioepis said Monday that the FDA approved its biosimilar to AstraZeneca’s blockbuster immunosuppressive drug Soliris. And now the company is saying that the approval, for two types of rare...
View ArticleBluebird bio handed negative opinion from federal oversight agency for...
HHS’ Office of the Inspector General has issued a negative advisory opinion for a fertility support program proposed by bluebird bio, less than a week after Vertex sued the federal government over...
View ArticleWuXi AppTec more than tripled lobbying spend as Biosecure Act advanced in...
China’s WuXi AppTec spent at least $360,000 lobbying on the Biosecure Act and other bills before Congress in the second quarter, significantly upping its lobbying work as the company pushed back...
View ArticleWhere Oak HC/FT investor Nancy Brown is placing her bets on AI in health tech
(This story is from our new Health Tech newsletter. If you’d like to sign up, just click here.) Nancy Brown used to wear a t-shirt that featured a shiny object and the word “no.” It’s the rule she...
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Health tech startup Commure bets on AI for medical notes in $139M deal
Health tech startup Commure said Friday that it has agreed to buy AI medical scribe company Augmedix for $139 million to beef up its software tools for health systems and doctors. The deal, which will...
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GSK says Dovato was as effective as Biktarvy in head-to-head HIV trial — but...
GSK’s ViiV said its two-drug HIV regimen Dovato was just as effective as Gilead’s three-drug combo Biktarvy in what it says is the largest head-to-head trial of the blockbuster oral drugs. Dovato and...
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