Eli Lilly’s up-to-$2.3 billion acquisition of Ajax Therapeutics is facing its first major public test, and the initial clinical data show why the pharma giant made the bet.
Novartis has reported a phase 1/2 win for one of the jewels of its $12 billion Avidity Biosciences buyout, setting the Swiss drugmaker up to talk to global regulatory agencies about the next steps for its dystrophy prospect.
Over-the-counter drugmaker Perrigo Company is washing its hands of chief executive Patrick Lockwood-Taylor, who resigned from his post of president and CEO after the company’s board of directors found “certain personal conduct” by Lockwood-Taylor inconsistent with its code of conduct and “core values.” Board member Albert Manzone is stepping up to replace the CEO in the interim as the board searches for a permanent successor.
Genentech vice presidents Vishva Dixit, Man-Wah Tan and Todd McDevitt are among the casualties in another round of layoffs from the South San Francisco subsidiary of Roche. The departures are part of a restructuring of the Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED) group. The company did not reveal how many positions are being affected.
There was a big uptick in the use of AI across all HHS agencies in 2025, though analysts note some use cases may “reflect new reporting requirements instead of new deployments."
As cybersecurity threats have proliferated across industries in recent years, biopharma companies have emerged as prominent targets, with intellectual property, patient data and other sensitive information at stake. Now, Novo Nordisk is the latest drug giant to report a data breach.
Staring down a $6 billion patent cliff for its prostate cancer drug Xtandi, Astellas aims to counter the inevitable revenue decline with a 200 billion yen ($1.3 billion) cost-savings program anchored in its new five-year strategic plan. But to CEO Naoki Okamura, “it’s not simply saving the cost or reducing the headcount.”
Roche received approval through the EU’s In Vitro diagnostic regulation for several label expansions of its companion diagnostic platform that can identify a cancer patient's mismatch repair (MMR) status.
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