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Muscling Into The Obesity Market

Muscling Into The Obesity Market

At a recent conference, executives from Boehringer and Amgen laid out their expectations for the future of obesity and how they intend to navigate the changes.

Neoadjuvant Cancer Immunotherapy Set For Takeoff, Fueled By Strong Data

Neoadjuvant Cancer Immunotherapy Set For Takeoff, Fueled By Strong Data

Dreams of a future with early curative treatments drives wave of drug development in pre-surgical and perioperative treatment in many tumor types.

Vertex Readies For Major Readouts, With Data Due Soon In Big Pain Market

Vertex Readies For Major Readouts, With Data Due Soon In Big Pain Market

Q3 revenue beat consensus and Vertex raised its guidance, but R&D progress was the main highlight across the cystic fibrosis, kidney disease, type 1 diabetes and, particularly, pain pipeline.

Verona’s Ohtuvayre Off To Flying Start

Verona’s Ohtuvayre Off To Flying Start

Sales of its novel COPD therapy in its first quarter on the market were more than double consensus estimates, and Verona sees more to come.

The Practice-Changing Drugs That Will Graduate In 2025

The Practice-Changing Drugs That Will Graduate In 2025

A wealth of new therapies are set to successfully graduate from the pipeline in 2025. Within this cohort are a mixture of therapeutic areas, drug classes, first-time approvals, label expansions, and treatments that will meaningfully change how diseases are treated.

Compass Antidepression Psychedelic Still On Course Despite Delays

Compass Antidepression Psychedelic Still On Course Despite Delays

The company, now the most advanced clinically in the psychedelic space after the rejection of Lykos's MDMA-based post-traumatic stress disorder drug, is cutting its workforce by a third and narrowing its research focus after shifting the timeline for its late-stage depression candidate.

AstraZeneca Leads The Way In Clinical Trials

AstraZeneca Leads The Way In Clinical Trials

The UK group began more clinical trials last year than any other company, a new report from Citeline has found.

Amgen Reinvests Sales Gains In R&D As Phase II MariTide Readout Approaches

Amgen Reinvests Sales Gains In R&D As Phase II MariTide Readout Approaches

Amgen’s product sales grew 24% to $8.15bn in Q3 and its gains are being reinvested in R&D and manufacturing, including for MariTide, which will report Phase II obesity data in late 2024.

HLTH 2024: GE HealthCare Unveiled AI-Driven Platform To Quickly Provide Patient Data To Oncologists

HLTH 2024: GE HealthCare Unveiled AI-Driven Platform To Quickly Provide Patient Data To Oncologists

At HLTH 2024, GE HealthCare unveiled CareIntellect for Oncology, a generative AI-driven platform to help oncologists quickly assess patient data across multiple sources to save time and improve treatment planning. The platform, currently in evaluation at two US hospitals, is set for launch in the second half of 2025.

EU HTA Reg: CoI Rules Limit Participation Of Experts In Joint Clinical Assessments

EU HTA Reg: CoI Rules Limit Participation Of Experts In Joint Clinical Assessments

The European Commission has now adopted the third implementing act for the Health Technology Assessment Regulation. This sets out rules for managing conflicts of interest of anyone involved in joint clinical assessments or joint scientific consultations under the regulation.