What's the fastest, lowest-risk route to an approved drug? Develop somebody else's clinical-stage therapeutic. But finding them is tough--and to get a reasonable return on investment, the in-licensor needs to bring value the originator couldn't.
by Roger Longman
Speaking at BIO's March 1997 CEO conference, Kevin Kinsella, the founder of numerous technology-focused biotechs, noted the vast number of...
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The US FDA approved Merck’s Enflonsia (clesrovimab) to prevent RSV in newborns and infants on the same day Sanofi assured that it would ship Beyfortus in time for the 2025-2026 RSV season.
Intended as obesity monotherapy and for combination with the firm’s GLP-1 analog, MET-0233i showed best-in-class efficacy with placebo-like tolerability at low doses.
The company announced positive data from two Phase III trials testing the cholesterol-lowering medicine.
The French company will start shipping its blockbuster shortly to meet expected strong demand in the 2025–26 RSV season.
The French company will start shipping its blockbuster shortly to meet expected strong demand in the 2025–26 RSV season.
In this week's episode: Sanofi’s Blueprint buy; AstraZeneca’s breast cancer resistance results at ASCO; BMS and BioNTech’s big bispecific deal; Kymera’s Dupixent in a pill; and Degron’s CEO on pipeline and strategy.
LTZ Therapeutics and Beijing Sungen Biomedical are among the Chinese biotechs raising new funding, of around $40m each, based on their clinical assets with novel mechanisms of action. While fundings have risen, they remain moderate however.
