Alaric has been covering the biopharma industry and health care for more than 14 years. His areas of focus include clinical trials, drug development in hematology-oncology, cell and gene therapy and the industry's growing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ball State University and previously lived in China for three years.

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Rybrevant/Lazcluze Survival Win Could Overcome Tagrisso’s Convenience Advantage

J&J is confident that its bispecific antibody/kinase inhibitor combo’s overall survival win over AstraZeneca’s single-agent pill will shift the standard of care.

Axsome Scores In ADHD, But Differentiation In Generic-Heavy Market Unclear

The FOCUS study met its primary and key secondary endpoints, but lack of statistical significance on the higher dose and a crowded market raised questions.

With Fabhalta’s C3G Approval, Now Novartis Has To Find The Patients

Novartis US president Victor Bultó talked to Scrip about the company’s efforts to reach patients with rare kidney diseases who are candidates for Fabhalta.

Orca Swims Toward Commercialization Of T-Cell Therapy

The biotech announced positive Phase III data for Orca-T, its allogeneic cell therapy, and a company cofounder talked with Scrip about Orca’s commercialization plans.

Merck’s HIV Combo Shows Non-Inferiority To Gilead’s Biktarvy

The company is developing doravirine and islatravir together as an alternative to therapies containing integrase inhibitors, like Biktarvy, especially as HIV patients age.

Gilead Pushes PrEP Envelope As ViiV Explores Self-Administered, Long-Acting Drugs

The two companies were among those presenting data at CROI that highlighted the next frontiers of competition in the HIV space.