141 articles by Delilah Alvarado

• FDA staff appear supportive of RSV drug from AstraZeneca, Sanofi

  June 6, 2023

• Pfizer says antibiotic is effective against tough-to-treat infections

  June 2, 2023

• AstraZeneca abandons experimental bowel disease drug

  June 1, 2023

• Pfizer’s RSV vaccine wins FDA approval in older adults

  May 31, 2023

• Biohaven sends latest drug to FDA, despite past trial setback

  May 31, 2023

• Amylyx’s ALS drug could face rejection in Europe

  May 30, 2023

• BenevolentAI CFO resigns as company lays off staff, restructures

  May 25, 2023

• FDA approves new antibiotic for hospital-acquired pneumonia

  May 24, 2023

• FDA approves Krystal gene therapy for rare wound disorder

  May 22, 2023

• Novavax cuts workforce by 25% as COVID vaccine sales fall

  May 9, 2023

• Former Rubius, Laronde CEO Cagnoni to join Incyte

  May 8, 2023

• Convergent raises $90M to develop its radiopharmaceutical for prostate cancer

  May 5, 2023

• Valneva, Pfizer push back timeline for Lyme disease vaccine

  May 4, 2023

• FDA approves first RSV vaccine, clearing GSK’s Arexvy for older adults

  May 3, 2023

• J&J, building on CAR-T success, strikes another cell therapy deal

  May 2, 2023

• FDA clears Pfizer’s pneumococcal vaccine for infants and children

  April 28, 2023

• Novartis plant cleared to produce in-demand cancer drug

  April 24, 2023

• Supreme Court maintains access to abortion pill, blocking restrictions on its use

  April 21, 2023

• Supreme Court delays decision in battle over abortion pill

  April 19, 2023

• FDA favors single dose of updated COVID shots in shift to simplify vaccination

  April 18, 2023

• Vaxcyte strengthens case for experimental pneumococcal vaccine

  April 17, 2023

• Appeals court rules abortion drug can stay on market — but limits access

  April 13, 2023

• Century Therapeutics changes leadership as CEO steps down

  April 12, 2023

• Biotech fears ‘dangerous’ precedent as judge challenges FDA authority

  April 10, 2023

• Federal judge invalidates FDA approval of abortion pill

  April 8, 2023

• AbbVie removes two approvals for blood cancer drug Imbruvica

  April 7, 2023

• In NEJM, full Pfizer data show RSV vaccine’s protection

  April 5, 2023

• BioNTech moves into ADCs with Duality deal

  April 3, 2023

• 5 FDA decisions to watch in the second quarter

  April 3, 2023

• FDA approves Narcan for over-the-counter use

  March 30, 2023

• Novartis taps Bicycle to develop radiopharmaceutical drugs for cancer

  March 28, 2023

• Novo partners with Dewpoint to mine an emerging field for new drugs

  March 22, 2023

• Novo Nordisk follows Lilly in sharply cutting insulin prices

  March 14, 2023

• Sanofi acquires diabetes drug via Provention buyout

  March 13, 2023

• Sandoz, betting on biosimilar sales, to build new production plant

  March 9, 2023

• Controversial drug for preterm birth to be withdrawn, maker says

  March 8, 2023

• FDA decision on preterm birth drug’s withdrawal nears, putting spotlight on patients, agency

  March 6, 2023

• Novartis takes step toward expanding supply of in-demand cancer drug

  March 3, 2023

• GSK’s RSV vaccine wins FDA panel backing, matching Pfizer

  March 2, 2023

• Pfizer’s RSV vaccine gets lukewarm backing of FDA advisers

  March 1, 2023

• Viatris taps new CEO to lead second phase of business revamp

  Feb. 27, 2023

• Moderna shares sink amid COVID forecasts, trial news

  Feb. 23, 2023

• Merck’s COVID-19 treatment falls short in prevention study

  Feb. 21, 2023

• Moderna shares sink on mixed study results for flu vaccine

  Feb. 17, 2023

• New cancer cell therapy biotech emerges, backed by MD Anderson and Replay

  Feb. 14, 2023

• Frequency to cut jobs after clinical trial setback

  Feb. 13, 2023

• Pfizer begins plan to challenge Shingrix with an mRNA vaccine

  Feb. 10, 2023

• Arrowhead confirms J&J’s plan to dial back hepatitis B drug research

  Feb. 7, 2023

• J&J says drug it acquired from Momenta succeeds in study of ultra-rare condition

  Feb. 6, 2023

• COVID-19 vaccine maker Medicago to close down

  Feb. 3, 2023

• FDA to convene advisers on review of RSV vaccines from GSK, Pfizer

  Feb. 1, 2023

• 3 more biotechs announce layoffs as industry cost-cutting continues

  Feb. 1, 2023

• Moderna reports positive RSV vaccine results, pressuring Pfizer, GSK

  Jan. 18, 2023

• Leap Therapeutics to buy Flame Biosciences in all-stock deal

  Jan. 17, 2023

• EMA weighs new safety guidance for Novartis’ gene therapy Zolgensma

  Jan. 13, 2023

• JPM23: Takeda tests Bristol Myers, Prime weighs spinoffs and Sanofi faces down a competitor

  Jan. 11, 2023

• Novavax’s Erck to depart after 12 years as CEO

  Jan. 9, 2023

• 5 FDA decisions to watch in the first quarter

  Jan. 9, 2023

• Ensoma buys a startup to advance ‘in vivo’ cell therapy work

  Jan. 6, 2023

• Kenvue, J&J’s consumer health unit, files for an IPO in step toward split

  Jan. 5, 2023

• Prevail, Capsida partner to develop gene therapies for nervous system diseases

  Jan. 4, 2023

• Pfizer says hemophilia B gene therapy controlled bleeding in key study

  Dec. 29, 2022

• Hearing loss biotech Otonomy plans to dissolve

  Dec. 20, 2022

• Ferring wins FDA approval for bladder cancer gene therapy

  Dec. 19, 2022

• Sio Gene Therapies to dissolve after years of setbacks

  Dec. 15, 2022

• Cytokinetics heart drug voted down by FDA panel

  Dec. 14, 2022

• Black Diamond spins out new biotech to develop cancer drugs

  Dec. 13, 2022

• Biotech layoffs claim more jobs at Sensei, Instil, TherapeuticsMD

  Dec. 9, 2022

• Immune drug developer Apogee emerges as first spinout of biotech Paragon

  Dec. 7, 2022

• Verve shares slide after company reveals details on FDA trial hold

  Dec. 6, 2022

• TherapeuticsMD to offload drugs to Australia’s Mayne after failed buyout

  Dec. 5, 2022

• J&J’s Duato to replace departing Gorsky as board chair

  Dec. 2, 2022

• Roche study failure gives Alzheimer’s researchers new clues in drug quest

  Dec. 1, 2022

• Sana reshuffles drug pipeline, becoming latest biotech to cut staff

  Nov. 30, 2022

• Spectrum to lay off R&D staff after FDA drug rejection

  Nov. 28, 2022

• Novartis, research group to advance new kind of malaria drug into late-stage test

  Nov. 23, 2022

• Biotech ObsEva sells drug rights to forestall funding crunch

  Nov. 22, 2022

• Replay reveals second gene therapy spinout, debuting new biotech Telaria

  Nov. 21, 2022

• First-of-its-kind Type 1 diabetes drug wins FDA approval

  Nov. 18, 2022

• Pfizer, BioNTech start study testing next COVID-19 vaccine

  Nov. 17, 2022

• Biotechs reveal layoffs, research revamps in third quarter earnings

  Nov. 16, 2022

• Trial failures end latest hope for Roche’s Alzheimer’s drug

  Nov. 14, 2022

• Novavax details trial results for omicron-targeting booster shots

  Nov. 8, 2022

• Viatris to buy two eye drug developers in deals worth up to $750M

  Nov. 7, 2022

• Pfizer, BioNTech data support new Covid booster’s advantage over original vaccine

  Nov. 4, 2022

• Moderna cuts sales forecasts for its COVID-19 vaccine

  Nov. 3, 2022

• Surface Oncology to lay off 20% of staff in restructuring

  Nov. 2, 2022

• Replay launches gene therapy spinout Eudora, putting ‘hub-and-spoke’ plans to work

  Oct. 31, 2022

• GSK shelves filing plans for arthritis drug after trial results

  Oct. 27, 2022

• Astellas takes stake in gene therapy developer Taysha

  Oct. 24, 2022

• ‘I don’t feel safe.’ Abortion bans add new uncertainty to fertility treatment

  Oct. 24, 2022

• Pfizer, BioNTech say updated COVID booster raised omicron antibody levels in trial

  Oct. 13, 2022

• Nimbus partners with Eli Lilly on metabolic disease research

  Oct. 12, 2022

• FDA rejects Supernus’ drug infusion device for Parkinson’s

  Oct. 10, 2022

• BioNTech to build an mRNA hub in Australia

  Oct. 6, 2022

• Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to biotech founder Bertozzi, two others

  Oct. 5, 2022

• AstraZeneca to acquire gene editing biotech LogicBio

  Oct. 3, 2022

• 5 FDA decisions to watch in the fourth quarter

  Oct. 3, 2022

• BioMarin resubmits its hemophilia gene therapy to the FDA

  Sept. 30, 2022

• J&J’s consumer health spinout to be named Kenvue

  Sept. 28, 2022

• Pfizer, BioNTech seek FDA clearance for updated COVID-19 booster in children

  Sept. 26, 2022

• Pfizer, Sangamo set to resume gene therapy study after safety delay

  Sept. 23, 2022

• J&J opens new research hub near San Francisco

  Sept. 20, 2022

• GenFit, continuing rebuild, buys startup Versantis

  Sept. 19, 2022

• AstraZeneca claims positive results for its “add-on” drug for rare blood disease

  Sept. 16, 2022

• Pfizer brings mRNA flu vaccine into Phase 3 testing

  Sept. 14, 2022

• Bluebird CFO resigns ahead of gene therapy launch

  Sept. 12, 2022

• Backed by Bristol Myers, ArsenalBio raises $220M for its cell therapy research

  Sept. 7, 2022

• CDC backs updated COVID shots from Pfizer, Moderna

  Sept. 2, 2022

• Biotech startup Ocean pivots from IPO to SPAC merger

  Aug. 31, 2022

• FDA clears updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer, Moderna

  Aug. 31, 2022

• Pfizer follows GSK with positive Phase 3 results for RSV vaccine

  Aug. 25, 2022

• Merck backs radiopharmaceutical startup Aktis, joining other high-profile backers

  Aug. 25, 2022

• Pfizer’s new pneumococcal vaccine meets study goal in children

  Aug. 12, 2022

• Shifting focus, ProQR to seek partners for stalled eye drugs

  Aug. 11, 2022

• Pfizer, Valneva take next step with Lyme disease shot, starting large trial

  Aug. 9, 2022

• Lilly criticizes Indiana abortion law, indicating it may look elsewhere to hire

  Aug. 8, 2022

• Pfizer buys sickle cell drugmaker Global Blood for $5.4B

  Aug. 8, 2022

• ElevateBio, Boston Children’s launch startup to test new approach to ‘off-the-shelf’ cell therapy

  Aug. 4, 2022

• AbCellera inks another venture partnership, this time with Atlas

  Aug. 3, 2022

• How Belite Bio, a small, under-the-radar drugmaker, emerged as one of biotech’s best performing IPOs

  Aug. 2, 2022

• Ipsen, continuing oncology push, pays a startup $45M for two cancer drugs

  Aug. 1, 2022

• US secures updated COVID boosters in $1.7B deal with Moderna

  July 29, 2022

• Vertex to move non-opioid painkiller into late-stage tests after FDA agreement

  July 22, 2022

• CDC backs Novavax's protein-based vaccine for COVID-19

  July 20, 2022

• Biotech downturn hits another startup as Pact Pharma to lay off nearly 100 employees

  July 19, 2022

• Nestlé expands microbiome drug work with biotech deal

  July 18, 2022

• CytomX lays off staff, joining growing list of biotechs restructuring

  July 14, 2022

• TherapeuticsMD buyout unravels as shareholders balk

  July 13, 2022

• Bain Capital backs new biotech startup developing oral asthma drug

  July 12, 2022

• Moderna founder launches Apriori with $50M to stay ahead of virus variants

  July 11, 2022

• ADC Therapeutics cuts deal with Sobi to broaden reach of cancer drug

  July 8, 2022

• Two cancer biotechs merge, raise cash as sector-wide downturn continues

  July 5, 2022

• Pfizer seeks full FDA approval of Paxlovid as questions about its benefits grow

  June 30, 2022

• Bayer, Amgen back ReCode's plan to broaden genetic medicine's reach

  June 29, 2022

• Novartis to invest $250M in tropical disease drug research

  June 22, 2022

• A biotech startup launches with $38M to develop a cystic fibrosis gene therapy

  June 21, 2022

• Boehringer extends cancer dealmaking with right to buy biotech partner

  June 16, 2022

• Forbion raises $500M to back growing biotechs amid industry slump

  June 10, 2022

• Pfizer to invest $120M, add jobs in Paxlovid production push

  June 7, 2022

• Biotech Athersys to lay off 70% of staff in cost-cutting effort

  June 6, 2022