Eli Lilly Expands Its In Vivo Ambitions, Acquiring Cell Therapy Startup Orna for up to $2.4B / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - Orna Therapeutics brings Eli Lilly an in vivo cell therapy ready for Phase 1 testing as a potential treatment for autoimmune diseases. Lilly is now the latest pharma company to use M&A to enter this growing field, following deals made in the past year by …
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 19178 / 9 stories in 25 days
Sanofi's Paul Hudson out, with Belén Garijo to step in as new CEO / Endpoints
Reynald Castañeda / endpoints - Paul Hudson is stepping down from his post as CEO of Sanofi, and his last day will be Feb. 17. The French drugmaker's board decided not to renew Hudson's mandate on ...
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 19177 / 3 stories in 25 days
Ama launches independent vaccine review after CDC criticism / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Two major medical groups will begin reviewing vaccine safety and effectiveness after major changes at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have raised alarms among experts.
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 19173 / 4 stories in 25 days
BridgeBio Stands Tall as Phase 3 Data Put Dwarfism Drug on Track for FDA Filing / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - Infigratinib achieved statistically significant improvement in growth rate and body composition in a Phase 3 clinical trial that tested the BridgeBio Pharma drug in achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. Regulatory submissions are planned for l…
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 19171 / 2 stories in 25 days
AbbVie sues over selection of Botox for IRA negotiations / Endpoints
Nicole DeFeudis / endpoints - AbbVie is suing CMS for picking Botox for the third round of Medicare negotiations, making it the first drugmaker to challenge the upcoming cycle in court. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Washington, DC, AbbVie ...
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 19169 / 2 stories in 25 days
FDA refuses to review Moderna flu vaccine / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Moderna has received a refusal-to-file letter from the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research for its biologics license application for mRNA-1010, its investigational seasonal influenza vaccine. The letter, signed by Vinayak Prasad, MD, chief …
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 10:25 am / permalink 19026 / 15 stories in 28 days
AstraZeneca gets CRL for prefilled pen version of lupus drug Saphnelo / Endpoints
Anna Brown / endpoints - The FDA has handed AstraZeneca a complete response letter for the subcutaneous prefilled, self-injectable pen of Saphnelo for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a month after the asset gained approval in Europe ...
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Monday, February 9, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 18917 / 5 stories in 4 wks
World Cancer Day: A Global Call to Awareness and Action 2026, Part 2 / OncoDaily
oncodaily - World Cancer Day is observed annually on February 4 and was established in 2000 at the World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium in Paris. The initiative was led […]
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 18896 / 162 stories in 4 wks
HHS to drop 340B rebate pilot after court rulings / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - HHS will drop its 340B rebate model pilot program following two federal court rulings that blocked its implementation. The program, announced in August 2025, was challenged by the American Hospital Association, the Maine Hospital Association and four safe…
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 18879 / 3 stories in 4 wks
#ISC26: Bayer’s asundexian reduced ischemic strokes by 26% in Phase 3 trial / Endpoints
Ayisha Sharma / endpoints - Bayer shared more details from its unexpected win in a Phase 3 study testing its next-generation blood thinner for secondary stroke prevention. The factor XIa inhibitor, named asundexian, reduced the occurrence of ischemic stroke by ...
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 18873 / 2 stories in 4 wks
Eikon Therapeutics Raises $381 M in IPO to Advance Live-Cell Imaging in Cancer Drug Discovery / OncoDaily
oncodaily - Eikon Therapeutics has raised $381 million through its IPO, pricing at the top of its range in a strong sign of renewed investor appetite for biotech offerings. The South San […]
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 1:21 am / permalink 18871 / 2 stories in 4 wks
HHS scraps 340B rebate pilot in win for hospitals / Healthcare Dive
Emily Olsen / healthcaredive - The Trump administration agreed to drop a controversial pilot that would have allowed drugmakers to give post-sales rebates on some drugs instead of upfront discounts.
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 18867 / 5 stories in 4 wks
Statin pills much safer than advertised, major review finds / BBC
bbc - The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.
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Thursday, February 5, 2026, 8:24 pm / permalink 18820 / 3 stories in 4 wks
Novo Nordisk vows legal action to protect Wegovy pill / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Novo Nordisk said Thursday it would take legal action against a US chain offering a copycat of the new pill version of its Wegovy weight-loss drug.
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Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:23 pm / permalink 18807 / 22 stories in 4 wks
FTC deal over insulin prices forces Express Scripts to overhaul policies / Beckers
Elizabeth Casolo / beckershospitalreview - The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with Cigna’s Express Scripts in a case over alleged inflation of insulin prices, according to a Feb. 4 agency news release. Under the settlement, Express Scripts must keep drug manufacturer compensation de…
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 3:25 pm / permalink 18768 / 6 stories in 4 wks
Letters, Jan. 27, 2026: ‘A Team Canada must be assembled’ to help diversify trade / Calgary Sun
Jeffrey Morgan / calgarysun - Need to diversify I just watched a video detailing the prior commercial trading practices between Canada and the U.S. It makes me realize there is nothing more important than Canada diversifying its trade with other countries. By ‘nothing,’ I mean all pro…
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Saturday, January 31, 2026, 2:22 pm / permalink 18622 / 9 stories in 5 wks
FDA lifts hold on one of two Phase 3 gene editing studies by Intellia / Endpoints
Lei Lei Wu / endpoints - The FDA has allowed Intellia Therapeutics to resume one of its two pivotal trials of a gene editing therapy for transthyretin amyloidosis, which is a disease caused by misfolded proteins. Intellia
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Saturday, January 31, 2026, 7:22 am / permalink 18610 / 4 stories in 5 wks
‘Vertical integration is destroying people’s ability to access care’: Payer CEOs face bipartisan congressional grilling / Beckers
Jakob Emerson / beckershospitalreview - The CEOs of the nation’s largest health insurers drew the ire of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle during congressional hearings Jan. 22 over industry consolidation, prior authorization practices and executive pay, with members pressing executives to e…
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Thursday, January 22, 2026, 9:22 pm / permalink 18314 / 27 stories in 6 wks
#JPM26: Day 3 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference / Endpoints
ENDPOINTS / endpoints - It’s Wednesday at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, and as the sessions wind down, we’ll be keeping an eye on presentations from WuXi AppTec and AbbVie. Yesterday afternoon, our Executive Editor Drew Armstrong spoke with ...
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Saturday, January 17, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18138 / 28 stories in 7 wks
F.D.A. Decisions on Abortion Pill Were Based on Science, New Analysis Finds / NYT
Pam Belluck / nytimes - A study of more than 5,000 pages of agency documents on mifepristone over 12 years found that agency leaders almost always followed the evidence-based recommendations of scientists.
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Saturday, January 17, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 18126 / 5 stories in 7 wks