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For Immediate Release: November 01, 2024 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency:  Today, the FDA published the FDA Voices: “FDA Takes Exciting Steps Toward Establishing the Rare Disease Innovation Hub,” by Patrizia Cavazzoni, M.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director

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Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR NEPTUNUS-1 and NEPTUNUS-2 are the first ever global Phase III trials to demonstrate statistically significant reduction in disease activity for Sjögren's disease1 Ianalumab has the potential to become the first and only targeted treatment approved for patients with Sjögren's diseaseIanalumab was well tolerated and demonstrated a favorable safety profile in Sjögren's disease1,2Novartis plans to present its data at an upcoming medical congress and submit to health authorities globallyEAST HANOVER, N.J., Aug. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis today announced positive top-line results from its Phase III trials evaluating ianalumab (VAY736) in adults wit

Leqvio can now be used alone, without addition of statin therapy, as adjunct to diet and exercise for LDL-C reduction in patients with hypercholesterolemia (high LDL-C)14 out of 5 atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) patients do not reach guideline-recommended LDL-C target, reinforcing urgent need for more aggressive LDL-C lowering2-5Twice-yearly Leqvio is uniquely positioned to help support patient adherence and long-term LDL-C management, including goal attainmentEAST HANOVER, N.J., July 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a label update for Leqvio® (inclisiran), enabling its use as monotherapy along with d

The GCAptAIN study did not meet its primary endpoint of sustained remission at Week 52 in adults with newly diagnosed or relapsing GCA1Safety in GCA patients was consistent with known safety profile of Cosentyx® (secukinumab)1EAST HANOVER, N.J., July 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis today announced top-line results from the Phase III GCAptAIN study evaluating Cosentyx® (secukinumab) in adults with newly diagnosed or relapsing giant cell arteritis (GCA). In the study, Cosentyx was evaluated in combination with a 26-week steroid taper and compared to placebo plus a 52-week steroid taper. Cosentyx did not demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in sustained remission at Week 52 com

NEW YORK, June 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today's NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins.  Kristen Scholer delivers the pre-market update on June 20th Traders return to Wall Street this morning following the Juneteenth Holiday for the final day of trading this week. Stocks are down fractionally early Friday and are little changed on the week.Equities had a mixed session Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. Following the decision, Fed Chair Powell said the central bank is "well-positioned to wait"

Garching / Munich, Germany, April 09, 2025 – ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE (ITM), a leading radiopharmaceutical biotech company, today announced the election of Barbara Weber, M.D., to its Supervisory Board, effective May 01, 2025. The election occurred at ITM's Extraordinary General Meeting. Dr. Weber is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Tango Therapeutics (NASDAQ:TNGX). She has over 25 years of executive and research and development leadership experience in biotech, venture capital and at major pharmaceutical companies, including Novartis (NYSE:NVS) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK). ITM's Supervisory Board and the company overall will benefit from Dr. Weber's deep ex

Vanrafia can be seamlessly added to supportive care in IgAN and used as a foundational therapy with no requirement for a REMS (Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy) program1Phase III data showed Vanrafia achieved proteinuria reduction of 36.1% (P<0.0001) vs. placebo with improvements seen at Week 6 and sustained through Week 36 and favorable safety1,2IgAN is a progressive, rare kidney disease; up to 50% of patients with persistent proteinuria progress to kidney failure within 10 to 20 years of diagnosis3-9With third FDA approval in under 1 year across its renal portfolio, Novartis is uniquely positioned to lead a transformation in kidney careEAST HANOVER, N.J., April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- N

Phase III study showed sustained proteinuria reduction at one year with favorable safety1Fabhalta is the only oral alternative complement pathway inhibitor thought to target the underlying cause of C3G1-3C3G is an ultra-rare kidney disease typically diagnosed in young adults and often progresses to kidney failure2-4Novartis continues to advance multiple kidney disease treatments with high unmet need, compounding capabilities and strengthening unique leadership presenceEAST HANOVER, N.J., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis today announced that oral Fabhalta® (iptacopan) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the treatment of adults with C3 glomerulopathy (C3G),

  Two-year efficacy and safety data analyses from Phase III SUNSHINE and SUNRISE trials of continuous Cosentyx® (secukinumab) treatment in HS to be presentedNew analyses of 52-week data from Phase III REMIX pivotal trials of investigational remibrutinib, demonstrating impact in key clinical outcomes for patients with CSU also to be presentedRegulatory submissions for remibrutinib as a treatment for CSU on track for filing in 1H 2025  EAST HANOVER, N.J., Feb. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis announced today it will present data from 17 abstracts, including investigator-initiated trials, across its immunology portfolio at the 2025 American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) and

Strengthening Board with Industry Veterans Gemini Bioproducts, LLC ("GeminiBio"), a biopharma and advanced therapy raw materials supplier, and a portfolio company of BelHealth Investment Partners, LLC ("BelHealth"), a Fort Lauderdale-based healthcare private equity firm, announced today the appointment of Michael Stella to its Board of Directors. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250218608576/en/Mike Stella, CEO of Ascend Advanced Therapies, joins the Board at GeminiBio to provide strategic leadership in the fields of cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing. (Photo: Business Wire) GeminiBio prov

- PTC to receive $1.0B in cash at closing -- PTC is eligible to receive up to $1.9B in development, regulatory and sales milestones -- PTC to share profits in the U.S. and tiered double-digit royalties on ex-U.S. net sales -- Novartis will assume global development, manufacturing and commercial responsibilities following completion of placebo-controlled portion of ongoing PIVOT-HD study -- PTC will host a conference call on Dec. 2, 2024, at 8:30 am EST- WARREN, N.J., Dec. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT) announced today the signing of an exclusive global license and collaboration agreement with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a subsidiary of Novartis AG (NY

Strengthening Board with Industry Veterans Gemini Bioproducts, LLC ("GeminiBio"), a biopharma and advanced therapy raw materials supplier, and a portfolio company of BelHealth Investment Partners, LLC ("BelHealth"), a Fort Lauderdale-based healthcare private equity firm, announced today the appointment of Michael Stella to its Board of Directors. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250218608576/en/Mike Stella, CEO of Ascend Advanced Therapies, joins the Board at GeminiBio to provide strategic leadership in the fields of cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing. (Photo: Business Wire) GeminiBio prov

Former ImmunoGen CFO will join Seaport to steer capital financing strategy, accounting, FP&A and investor relations PureTech Health plc (NASDAQ:PRTC, LSE: PRTC)) ("PureTech" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company, noted that its Founded Entity, Seaport Therapeutics, ("Seaport") a biopharmaceutical company that is advancing novel neuropsychiatric medicines with a proven strategy and team, today announced the appointment of Lauren White as Chief Financial Officer. An accomplished biotech financial executive, Ms. White most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer at ImmunoGen (NASDAQ:IMGN) prior to its acquisition by AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) for $10.1 billion in 2024. T

Former ImmunoGen CFO will join Seaport to steer capital financing strategy, accounting, FP&A and investor relations Seaport Therapeutics ("Seaport or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is advancing novel neuropsychiatric medicines with a proven strategy and team, today announced the appointment of Lauren White as Chief Financial Officer. An accomplished biotech financial executive, Ms. White most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer at ImmunoGen (NASDAQ:IMGN) prior to its acquisition by AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) for $10.1 billion in 2024. "I am so pleased to welcome Lauren as our CFO as we progress our clinical-stage pipeline of therapeutics for the treatme

Concurrently, the Company accepted the resignations of Dr. Colin Goddard and Mr. Joacim Borg OS Therapies (NYSE-A: OSTX) ("OS Therapies" or "the Company"), a clinical-stage immunotherapy and Antibody Drug Conjugate biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointments of Avril McKean Dieser, MA, JD and Olivier R. Jarry, MS, MBA as independent members of the Company's Board of Directors. Collectively, Ms. McKean Dieser and Mr. Jarry bring over 50 years of biopharmaceutical executive decision-making experience to the Company, with a specific focus in commercializing biologic products. "OS Therapies is thrilled to welcome Ms. McKean Dieser and Mr. Jarry to our Board of Directors," sa

– Completed enrollment in the study lead-in for the VERITAC-3 Phase 3 trial in the first-line setting; continued enrollment globally in multiple clinical trials of vepdegestrant in ER+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer, including the VERITAC-2 Phase 3 trial in the second-line setting– – Completion of enrollment in VERITAC-2 expected in 4Q24 and topline data readout now expected 4Q24/1Q25 – – Received $150 million upon close of ARV-766 license agreement and sale of preclinical AR-V7 program to Novartis; potential for up to an additional $1.01 billion based on achievement of development, regulatory and commercial milestones and future royalties – – Strengthened executive team with the appointm

Contineum Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTNM), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel, oral small molecule therapies that target biological pathways associated with specific clinical impairments for the treatment of neuroscience, inflammation and immunology (NI&I) indications, today announced the appointment of Sarah Boyce, President and Chief Executive Officer of Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNA), as an independent member of its Board of Directors. Ms. Boyce brings over 25 years of global commercial and clinical development expertise in the life sciences industry to Contineum's board. Ms. Boyce has extensive expertise in global pharmaceut

Cagent Vascular announced today that Brian Walsh has been named Chief Executive Officer by the Cagent Vascular Board of Directors. He has served as Chairman of the Board since March 2018 and will continue in this capacity. Mr. Walsh will succeed Carol Burns as CEO. Mr. Walsh previously served as Head of Carl Zeiss Meditech Cataract Technology from 2018 until 2024. Prior to that, he was President and CEO of IanTECH Medical, Inc. (acquired by Carl Zeiss Meditech AG) and Transcend Medical, Inc which was acquired by Alcon, a division of Novartis Co (NYSE:NVS) at the time. Brian Walsh brings over 25 years of medical device and health care industry experience in Marketing, Sales, and Executive

– Continued enrollment globally in multiple clinical studies of vepdegestrant in ER+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer, including the VERITAC-2 Phase 3 trial in the second-line setting and the study lead-in for the VERITAC-3 Phase 3 trial in the first-line setting – – Top-line data readout for VERITAC-2 remains on-track for 2H 2024 – – Entered a transaction with Novartis providing an exclusive license for ARV-766 and sale of preclinical AR-V7 program; $150 million upfront payment and potential for up to $1.01 billion in milestones and royalties under license agreement – – Initiated dosing in a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial with ARV-102, the first oral PROTAC® degrader in clinical dev

Company to present new data at the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Annual Meeting highlighting cross-species translatability and CNS tropisms of novel TRACER™ AAV9- and AAV5-derived capsids Preclinical data to be presented at the ASGCT Annual Meeting to demonstrate reduction of tumor burden with vectorized HER2 antibodies; updated data from GBA1, vTau, SOD1 ALS programs also to be presented Executed license option agreement with Novartis for target-specific access to next-generation TRACER™ AAV capsids Appointed Alfred W. Sandrock, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member Cash runway into 2024 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

PHILADELPHIA and OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom, Jan. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ:ADAP), a leader in T-cell therapy to treat cancer, today announces the appointment of Cintia Piccina as Chief Commercial Officer effective January 31, 2022. "I am delighted to welcome Cintia to our leadership team. She brings extensive commercial experience, including in cell and gene therapy, that will be key as we prepare to submit our first BLA for afami-cel this year, and build our commercial capabilities to support the launch of this initial product and future next-gen cell therapies within our MAGE-A4 franchise. Her fresh perspective and leadership abilities will supp

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- PTC to receive $1.0B in cash at closing -- PTC is eligible to receive up to $1.9B in development, regulatory and sales milestones -- PTC to share profits in the U.S. and tiered double-digit royalties on ex-U.S. net sales -- Novartis will assume global development, manufacturing and commercial responsibilities following completion of placebo-controlled portion of ongoing PIVOT-HD study -- PTC will host a conference call on Dec. 2, 2024, at 8:30 am EST- WARREN, N.J., Dec. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT) announced today the signing of an exclusive global license and collaboration agreement with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a subsidiary of Novartis AG (NY

JUST - EVOTEC BIOLOGICS AND SANDOZ JOIN FORCES TO DEVELOP AND MANUFACTURE A DEFINED PORTFOLIO OF BIOSIMILAR MOLECULESJUST - EVOTEC BIOLOGICS TO RECEIVE DOUBLE-DIGIT-MILLION UPFRONT, FUTURE PAYMENTS DEPENDENT ON SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS OF US$ 640 M, ADDITIONAL UNDISCLOSED PAYMENTS DEPENDENT ON PROGRESS INTO COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING AND EXERCISING THE S.POD OPTIONTHE PARTNERSHIP ASPIRES TO DISRUPT THE BIOSIMILARS MARKET WITH AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HIGHEST-QUALITY MEDICINES FOR PATIENTS ACROSS THE GLOBETHE PARTNERSHIP IS FOUNDED ON JUST - EVOTEC BIOLOGICS' AI-DRIVEN, FULLY INTEGRATED TECH PLATFORM AND CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURING COMBINED WITH SANDOZ' LEADING BIOSIMILARS PIPELINE AND CAP

2023 Financial Guidance Raised Conference Call Begins at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time Today Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:LGND) today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and provided an operating forecast and business updates. Ligand management will host a conference call today beginning at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time to discuss this announcement and answer questions. "2023 is off to a strong start with $44.0 million in first quarter revenues driven by the continued growth of our royalty revenue and the approval milestone from Travere's FILSPARI for the treatment of IgA nephropathy," said Todd Davis, CEO of Ligand. "We have several partner catalyst

Concurrent $100 million equity offering Naporafenib has a potential first-in-class and best-in-class profile in multiple RAS/MAPK pathway-driven tumors Pivotal-ready asset has been dosed in over 500 patients to date and expands Erasca's addressable population Erasca to host conference call and webcast today at 8:30 am ET SAN DIEGO, Dec. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Erasca, Inc. (NASDAQ:ERAS), a clinical-stage precision oncology company singularly focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing therapies for patients with RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers, today announced it has entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Novartis (NYSE:NVS) for naporafenib, a Phase

License option agreement with Novartis for target-specific access to TRACER™ next-generation AAV capsids for potential use with three CNS targets plus options to access capsids for two additional targets Novartis agreement marks second recent major transaction to leverage Voyager's TRACER technology following October 2021 Pfizer agreement Strengthened leadership with appointment of Al Sandrock, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., to Board of Directors and Board Executive Committee, promotion of Robin Swartz to chief operating officer Cash runway extended into 2024 with $84 million aggregate upfront payments from Novartis and Pfizer transactions Conference call and webcast today at 8:30 a.m. ET

Voyager receives $54 million upfront with potential option exercise fees and milestone payments of up to $1.7 billion plus product sales-based royalties Novartis receives target-specific access to Voyager's novel TRACER AAV capsids for potential use with three CNS targets plus options to access capsids for two additional targets Agreement marks the second recent major transaction leveraging Voyager's TRACER capsid discovery platform Conference call and webcast today at 8:30 a.m. ET CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VYGR), a gene therapy company developing life-changing treatments and next-generation adeno-associated virus (AAV) cap

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine mRNA-1273: Final blinded analysis of Phase 3 COVE study shows 93% efficacy; Efficacy remains durable through six months after second dose ​ Moderna booster candidates demonstrate robust antibody responses to COVID-19 variants of concern in Phase 2 Dosing started in Phase 1 studies for quadrivalent seasonal flu vaccine candidate (mRNA-1010) and IL-2 mRNA program for autoimmune disorders (mRNA-6231) Moderna has mRNA candidates in clinical development across five therapeutic areas: infectious disease, cardiovascular, oncology, rare disease and autoimmune disorders Q2 total revenue of $4.4 billion, net income of $2.8 billion and diluted earnings per share of $6.46