Novel Endocrine Therapy Giredestrant Improves Disease-free Survival Over Standard of Care for Patients With Early-stage Breast Cancer in Phase III lidERA Trial / American Association for Cancer Research
Kathleen Medora / aacr - SAN ANTONIO – The investigational, oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) giredestrant given as an adjuvant therapy showed significant improvement in invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) compared with the current standard-of-care endocrine ther…
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 11:22 am / permalink 16789 / 15 stories in 3 months
Startup Protego Bio Lands $130M for First-in-Class Drug’s Pivotal Test in Rare Plasma Disorder / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - Protego Biopharma’s lead program is a potential treatment for the rare disease light chain amyloidosis. The startup says the novel mechanism of its oral small molecule should have better outcomes than antibodies from AstraZeneca and Prothena that failed t…
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Saturday, December 6, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 16661 / 2 stories in 3 months
A dozen former FDA commissioners blast Prasad's proposed vaccine policy changes / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Drastic overhauls of U.S. vaccine regulations proposed by top FDA official Vinay Prasad, M.D., have drawn harsh pushback from 12 former commissioners of the agency.
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Thursday, December 4, 2025, 10:23 am / permalink 16565 / 10 stories in 3 months
FDA approves all ages gene therapy for spinal condition / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - The FDA approved Novartis’ Itvisma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-brve), the company’s first and only gene replacement therapy for spinal muscular atrophy in children 2 and older, as well as for teens and adults. The therapy is designed to address the genetic …
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Monday, December 1, 2025, 4:21 am / permalink 16428 / 2 stories in 3 months
Novo submits high-dose Wegovy for FDA approval using voucher / Endpoints
Max Bayer / endpoints - Novo Nordisk submitted a higher dose of its obesity drug Wegovy for FDA approval and is using a recently-won voucher to expedite the review. The company said Wednesday that it submitted ...
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Saturday, November 29, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 16400 / 2 stories in 3 months
Novo Nordisk GLP-1 fails to slow Alzheimer’s in trials / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drug semaglutide did not demonstrate a statistically significant effect in slowing progression of Alzheimer’s disease in two late-stage clinical trials. According to a Nov. 24 news release from the company, two double-blinded, placebo…
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Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 16294 / 5 stories in 3 months
New nasal nanodrops wipe out brain tumors in mice / Science Daily Cancer
sciencedaily - A new nasal-delivered nanotherapy shows promise against aggressive glioblastoma tumors. By activating the STING immune pathway using gold-core spherical nucleic acids, researchers were able to reach the brain without invasive surgery. When paired with dru…
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Saturday, November 22, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 16217 / 3 stories in 3 months
FDA Approves Ziftomenib for Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukaemia with a NPM1 Mutation / ESMO
esmo - Evidence for efficacy is based on the results from the KO-MEN-001 study
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Saturday, November 22, 2025, 9:22 am / permalink 16210 / 2 stories in 3 months
Novo Nordisk rolls out lower prices for Ozempic and Wegovy / Medical Express
medicalxpress - People paying out of pocket for Ozempic or Wegovy may soon see lower costs, as Novo Nordisk rolls out new price discounts for its popular GLP-1 medications.
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Thursday, November 20, 2025, 1:22 am / permalink 16131 / 6 stories in 3 months
Mikael Dolsten removes himself from board candidacy at Novo; Bavarian Nordic chairman resigns / Endpoints
Alex Hoffman / endpoints - → In what appears to be another blow to Novo Nordisk, ex-Pfizer CSO Mikael Dolsten has withdrawn his nomination to join the company's board of directors due to ...
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Saturday, November 15, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 16003 / 2 stories in 4 months
FDA adds strongest warning to Sarepta gene therapy linked to 2 patient deaths / ABC News
go - The Food and Drug Administration is adding a new warning to a gene therapy linked to two patient deaths earlier this year
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Saturday, November 15, 2025, 5:21 am / permalink 15991 / 3 stories in 4 months
Bacteria Inside Brain Tumors May Affect Tumor Behavior / OncoDaily
oncodaily - Traces of bacteria inside brain tumors may affect tumor behavior Researchers found bacterial genetic and cellular elements inside brain tumor cells that appear biologically active and may influence tumor progression […]
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Saturday, November 15, 2025, 2:20 am / permalink 15988 / 2 stories in 4 months
Pfizer’s Sweeter $10B Offer Beats Novo Nordisk in Bidding War for Obesity Biotech Metsera / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - Pfizer’s offer of up to $86.25 in cash for each share of obesity drugs developer Metsera share tops the up to $86.20 Novo Nordisk was willing to pay. The financial consideration and the greater certainly of a deal close tipped the balance in Pfizer’s favo…
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Monday, November 10, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 15823 / 4 stories in 4 months
Pfizer poised to buy Metsera in $10 bn deal after bidding war / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Pfizer was poised to seal a takeover of Metsera on Saturday after its improved offer won over the biotechnology startup's board and Danish challenger Novo Nordisk called a halt to a back-and-forth bidding war.
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Saturday, November 8, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 15805 / 2 stories in 4 months