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Servier Boosts Presence in Rare Cancers With $2.5B Acquisition of Day One Biopharma / MedCity

Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - Day One Biopharmaceuticals is Servier’s biggest acquisition yet, topping the $2.4 billion it paid to buy Shire’s cancer business in 2018. Day One markets Ojemda, approved for treating pediatric low-grade glioma, the most common type of brain cancer in chi…

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #mergersandacquisitions #drugdevelopment #oncology #healthcarefinance


Saturday, March 7, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 20306 / 5 stories in 9 days


Hospitals urge regulators to halt drugmakers’ expanded 340B data policies / Healthcare Dive

Emily Olsen / healthcaredive - The American Hospital Association argues new policies from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk requiring providers to submit more claims data on dispensed 340B drugs is onerous and unlawful.

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #drugpricing #publichealth #governmentpolicy #hospitaloperations #healthcarefinance


Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:23 pm / permalink 20277 / 4 stories in 10 days


GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people / Medical Express

medicalxpress - A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn't use a patch. He didn't set a quit date. He simply lost interest. It happen…

#obesity #healthcare #pharmaceuticals #elililly #novonordisk #weightloss #publichealth #drugdevelopment #behavioralhealth


Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:23 pm / permalink 20276 / 10 stories in 10 days


Groundbreaking new drug shows promise for treating children with a devastating form of epilepsy / LiveScience

livescience - An experimental treatment reduces seizures and other symptoms in children with a type of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome.

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #biotech #drugdevelopment #fda #infanthealth


Thursday, March 5, 2026, 4:23 pm / permalink 20233 / 4 stories in 11 days


Adding Hormone Therapy to PORT Might Not Benefit Patients with Recurrent Prostate Cancer and PSA of 0.5 ng/mL or Less / ESMO

esmo - Findings from the POSEIDON meta-analysis of the MARCAP consortium

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #oncology


Thursday, March 5, 2026, 3:23 am / permalink 20175 / 3 stories in 11 days


Novo Nordisk inks $2.1B oral obesity drug deal / Beckers

Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Novo Nordisk has partnered with Vivtex Corp. to develop next-generation oral biologic medicines for obesity, diabetes and related conditions. Under the agreement, Vivtex will license its proprietary oral drug-delivery technologies to Novo Nordisk and is e…

#obesity #healthcare #pharmaceuticals #novonordisk #weightloss #biotech #drugdevelopment #healthcarefinance


Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 1:22 am / permalink 20039 / 22 stories in 13 days


Antitumour Activity of Rezatapopt Provides Proof of Concept for p53 Reactivation in Patients with TP53 Y220C-mutated Solid Tumours / ESMO

esmo - Findings from the PYNNACLE study

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #drugdevelopment #oncology


Monday, March 2, 2026, 2:22 am / permalink 19973 / 9 stories in 14 days


Novartis closes Avidity deal as rare heart disease spinout launches / Endpoints

Lei Lei Wu / endpoints - Atrium Therapeutics launched Friday morning as Novartis closed the $12 billion deal to buy Avidity Biosciences and its RNA muscle therapies. The spinout will take on Avidity’s early-stage programs for genetic cardiomyopathies — heart muscle diseases ...

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #mergersandacquisitions #corporatetakeover #drugdevelopment #healthcarefinance


Monday, March 2, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19968 / 2 stories in 14 days


Merck Splits Oncology Business Unit as Keytruda Patent Expiry Nears / OncoDaily

oncodaily - On February 23, 2026, Merck announced a reorganization of its Human Health structure into two business units: an Oncology Business Unit and a Specialty, Pharma & Infectious Diseases Business Unit. […]

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #drugdevelopment #oncology #healthcarefinance


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 3:22 am / permalink 19937 / 9 stories in 16 days


Boehringer wins accelerated approval for first-line use of lung cancer drug / Endpoints

Lei Lei Wu / endpoints - The FDA greenlit an expanded label for Boehringer Ingelheim’s lung cancer drug Hernexeos, marking the first use of the Commissioner's National Priority Voucher for a new indication. Boehringer won an accelerated

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #governmentpolicy #biotech #drugdevelopment #fda #oncology


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19927 / 9 stories in 16 days


Novartis to build $23B radioligand therapy site / Beckers

Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Novartis will construct a 46,000-square-foot radioligand therapy manufacturing site in Denton, Texas, as part of its $23 billion U.S. investment. The facility will be Novartis’ fifth radioligand therapy site in the U.S. and its first in Texas, according t…

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #drugdevelopment #oncology #healthcarefinance


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19926 / 3 stories in 16 days


Patient dies in MacroGenics' cancer study, FDA puts trial on hold / Endpoints

Max Gelman / endpoints - The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on MacroGenics’ Phase 2 study in gynecologic cancers after one patient died and three others experienced life-threatening side effects, the company disclosed Tuesday. The patient who died ...

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #biotech #drugdevelopment #fda #oncology


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19925 / 3 stories in 16 days


Generate Biomedicines’ $400M IPO Puts AI Drug Discovery Back in Focus / OncoDaily

oncodaily - Generate Biomedicines priced its U.S. initial public offering on February 26, 2026, selling 25 million shares at $16 each for gross proceeds of $400 million, with trading expected on the Nasdaq under […]

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #drugdevelopment #digitalhealth #healthcarefinance


Friday, February 27, 2026, 11:22 pm / permalink 19912 / 6 stories in 16 days


Novo Nordisk’s CagriSema beaten by Lilly’s Zepbound in head-to-head obesity trial / Endpoints

Elizabeth Cairns / endpoints - Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1/amylin combo drug CagriSema was not as good as Eli Lilly’s marketed obesity shot Zepbound in a head-to-head study, the Danish company said Monday. Patients in the REDEFINE 4 ...

#obesity #healthcare #pharmaceuticals #elililly #novonordisk #weightloss #drugdevelopment


Thursday, February 26, 2026, 7:23 am / permalink 19788 / 12 stories in 18 days


More Research, Less Cancer: £250m raised to transform the future of cancer research / Cancer Research UK

Charlotte Mathé / cancerresearchuk - We’ve reached an incredible moment - £250m raised for our More Research, Less Cancer campaign. This milestone brings us more than halfway to our £400m goal and accelerates our mission to prevent, detect and treat cancer earlier and more effectively. The p…

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #biotech #drugdevelopment #oncology


Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 1:24 pm / permalink 19675 / 53 stories in 20 days


FDA Launches Framework to Accelerate Individualized Therapies for Ultra-Rare Diseases 2026 / OncoDaily

oncodaily - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released groundbreaking draft guidance introducing a new regulatory framework designed to accelerate the development and approval of individualized therapies for patients with […]

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #governmentpolicy #biotech #drugdevelopment #fda


Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 12:25 pm / permalink 19669 / 6 stories in 20 days


Gilead to acquire cell therapy manufacturer for $7.8B / Beckers

Paige Twenter / beckershospitalreview - In a deal worth $7.8 billion, Gilead Sciences has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Arcellx, a biotech company developing a cell therapy for multiple myeloma. Gilead announced the acquisition agreement a few months after Arcellx published positive…

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #mergersandacquisitions #corporatetakeover #drugdevelopment #fda #oncology


Monday, February 23, 2026, 4:23 pm / permalink 19605 / 7 stories in 21 days


Perioperative Enfortumab Vedotin Plus Pembrolizumab Improves EFS, OS and pCR in Patients with MIBC Who Are Ineligible for Cisplatin / ESMO

esmo - Findings from the KEYNOTE-905/EV-303 study

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #drugdevelopment #oncology


Monday, February 23, 2026, 2:22 am / permalink 19558 / 15 stories in 21 days


Data and Decisions in Advanced NSCLC at the 2026 TTLC Symposia – IASLC / OncoDaily

oncodaily - International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) shared a post on LinkedIn: “2026 TTLC Symposia Event Data and Decisions in Advanced NSCLC The treatment landscape for advanced NSCLC is evolving […]

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #drugdevelopment #oncology


Monday, February 23, 2026, 2:22 am / permalink 19557 / 23 stories in 21 days


A novel C. diff vaccine shows promise / Beckers

Mariah Taylor / beckershospitalreview - Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health researchers have developed a promising novel vaccine to treat Clostridioides difficile infections. Previous vaccine strategies targeted the bacterium’s primary toxins, according to a Feb. 18 system news release. Th…

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #biotech #drugdevelopment #vaccinesafety


Saturday, February 21, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19520 / 2 stories in 23 days


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FDA refuses to review Moderna mRNA flu vaccine application

Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application has been rejected by the FDA—Moderna received a refusal‐to‐file letter while accusing the agency of shifting its review standards. Multiple reports echo this regulatory setback, fueling industry concerns over consistent, transparent decision‐making. More...


FDA CRL halts AstraZeneca’s Saphnelo prefilled pen approval

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CMS proposes sweeping changes to ACA marketplace plan rules

CMS has proposed a major rule reshaping Affordable Care Act marketplace policies, including loosening limits on non-standard plan designs and promoting lower-premium options such as catastrophic coverage. The agency says the changes will reduce costs and boost flexibility, while critics warn they could increase confusion and weaken consumer protections—because shopping for insurance clearly wasn’t complicated enough. More...


Tenet forecasts major ACA exchange enrollment drop and financial hit

Tenet Healthcare is warning that the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits will drive a steep reduction in ACA exchange enrollment, projecting a significant revenue impact in 2026. Despite the headwind, the company says it expects earnings growth, leaning on acuity and operational performance—because nothing calms Wall Street like “we’ll make it up somewhere else.” More...


City of Hope promotes Nisha Morris to senior marketing chief

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