Healthcare

Healthcare

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo Treatment Wins First of Its Kind FDA Blessing to Treat Lung Cancer

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Like many other major pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca is facing a series of patent cliffs for key treatments in its portfoilio.

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Healthcare

Novo Nordisk Backs Away From Hims & Hers Partnership

Novo and Hims’ April team-up turned the two firms from competitors into collaborators at just the right moment.

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Media & Entertainment

Proposed Crackdown on Pharma Ads Leaves Cable TV Fearing $10B Withdrawal

The US and New Zealand are the only two countries that allow pharmaceutical companies to directly advertise to patients on TV.

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Healthcare

Why Healthcare Gets Hit Hardest With Cyberattacks

Cyber-criminals often see healthcare firms’ shoddy protection as a “pot of gold.”

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Healthcare

Bristol Myers Paying BioNTech Up to $11.1B in Cancer Drug Team-up

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At the heart of the biotech deal is a relatively new drug technology called PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibodies.

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Healthcare

Trump Prescribes Deep Discounts for Big Pharma

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The Trump administration promised to drastically cut prescription drugs prices in the US, where the industry makes most of its money.

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Healthcare

Google-Backed AI Drug-Developer Isomorphic Labs Secures $600 Million

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Though Isomorphic is burning through millions in R&D costs now, investors have high hopes for the potential of AI drug development.

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