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The company announced a phase 3…

January 21st, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

The company announced a phase 3 win in the rare neurodegenerative disease Ataxia-Telangiectasia on the same day it snagged a key European approval in the drug's original indication of Niemann-Pick disease type C.

While much of the biopharma…

January 21st, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

While much of the biopharma industry has spent the past 12 months treading lightly around the Trump administration and the tumult it has wrought on U.S. medical research and regulation, Pfizer’s CEO cut to the

Curia Global is laying off 81…

January 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Curia Global is laying off 81 employees as part of its plan to shut down its drug product development and manufacturing facility in Burlington, Massachusetts, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification.

GSK, through its oncology…

January 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

GSK, through its oncology subsidiary Tesaro, is handing over $20 million upfront to Alteogen for global rights to the Korean biotech’s novel hyaluronidase ALT-B4. Tesaro plans to use ALT-B4 to develop and potentially market a

Takeda is executing another round…

January 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Takeda is executing another round of layoffs, cutting 243 roles in the United States. The company is preparing for an upcoming patent loss on depression drug Trintellix.

Roche is more than doubling its…

January 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Roche is more than doubling its total commitment to a future facility for its Genentech unit to approximately $2 billion. The plant, being built in Holly Springs, North Carolina, will be used to crank out

As it inches closer to FDA…

January 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

As it inches closer to FDA submissions for its psychedelic drug candidate, Definium Therapeutics is laying the groundwork for a future launch with an educational push about the pharmaceutical potential of LSD.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a…

January 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving the "skinny label" practice of generic drugmakers, with its review particularly relating to Hikma's marketing of its generic version of Amarin's Vascepa.

As the U.S. government intensifies…

January 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

As the U.S. government intensifies efforts to acquire Greenland, President Donald Trump has responded to European pushback with a new, targeted tariff threat that risks upending the trade deal reached with the EU last summer.

Following an FDA marketing…

January 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Following an FDA marketing suspension, Valneva has decided to voluntarily withdraw its chikungunya vaccine Ixchiq in the U.S. The FDA has also opened an investigation into a newly reported serious adverse event.

Five weeks after telling investors…

January 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Five weeks after telling investors to expect a revenue decline in 2026, Pfizer has found a quick funding fix, selling off its stake in GSK’s ViiV Healthcare. The New York powerhouse has agreed to surrender

Prefilled drug delivery device…

January 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Prefilled drug delivery device specialist Apiject has signed a lease for a new site in Apex, North Carolina, that will house two blow-fill-seal production lines.

Just days after AbbVie unveiled a…

January 16th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Just days after AbbVie unveiled a major new oncology play in the form of its high-dollar RemeGen collab, the Illinois drugmaker closed out the week with some mixed news for marketed cancer offering Epkinly.

Amid a viral social media trend…

January 16th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Amid a viral social media trend glorifying the halcyon days of 2016, Novo Nordisk has gone back an extra decade to find inspiration for its latest direct-to-consumer Ozempic campaign.

With Fujifilm Biotechnologies now…

January 16th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

With Fujifilm Biotechnologies now among the top echelon of CDMOs by biologics capacity, Fujifilm’s group CEO reflected on the unit’s unique facility design philosophy and how it’s eschewing big M&A plays to expand in-house.

For the fourth year running—and…

January 16th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

For the fourth year running—and the third in a row for Skyrizi specifically—an AbbVie immunology med has claimed the top spot in the full-year TV drug ad spending rankings.