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Alnylam plans to spend $250…

December 17th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Alnylam plans to spend $250 million in a bid to elevate its 200,000-square-foot facility in Norton, Massachusetts, as the biopharma industry’s first fully dedicated small interfering RNA enzymatic-ligation production plant.

The data come from a cohort of…

December 16th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The data come from a cohort of patients with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer who have high-grade papillary disease. The patients were evaluated in ImmunityBio's Quilt-3.032 study.

Tuesday, the U.S. regulator…

December 16th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Tuesday, the U.S. regulator greenlit GSK’s depemokimab, an ultra-long-acting biologic, as a new add-on maintenance therapy for severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype in patients ages 12 and older. The drug will hit the market

The Chinese drugmaker is taking on…

December 16th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The Chinese drugmaker is taking on a 53% stake in Green Valley Pharmaceuticals to revive a controversial seaweed-derived Alzheimer's med in a 1.4 billion Yuan ($200 million) deal.

As biopharma and healthcare…

December 16th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

As biopharma and healthcare companies face a rapidly shifting regulatory environment, marketing and advisory firm Avalere Health is bolstering its abilities to help its clients navigate the changes.

With COVID sales falling and…

December 16th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

With COVID sales falling and patent protections expiring, Pfizer is forecasting its 2026 revenue to be in the range of $59.5 billion to $62.5 billion. The midpoint of the projection ($61 billion) would be a

Novo Nordisk, which has stumbled…

December 16th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Novo Nordisk, which has stumbled through a bit of a manufacturing hangover at a former Catalent production site it picked up last year, was hit with a warning letter from the FDA.

With the investigational product,…

December 16th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

With the investigational product, Gilead is targeting certain segments of the HIV market who are underserved by current options. Analysts with Citi are modeling 2030 sales of $630 million for the novel combo.

As both Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly…

December 15th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

As both Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly race to develop their long-anticipated oral GLP-1 obesity meds, a new report shows one taking a clear lead among potential prescribers.

The FDA has approved Enhertu…

December 15th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The FDA has approved Enhertu combined with Roche’s Perjeta as a first-line treatment for unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer. The combo was shown to reduce disease progression or death risk by 44% compared to

A new survey from SiriusXM Media…

December 15th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

A new survey from SiriusXM Media details the issues that many people have with the current state of TV drug ads—and highlights an opportunity for greater investment in audio ads instead.

Akeega, a dual-action tablet made…

December 15th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Akeega, a dual-action tablet made up of J&J's Zytiga and GSK's PARP inhibitor Zejula, is the first precision medicine combo approved to treat patients with BRCA2-mutated metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

LIB Therapeutics has scored an FDA…

December 15th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

LIB Therapeutics has scored an FDA approval for its cholesterol-lowering third-generation PCSK9 inhibitor, Lerochol, which offers a convenience edge over its predecessors.

While argenx has been able to…

December 15th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

While argenx has been able to demonstrate the merit of its FcRn drug Vyvgart in multiple autoimmune indications, not every shot in the clinic is destined to land. Now, facing that fact in thyroid eye

The FDA has signed off on…

December 15th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The FDA has signed off on Milestone Pharmaceuticals’ Cardamyst, a self-administered nasal spray to quell symptomatic episodes from paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, which is a type of abnormal heart rhythm. It is the first approval for

After three decades of no new…

December 12th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

After three decades of no new antibiotics for the treatment of gonorrhea, the FDA has signed off on two first-in-class oral treatments for the sexually transmitted infection. The U.S. regulator has green lit Innoviva’s Nuzolvence