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Abbott is again tapping into the…

August 13th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Abbott is again tapping into the competitive spirit of Big Ten universities to drive blood donations, pitting the schools against each other in pursuit of a $1 million prize amid a national supply crisis.

Roughly a year and a half after…

August 12th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Roughly a year and a half after the approval of Vykat XR, a group of clinicians with deep ties to the Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) community is flagging potential concerns about the safety of the rare

Legend Biotech’s interim CEO, Alan…

August 12th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Legend Biotech's interim CEO, Alan Bash, discusses competition from T-cell engagers and Gilead's new autologous CAR-T as the Carvykti maker posted its first profitable quarter.

Eli Lilly has filed lawsuits…

August 12th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Eli Lilly has filed lawsuits against six U.S. companies, accusing them of selling illegal versions of its experimental weight-loss drug retatrutide.

Shortly after initiating a…

August 12th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Shortly after initiating a separate recall tied to mislabeled pain medicine, Fresenius Kabi is yanking a batch of another product in the U.S.

Snapchat is courting pharma…

August 12th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Snapchat is courting pharma marketers with a new ad format designed to support the disclosure needs of branded prescription drug campaigns.

In the second quarter, nine of the…

August 11th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

In the second quarter, nine of the world's top 25 drugmakers accomplished double-digit revenue increases, led again by Eli Lilly, which charted a 48% sales gain. The revenue boom was even more pronounced when comparing

Despite their divergent…

August 11th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Despite their divergent second-quarter performance against consensus estimates, BridgeBio and Alnylam are now targeting the same population—first-line ATTR-CM patients—as the silencer-vs-stabilizer debate drags on.

Arguing that the Defense…

August 11th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Arguing that the Defense Department might have misread the evidence and inflicted harm on the company, a federal judge has thrown WuXi AppTec a lifeline as the research and manufacturing services juggernaut fights its recent

President Donald Trump signed an…

August 10th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that calls for reducing the number of required vaccinations for children in a move that backs a revised immunization schedule pushed by the Department of Health and

Nearly three decades after its…

August 10th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Nearly three decades after its failed bid for FDA approval, the cardiovascular drug levosimendan is still struggling to secure a decisive clinical win to enter the U.S. market.

Bristol Myers Squibb has laid out…

August 10th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Bristol Myers Squibb has laid out plans for a $2.3 billion manufacturing facility in Houston, set for completion in 2030. The plant will cover 600,000 square feet and employ nearly 500 people.

Scholar Rock has dropped Novo…

August 10th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Scholar Rock has dropped Novo Nordisk’s troubled Catalent facility as a contract manufacturer in its FDA refiling for apitegromab, a spinal muscular atrophy candidate, after a recent inspection of the plant was classified as “Official

Quanterix has hired medtech…

August 10th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Quanterix has hired medtech veteran Jim Gute as chief commercial officer, bringing him over from Exact Sciences after an earlier 18-year career at GE Healthcare.

Injected weight loss drugs remain…

August 7th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Injected weight loss drugs remain favored over newer oral treatments by a significant margin, with Eli Lilly’s Zepbound leading the pack, according to a survey of healthcare specialists by Spherix Global Insights.