Novartis is cleaning house, cutting its Huntington’s disease program along with several others. The company announced multiple program stops and delays in its full-year 2022 report Wednesday.

GSK logo

GSK on Wednesday beat fourth-quarter profit and sales forecasts helped by sales of its blockbuster shingles vaccine Shingrix and unveiled an upbeat forecast for 2023.

Capitol

As the 118th Congress kicks into gear, biopharma industry observers speculate that 2023 may be a challenging year.

Novartis on Wednesday predicted that core operating income would grow in a “mid single digit” percentage range in 2023 following stagnation last year, as the Swiss drugmaker prepares to spin off its Sandoz generics business.

FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday it will restructure its food program that was slammed last year for responding too slowly to an outbreak of illness among infants who consumed formula from an Abbott Laboratories production plant.

Colossal Biosciences

Tuesday, de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences closed a mammoth, $150 million Series B financing round and announced plans to resurrect the iconic Dodo – extinct since the 17th century.

uniQure inked a deal with Apic Bio Tuesday to gain development and commercialization rights for APB-102, a therapeutic intended to treat a rare, genetic form of ALS. 

COVID-19

President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday said it will end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, nearly three years after the United States imposed sweeping pandemic measures to curb the spread of the illness.

Werner Baumann

A top-10 shareholder in Bayer on Tuesday called on the group’s supervisory board to replace chief executive Werner Baumann quickly, adding to investor pressure to restore trust and revive the German drugmaker’s sagging share price.

Pfizer

Pfizer Inc. on Tuesday forecast a bigger-than-expected drop in sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and treatment in 2023, intensifying investor concerns over demand for the products as governments cut orders and work through inventories.