Hedge fund Shah Capital on Monday urged Novavax shareholders to vote against the re-election of three directors and opposed proposals related to executive compensation, weeks after pushing for a board shakeup at the COVID-19 vaccine maker.
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Following the regulatory victory of Balversa in urothelial carcinoma, Johnson & Johnson on Friday continued its bladder cancer winning streak with an 82.8% complete response rate forTAR-200 in high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Andrew Baum, M.D. will play a vital role in advancing Pfizer’s long-term corporate strategic plan to maximize value for patients and shareholders. He will also be responsible for our portfolio analysis and prioritization functions, business development activities, strengthening our partnerships with the biotech ecosystem, and the commercial evaluation of our research pipeline.
A record 8,000 attendees are expected at this week’s 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy in Baltimore to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the industry. Billed as the largest gathering of gene and cell therapy professionals, ASGCT 2024 starts tomorrow and will run through the end of the week, bringing together stakeholders from therapeutic developers and investors to patient advocates, policymakers and regulators.
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf has said that advisory committee meetings should focus more on discussion and be “less about the outcome,” but other agency officials recently advocated for retaining the vote on whether to approve a product under review.
The therapy is currently in late-stage development for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), which affects about 40,000 people in the United States.
BioNTech, which is investing money earned during the pandemic in cancer drug development, said in a statement that it is still targeting 2024 revenues in a range of 2.5 billion euros ($2.69 billion) to 3.1 billion euros.
The deal was announced in February and Novo Nordisk Foundation has since refiled its application to the U.S. FTC seeking regulatory approval for it.
AstraZeneca’s blockbuster BTK inhibitor Calquence significantly improved progression-free survival when used as a frontline treatment in patients with mantle cell lymphoma, according to Thursday’s late-stage results.
Following strong Phase II data, Amgen is going all in on its next-generation obesity treatment MariTide, with plans to run a Phase III trial and a separate mid-stage study for diabetes.