As the one-year anniversary of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company’s $74bn acquisition of Celgene Corporation approaches, Scrip spoke with chief medical officer Samit Hirawat about the big pharma’s achievements during a challenging period in which the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to derail clinical trials and a national spotlight on racial inequality shined a light on the industry’s lack … Continue reading “Bristol Myers’s Hirawat on Pipeline Progress, Clinical Trial Diversity”
Author: Mandy Jackson
Q&A: BIO CEO Michelle McMurray-Heath Outlines Diversity Goals
It would be hard to find a more challenging time for Michelle McMurry-Heath to join the Biotechnology Innovation Organization as its CEO given the COVID-19 pandemic and the protests over racial inequality in the US. But the organization is trying to rise to the occasion on both fronts, with biotech companies pioneering new responses to … Continue reading “Q&A: BIO CEO Michelle McMurray-Heath Outlines Diversity Goals”
GlaxoSmithKline Keeps Oncology 2.0 Growth Plans on Track
[Corrected 6/17/20, 1:48 pm PT. See below.] GlaxoSmithKline’s years-long oncology resurgence is on track to have two new drugs approved in the US in mid-2020, after the company won a key first-line ovarian cancer indication for Zejula (niraparib) in April. The belantamab mafodotin and dostarlimab approvals also anticipated this year will give GSK its first … Continue reading “GlaxoSmithKline Keeps Oncology 2.0 Growth Plans on Track”
Encouraging Signals for New Cancer Cell Therapy Strategies
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies have shown remarkable efficacy in leukemia and lymphoma patients who relapsed or were refractory to several prior treatments, but many challenges remain in the cancer cell therapy field. Strategies that may improve upon first-generation therapies were presented during the American Association for Cancer Research virtual meeting with encouraging early activity, … Continue reading “Encouraging Signals for New Cancer Cell Therapy Strategies”
BridgeBio’s Pipeline Expansion Continues as Portfolio’s Milestones Approach
BridgeBio Pharma Inc. is poised to achieve its goal of rapidly bringing treatments for genetic diseases and genetically defined cancers to the market with two different products expected to be submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration before the end of 2021—just four years after the company’s first big funding round. Palo Alto, CA-based … Continue reading “BridgeBio’s Pipeline Expansion Continues as Portfolio’s Milestones Approach”
Vir Advances Antibodies Against COVID-19, CEO Leads BIO’s Coronavirus Outreach
Scrip talked to George Scangos about his dual roles in the pandemic response, helming Vir as the company tests antibody and siRNA approaches while working with BIO to facilitate coronavirus collaborations. George Scangos made a surprising shift when the former Biogen CEO left the world of big biotech to lead an infectious disease-focused start-up. Vir … Continue reading “Vir Advances Antibodies Against COVID-19, CEO Leads BIO’s Coronavirus Outreach”