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Bayer pulls plug on $670M CAR-T cell therapy pact with Atara in wake of patient death
Bayer is pulling the plug on its $670 million CAR-T pact with Atara Biotherapeutics. Three months after a death paused a study of the lead...

'I would put us up against mRNA': Novavax sets out vision for vaccine success in COVID and beyond
Despite mRNA powerhouses Pfizer and Moderna continuing to tower over the COVID-19 vaccine market, there still are plenty of biotechs hoping to...

Aiming to be biggest biotech in Boston, Vertex plots 500-person cell, gene therapy R&D center
Vertex is doubling down on cell and genetic therapy R&D. Having recently opened a 400-person center in Boston, the biotech has set out plans for...

Satellite Bio lifts off with $110M to fuel development of its implantable tissue therapies
Satellite Bio has told mission control it’s ready for launch, blasting out of stealth mode with $110M in seed and series A funding to rocket its...

Cut the music: Kaleido calls it quits after FDA crackdown thwarted its pipeline plans
Kaleido Therapeutics has faced the music. The microbiome-focused biotech is packing up shop after a dismal eight months of setbacks punctuated...

All Takeda wants for its billion-dollar gene therapy spending spree is functional cures
All Takeda is trying to do with its billions-of-dollars worth of licensing deals in gene therapy is cure rare disease. Simple, right? Madhu...

BioMarin's hemophilia A gene therapy further delayed amid new FDA questions
BioMarin’s commercial aspirations for its hemophilia gene therapy remain on ice after the FDA lobbed additional questions for the company to...

FDA oncology chief aims to open up accelerated approval for earlier cancer treatment under 'Project FrontRunner'
For decades, the FDA has been offering accelerated approvals to open early access to new cancer drugs, but mostly for patients who’ve already...

Intellia's CRISPR-engineered cell therapy secures FDA orphan drug status after AML trial launch
Intellia Therapeutics' CRISPR-powered T cell therapy, which uses the gene editing method to reprogram a sample of the patient's immune cells,...

Potential Modifier Gene Therapy for Degenerative Retinal Diseases
Although rare diseases are individually rare, around the globe nearly 400 million people suffer from approximately 7,000 different rare...