COVID’s remaining biotech contenders navigate a dwindling market

With policy and funding evolving, companies are being forced to rethink strategies. 

By Kelly Bilodeau • June 2, 2025

AI expertise is pharma’s next big hiring need — here’s what companies should look for

The widespread hunt for candidates who are equally versed in tech and healthcare is making AI recruiting a challenge. 

By Alexandra Pecci • May 29, 2025

Explore the Trendline➔

Emerging biotech

After years of financial turmoil, the biotech market is turning the page. Strong fundamentals, including solid clinical data, are key for biotechs hoping to capitalize on the improving conditions.  

By PharmaVoice staff

Lilly to buy pain drug developer SiteOne, challenging Vertex

The acquisition expands Lilly’s pain pipeline with a slate of drugs targeting ion channel proteins like NaV1.7 and NaV1.8.

By Jacob Bell • May 28, 2025

With new Alzheimer’s blood test cleared, a potential vaccine could be on the horizon

Nuravax and others are working on the next wave of Alzheimer’s treatments to catch the disease before symptoms arise.

By Michael Gibney • May 28, 2025

Lilly’s former small molecule head makes the leap to a rising biotech in obesity

Utpal Singh joined the peptide-focused biotech Zealand Pharma last month after it notched a massive obesity deal with Roche.

By Amy Baxter • May 21, 2025

The placebo effect: How a new FDA rule could pile more strain onto vaccine developers

The proposed plan would require placebo testing for all new vaccines and could mean additional costs and time for R&D.

By Alexandra Pecci • May 20, 2025

A startup with Theranos ties has another blood test in the works. This time, competition is waiting.

A stealth startup built by the partner of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is taking a shot at a new blood test — an area where other companies are already making strides.

By Meagan Parrish • May 16, 2025

A new CFO tasked with taking ‘scrappy’ Editas from last year’s layoffs into new gene editing territory

Amy Parison, who stepped into the lead financial role at the company in March, is managing Editas Medicine’s transition to a new gene editing platform while recovering from a major overhaul.

By Michael Gibney • May 15, 2025

Lupus R&D has come a long way, and the next breakthroughs could come from cell therapy

But the therapies will need to prove their worth in the clinic over the next few years.

By Kelly Bilodeau • May 12, 2025

AI is already delivering pharma value — and not just in drug discovery

While AI-generated drugs grab headlines, the technology is making more of an impact doing less “glamorous” tasks.

By Meagan Parrish • May 12, 2025

Alnylam keeps pushing the rare disease paradigm as RNAi promises even wider indications

With another rare disease approval under its belt, Alnylam is still revving up the R&D engines for new indications.

By Michael Gibney • May 8, 2025

Prasad’s FDA appointment pressures cell and gene therapy stocks

A vocal opponent of his predecessor Peter Marks, Dr. Vinay Prasad will now lead the office tasked with reviewing some genetic medicines, adding more uncertainty to an already struggling field of research.

By Ben Fidler • May 7, 2025

After an up and down year, pharma’s R&D landscape is shifting again

While clinical trial funding was up, deal-making was down, and new uncertainties are coming into the picture.

By Kelly Bilodeau • May 5, 2025

Is pharma ready to let go of animal testing?

Regulators have signaled their willingness to embrace alternative tests and guide the industry in new directions.  

By Meagan Parrish • May 2, 2025

Can real-world evidence bear some of the burden left by NIH cuts? This CEO sees an opportunity.

Turmoil at the NIH has led to handwringing among researchers and drugmakers who rely on public funding. 

By Michael Gibney • May 1, 2025

US backlash against mRNA vaccines could hinder scientific progress

U.S. health agencies are taking the fight to vaccine and mRNA research, which could have lasting repercussions on medical and scientific advancements.

By Michael Gibney • April 29, 2025

What’s being cut at NIH

A look at the government’s far-reaching rollback in research grants so far.

By Meagan Parrish • April 25, 2025

Flagship’s latest venture reflects more than 25 years of leaping into the unknown

A new AI-based company launched by the prolific venture capital firm Flagship Pioneering marks another platform approach in forward-thinking early science.

By Michael Gibney • April 24, 2025

How a scrapped Pfizer drug became a winner for SpringWorks

SpringWorks Therapeutics and the Children’s Tumor Foundation salvaged a shelved asset for neurofibromatosis and got it over the regulatory finish line.

By Alexandra Pecci • April 21, 2025

A big moment is coming for psychedelics

Compass Pathways expects to publish the first phase 3 results from a large-scale, psilocybin drug trial by the end of this quarter.

By Meagan Parrish • April 18, 2025

Amid an onshoring push, Raleigh is poised to be pharma’s next manufacturing hub

Lower operating costs and a supply of high-skilled workers are helping the North Carolina region pull in billions of pharma manufacturing investments. 

By Alexandra Pecci • April 16, 2025

‘Chaos’ in the biotech market has dampened hopes of a rebound. What does that mean for dealmaking and IPOs?

The biotech market is taking a beating amid Trump’s turbulent economic policies.

By Amy Baxter • April 15, 2025

US risks losing biotech edge to China, report warns

“There will be a ChatGPT moment for biotechnology,” a bipartisan commission wrote in the new report, which calls for the U.S. to invest at least $15 billion into the sector over the next five years.

By Ned Pagliarulo • April 9, 2025

Her son’s DMD diagnosis shook her world. As a biotech CEO, it was also an epiphany for better rare disease R&D.

Five years ago, Michelle Werner received her son’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy diagnosis with fear and desperation. Now, as CEO of Alltrna, she’s finding better ways to develop treatments.

By Michael Gibney • April 8, 2025

A birth control pill for men makes moves in the clinic

So far, the science and safety seem solid. But is the world emotionally ready to shift the responsibility of contraception to men?

By Kelly Bilodeau • April 7, 2025