The cell and gene therapy sector may be on the road to recovery after being met with investment headwinds following the highs seen during the pandemic, according to data presented Monday at the 2024 Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa hosted by the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine. BioSpace News Editor Greg Slabodkin reports from Phoenix.
Last week, news broke that WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics, two companies named in the BIOSECURE Act, are looking to unload facilities in the U.S. and abroad as uncertainty looms over their U.S. business prospects.
As Eli Lilly resolves shortages of its GLP-1 blockbusters, the company remains confident in its massive lead, along with competitor Novo Nordisk, over other companies with weight loss drug candidates—GLP-1s or other modalities such as next-gen CB1 inhibitors—looking to compete in the lucrative space. Not only are both companies making deals to expand their pipelines beyond GLP-1s, Lilly and Novo are actively pursuing broader markets for their current diabetes and weight loss blockbusters.
Meanwhile, Big Pharma’s layoffs continue with announcements last week from Bayer, J&J and Pfizer.
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