When I first heard about Parsley Health close to a decade ago, the startup embodied a few trends I was following closely: primary care startups and cash-pay healthcare. For a …
Second life for gene therapy; Takeda Phase 2/3 win; UK cancer biotech’s $83M
A blood test might predict who will respond to Wegovy; Viridian’s thyroid eye disease drug wins another Phase 3; Ideaya drops two GSK-returned assets. 🧬 Second life for a gene therapy: A Cleveland-based biotech called …
Microsoft Edge Stores Passwords in Process Memory, Posing Enterprise Risk
A proof-of-concept exploit (PoC) shows how someone with admin privileges can exploit the issue to steal passwords, and thus use them to engage in further malicious activity.
Swiss manufacturing, biotech industry so far unfazed by geopolitics
BASEL, Switzerland — Pharma manufacturing in Switzerland appears to be unperturbed by the threat of tariffs, but it might take several years before the impact of companies moving production to the US becomes clear. According to …
Pfizer ends Trillium-related development as R&D spend jumps
Pfizer has discontinued the final clinical study stemming from its 2021 acquisition of Trillium Therapeutics, funneling cash primarily toward a host of other cancer and obesity studies. The company reported in
Microbiome startup raises $48M for immunotherapy and malnutrition treatments
Scientists trying to understand why cancer immunotherapy works so well for some patients and not others have found a potential answer in one cancer survivor’s poop. A biotech startup has studied the woman’s stool and …
J&J’s IBD combo fails Phase 2 studies, but will move into pivotal testing
Johnson & Johnson will move a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease into Phase 3 studies despite the therapy’s failure in two mid-stage trials. The company said that JNJ-4804, a combination of the blockbuster drugs Tremfya …
After rival fails, Cytokinetics could broaden Myqorzo label
Cytokinetics’ Myqorzo has succeeded where BMS’s first-to-market Camzyos failed, with a positive trial in non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Madrigal extends MASH deal streak with Arrowhead drug that J&J didn’t want
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals has made its fourth MASH deal in 10 months, further signaling its ambitions to be not just the first drugmaker for the fatty liver disease, but also the owner of the field’s broadest …
Healthcare organizations are increasingly building their own AI tools
Big healthcare organizations are increasingly building their own AI tools, rather than shelling out for tools made by health tech startups that may eventually become free. It’s not uncommon to find that creating tools internally …
AI-powered study finds multiple Parkinson’s types
Researchers have used a machine learning algorithm to try to work out why Parkinson’s disease patients can respond so differently to treatment.
How the Story of a USB Penetration Test Went Viral
Two decades ago Dark Reading posted its first blockbuster — a column by a pen tester who sprinkled rigged thumb drives around a credit union parking lot and let curious employees do the rest. This episode looks back at the history-making piece with its author Steve Stasiukonis, Dark Reading senior editor Becky Bracken, and Dark […]