Eli Lilly $LLY raises earnings guidance as Zepbound sales beat expectations statnews.com/2024/04/30/eli… via Elaine Chen

Activist investor Alex Denner, Bioverativ shareholder reach tentative settlement in insider trading case statnews.com/2024/04/29/ale…

Denner had been accused of using his position as a Bioverativ board member to make nearly $50 million from insider trading in connection with the

It's amazing -- and quite sad -- to see Alzheimer's disease attract the worst in biotech. $ANVS $BIVI $SAVA

Edited: $AVXL, too!

Patients exploited. Investors bamboozled.

Sorry, sorry, I was away from this platform and didn't see the $ANVS bullshit data dump.

A big fail and so much spin, as expected.

Ono Pharmaceuticals acquiring $DCPH for $2.4 billion.

investors.deciphera.com/news-releases/…

Another Enhertu win for $DSNKY $AZN

daiichisankyo.us/press-releases…

Enhertu is rewriting the rules of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Sunday story from me. Important enough not to wait for Monday. $MOR $NVS

New, serious safety risk related to MorphoSys’ cancer drug complicates, potentially threatens, Novartis acquisition statnews.com/2024/04/28/mor…

#COYS

Attention early-career journalists! STAT is extending applications for the Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellowship by one week. The deadline is now Friday, May 3. KSJ at MIT trib.al/L3F92qD

$VINC is what happens when you shop a wall-crossed PIPE with bad data, and get turned down by funds.

This week's Biotech Scorecard newsletter:

- Profiting from ‘legal’ insider trading isn’t always easy. A look at 2024 PIPE performance.
- Benitec Biopharma $BNTC: A gene therapy for OPMD improves swallowing. Single patient, so far. More data coming.
- More watercooler chatter

Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest U.S. bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread statnews.com/2024/04/25/h5n… via Megan Molteni

Amid layoffs and a hit to earnings, Bristol’s $BMY new CEO shares his vision for the future statnews.com/2024/04/25/bri…

Bristol CEO Chris Boerner spoke to STAT's Matthew Herper

This is terribly sad news. Stephen was so knowledgeable and incredibly generous with his time. My condolences to his family.

Madrigal Statement on the Passing of Dr. Stephen Harrison globenewswire.com/news-release/2…

BREAKING: USDA orders H5N1 testing of some dairy cows to limit spread of bird flu statnews.com/2024/04/24/h5n… via Helen Branswell 🇨🇦

Biogen’s $BIIB Alzheimer’s drug launch on ‘steady pace’ as logistical hurdles recede statnews.com/2024/04/24/bio…

Also, Viehbacher's comments re: M&A

Two reports out this morning show spending on GLP-1 drugs have surged, and is set to climb still more this year and beyond.

Health entities spent $38.6 billion on Ozempic/Wegovy last year (double the year before), making it the top-seller among all drugs
statnews.com/2024/04/24/wei…

Massive amounts of H5N1 vaccine would be needed if there’s a bird flu pandemic. Can we make enough? statnews.com/2024/04/24/h5n… via Helen Branswell 🇨🇦