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Max Bayer
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Reporting from Endpoints and other outlets has prompted two Republican lawmakers to write a letter calling on the FDA to effectively reject trial data from China. The letter marks an escalation by lawmakers who want to limit China's influence in the global biotech sector.

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Max Bayer
Senior Reporter, Endpoints News
Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) (Lenin Nolly/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images)
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by Max Bayer

Two Re­pub­li­can law­mak­ers are ask­ing the FDA to re­ject clin­i­cal da­ta from Chi­na un­less a tri­al site has been re­cent­ly au­dit­ed by the agency, and...

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by Zachary Brennan

HHS Sec­re­tary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants the gov­ern­ment to con­sid­er soft­en­ing its rec­om­men­da­tions for cer­tain vac­cines.

The re­quest for in­for­ma­tion is­sued Fri­day, which Kennedy...

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The bio­phar­ma in­dus­try tipped the scales on can­cer re­search years ago. Where the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment once played a ma­jor role in de­ter­min­ing what was stud­ied...

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Peer Review: Weekly biopharma job report
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by Alex Hoffman, Zachary Brennan, Kyle LaHucik

→ Fresh off a new ac­cel­er­at­ed ap­proval for its melanoma ther­a­py, Replimune has named Michelle Di­Napolias chief com­mer­cial of­fi­cer, ef­fec­tive Aug. 18. Di­Napoli for­mer­ly...

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News Briefing: Quick hits from the biopharma web
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by ENDPOINTS

🏭 Genen­tech’s new $750M fac­to­ry: Roche’s Genen­tech is in­vest­ing $750 mil­lionin a new drug de­liv­ery de­vice fa­cil­i­ty at its site in Hills­boro, OR, which...

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