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Fierce Biotech

Genentech executes another round of layoffs, with 3 VPs axed

Genentech vice presidents Vishva Dixit, Man-Wah Tan and Todd McDevitt are among the casualties in another round of layoffs from the South San Francisco subsidiary of Roche. The departures are part of a restructuring of the Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED) group. The company did not reveal how many positions are being affected.

ACC (Cardiology)

CKD Studies Spotlight GFR Measurement, Finerenone Benefit and Rivaroxaban Risk

Research presented at the European Renal Association Congress, held June 3-6 in Glasgow, Scotland, highlighted new findings in chronic kidney disease (CKD), including evidence supporting more precise GFR assessment and trial results on finerenone in nondiabetic CKD and rivaroxaban in advanced CKD patients with CV risk factors.

Fierce Biotech

Chutes & Ladders—Perrigo CEO ousted over ‘personal conduct’

Over-the-counter drugmaker Perrigo Company is washing its hands of chief executive Patrick Lockwood-Taylor, who resigned from his post of president and CEO after the company’s board of directors found “certain personal conduct” by Lockwood-Taylor inconsistent with its code of conduct and “core values.” Board member Albert Manzone is stepping up to replace the CEO in the interim as the board searches for a permanent successor.

ACC (Cardiology)

CLASP IID: Residual MR and Gradient at 1 Year Post M-TEER

Patients who underwent mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) with an optimal result were more likely to have improved hemodynamics and less likely to experience major adverse events, all-cause mortality, heart failure (HF) hospitalization or reintervention at one year...

Fierce Biotech

Intellia touts ‘paradigm-shifting’ phase 3 data for one-time HAE treatment

Six weeks after Intellia Therapeutics reported that it met its primary endpoint in a phase 3 trial of its in vivo gene-editing therapy lonvoguran ziclumeran (lonvo-z) for patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), the company released additional positive data showing that the study also met its secondary endpoints with statistical and clinical significance.

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