BIO Notebook: Sanofi Hunts For Later-Stage Assets; Orphan Drug Sponsors Hunt For Legislative Fixes

Also, Novavax looks to turn its also-ran vaccine into a contender by banking on tolerability as government support recedes and the US COVID market goes commercial.

BIO 2023 Notebook Day 2
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Any major overhaul to the US government’s new drug price negotiation power created in the Inflation Reduction Act is out of the question while Democrats have power in Congress, but there are some areas where the biopharma industry might be able to get bipartisan buy in for reforms.

One area where there has been “some bipartisan interest” is around the treatment of orphan drugs, BIO Chief Advocacy Officer...

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