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What BioNTech's CEO Change Signals About Biotech Leadership Transitions

BioNTech's supervisory board appointed Guido Oelkers, chief executive of Swedish Orphan Biovitrum since 2017, as the company's next CEO on August 3, 2026, with the transition complete by February 1, 2027 at the latest, per the company. He succeeds co-founder Ugur Sahin, and the chief medical…

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Why Biotech Manufacturing Capacity Announcements Are Reshaping U.S. Drug Supply

Eli Lilly said in May 2026 that it will invest an additional $4.5 billion at two of its three Lebanon, Indiana sites, lifting Indiana capital commitments above $21 billion over six years, per the company's announcement. A December 2025 decision to spend more than $6 billion on an Alabama API…

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Why a Conference Abstract Is Not a Publication: Reading Meeting Data With Caution

A conference abstract is a preliminary disclosure, not a publication, and the evidence for treating it cautiously is quantitative: in a Journal of Clinical Oncology study of 74 phase III abstracts presented at the 2000 ASCO Annual Meeting, 74% had corresponding journal publications six years…

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Johnson & Johnson Lifts 2026 Outlook After $25.3 Billion Second Quarter

Johnson & Johnson reported second-quarter 2026 sales of $25.31 billion, up 6.6% year over year, with Innovative Medicine sales of $16.384 billion, up 7.8% — per the earnings release filed with the SEC on July 15, 2026. The company raised full-year guidance to reported sales of $101.1 billion and…

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FDA's Expedited IND Comment Window Nears Close After Gene Therapy Holds

FDA's public comment window on its proposed Expedited IND pilot program closes July 22, 2026, per a Federal Register notice published June 24. The docket follows a stretch in which clinical holds hit three high-profile gene therapy programs, including both REGENXBIO MPS trials, per the company's…