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1. How the FDA is unwinding the Makary era, and making way for a new commissioner
2. Former cancer chief Pazdur says FDA has 'golden opportunity' to kill CDER and restructure
3. FDA approves Nuvalent's cancer drug, a week after GSK closed $10.6B buyout
4. Trump pledges new tariffs on generic drugs not made in the US
5. Arrowhead’s gene silencer competitive with Ionis’ in triglyceride disease
6. Vertex was only bidder for Crinetics in year's second-highest M&A premium
7. Q&A: Lilly returns to neuropsych and looks ahead to Alzheimer's prevention
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Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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In case you missed it, last night President Donald Trump said he'd impose up to 200% tariffs on generic drugs not made in the US. Tariffs on generic drugs could have big implications for how much the majority of medications dispensed in the US cost.

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Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
Deputy Editor, Endpoints News
Former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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by Max Bayer

As the White House mulls a pick to lead the FDA, the Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion has been wash­ing away the mark of for­mer com­mis­sion­er Mar­ty Makary...

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Richard Pazdur, former director for the FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence
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by Nicole DeFeudis

Richard Paz­dur, who spent more than two decades lead­ing the FDA’s can­cer drug re­views, said the agency has a “gold­en op­por­tu­ni­ty” to re­struc­ture af­ter be­ing...

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by Kyle LaHucik

GSK's $10.6 bil­lion ac­qui­si­tion of Nu­va­lent is de­liv­er­ing sur­pris­ing­ly ear­ly re­sults.

The FDA on Wednes­day ap­proved one of Nu­va­len­t's lung can­cer med­i­cines two months ear­li­er than...

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Manufacturing Day 2026
A year into the tariff era, the biopharma industry has stopped bracing for impact — however manufacturing and supply chain leaders are still rewriting their plans on the fly. We’re bringing together the experts tracking what R&D logistics looks like today. Join us — find out what’s next.
President Donald Trump (Evan Vucci/AP Images)
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by Zachary Brennan

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump on Tues­day evening said he will im­pose up to 200% tar­iffs on gener­ic drugs sold in the US, if com­pa­nies do not man­u­fac­ture...

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by Elizabeth Cairns

Ar­row­head Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals’ lipid-low­er­ing drug has hit in two late-stage tri­als that could ex­pand its use in­to a much wider pop­u­la­tion.

Da­ta shared Wednes­dayshowed that...

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by Kyle LaHucik

To gain con­trol of Cri­net­ics Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, Ver­tex Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals was will­ing to pay the sec­ond-high­est pre­mi­um so far in bio­phar­ma's ban­ner year for M&A. And the Boston...