Azar, the new HHS nominee, is being pitched as someone who will help lower the price of prescription drugs. Source: BioSpace

This submission allows the FDA to review completed portions of the NDA on an ongoing basis. Alnylam expects to submit final clinical data by year end. Source: BioSpace

The company's common stock will begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "SCPH" today. Source: BioSpace

The FDA has assigned a new Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date of May 8, 2018. Source: BioSpace

Ionis Pharma and Janssen have strengthened their alliance with a second deal for gastrointestinal drugs. Source: BioSpace

Teva's stock jumped as investors get more hopeful about the future. Source: BioSpace

Shares of Merit Medical Systems have jumped more than 9 percent this morning after the company announced it plunked down $100M for two product lines belonging to Becton, Dickinson and…

In 2015 and 2016, the FDA found 134 instances when drugs or active ingredients failed initial testing but the company chose to override the results. Source: BioSpace

Moderna announced that it has dosed its first patient in a Phase I trial of mRNA-4157, a mRNA-based personalized cancer vaccine. Source: BioSpace

Deerfield and Johns Hopkins announce Bluefield Innovations, a collaboration designed to catalyze the development of early stage therapeutics. Source: BioSpace