Stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease, discontinuation of Pfizer’s GLP-1 drug, a pig liver clinical trial, and more biotech and pharma news from this week.
From layoffs at the FDA, CDC, and NIH to a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease and a starfish-inspired diagnostic, the DDN team breaks down this week’s news.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ drug, Journavx, blocks a sodium channel outside of the brain. Experts hope that this non-addictive pain drug may be the first of many.