Alaric DeArment
Reporter
Alaric lives in New York and has been covering the biopharma industry and health care for more than 14 years. His areas of focus include clinical trials, drug development in hematology-oncology, cell and gene therapy and the industry's growing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ball State University and previously lived in China for three years.
Latest From Alaric DeArment
AstraZeneca Pulls Plug On Ionis’ PCSK9 Candidate
While the Phase IIb SOLANO trial of ION449 met its primary endpoint, AstraZeneca had set a high bar of 70% LDL cholesterol reduction for competitiveness that the study did not hit.
Monkeypox Is A Different Drug Development Ballgame From COVID-19
SIGA CEO Dennis Hruby spoke with Scrip about how the company is developing its drug, Tpoxx, to address the monkeypox outbreak.
Fennec Prepared For Market As Pedmark Finally Gets FDA Nod
After successive CRLs in 2020 and 2021, the drug gained a broad label for hearing loss in children treated with cisplatin for localized, non-metastatic solid tumors.
Monkeypox Vaccine, Drug Pipeline Grows Despite Signs Of Slowing Infections
Since its emergence in the spring, the monkeypox outbreak has spawned a small but growing pipeline of drugs and vaccines, many of them repurposed smallpox products.
Pfizer Builds On AI/ML Pact With CytoReason With New Five-Year Deal
Deal Snapshot: The companies first partnered in January 2019, with a focus on more than 20 diseases. The renewed deal will support development of additional disease models using artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Bluebird Confident In Financial Runway For Skysona Launch
The $3m gene therapy for the rare disease cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy marks bluebird’s second approval in just under a month.