BioCentury This Week
BioCentury This Week
BioCentury
Ep. 373 - AbbVie M&A, FDA reversals, a CAR T first
30 minutes Posted Jun 23, 2026 at 1:00 am.
AbbVie Buys Apogee
uniQure U-turn
FDA Reversals
Tzield Memo
Solid Tumor CAR T Approval
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AbbVie's $10.9 billion deal to acquire Apogee will expand its immunology pipeline by delivering assets for atopic dermatitis and asthma. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the takeout and the assets AbbVie gains. The analysts then discuss moves by FDA to reverse controversial setbacks that occurred under the agency’s former leadership and assess Acting CDER Director Michael Davis’ memo outlining how his predecessor repeatedly overruled career staff to qu...