With Nurtec and zavegepant in hand from Bristol, Biohaven tries for another success with a spinal muscular atrophy asset. It will move into epilepsy indications with the buyout of Channel, a subsidiary of Knopp.

Vancouver biotech is building a pipeline of candidates for rare, severe chronic kidney disease. It has an oral drug in Phase III and an antibody candidate in mid-stage development for IGA nephropathy.

Daily notebook from the virtual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Alzheimer's rivals Roche and Lilly address their attempts at a different launch for their anti-amyloid therapies than Biogen's Aduhelm. GSK is buoyed by sotrovimab's efficacy against Omicron, BioNTech looks to the future of mRNA and Sanofi, Amgen and AbbVie defend their growth strategies. 

Daily notebook from the virtual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Alzheimer's rivals Roche and Lilly address their attempts at a different launch for their anti-amyloid therapies than Biogen's Aduhelm. GSK is buoyed by sotrovimab's efficacy against Omicron, BioNTech looks to the future of mRNA and Sanofi, Amgen and AbbVie defend their growth strategies.