Joseph Haas
Joseph Haas is a senior writer for Informa’s pharmaceutical news publications, with more than eight years covering the biopharmaceutical industry. He previously worked in public affairs for a real estate trade association and wrote about housing and real estate before moving into healthcare. Most recently, he was managing editor of a newsletter publisher, leading its coverage of the implementation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit. Joe’s areas of expertise include business development, mergers and acquisitions, infectious diseases and liver diseases, including hepatitis C, hepatitis B and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). He edits the popular Deal Watch column and enjoys profiling start-up companies.
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Latest From Joseph Haas
With Back-To-Back FDA Holds, Solid Hopes To Regain Footing For Duchenne Candidate
The US FDA wants more information on the first patient given SGT-001, who was hospitalized with a reduced platelet count after dosing. Solid says the patient is doing well and hopes to reply to the FDA's concerns within weeks.
Struggling Fibrocell To Consider All Strategic Directions Going Forward
Focused on autologous fibroblast cell therapies for rare diseases, the biotech appears cash-poor despite one candidate moving into Phase II and another ready to enter the clinic.
How Will Novel Agents Impact The HIV Market?
ViiV and Merck are looking to novel mechanisms of action as an opportunity to make up ground on HIV leader Gilead, which has de-emphasized early virology research.
Genentech Bets On Kineta's Early-Stage, Disease-Modifying Pain Therapy
Genentech partners with the Seattle biotech on a non-opioid approach to chronic pain. Kineta says there's disease-modifying potential.
Tech Transfer Roundup: Vanderbilt Teams With Deerfield; Expands Cancer Pact With Boehringer
Vanderbilt launches new biotech with Deerfield aimed at reworking the drug development paradigm, while also expanding its cancer research work with BI. Grunenthal partners with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven to investigate ion channel modulation approaches in pain.
AstraZeneca's License Of Ionis NASH Candidate Illustrates Still Hot Competition
Along with last week's acquisition of three NASH candidates from Lilly by Terns, NASH remains a heavily crowded R&D space as the European Association for the Study of the Liver annual meeting approaches.
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