BioSpace News Archive

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Weight loss

Novo Nordisk’s Termination of Hims & Hers Deal Reignites Compounding Row

Analysts said the deal with Novo was likely giving Hims “‘credibility’ or increased consumer traffic,” adding that the “litigation risk is back on the table” now that the Danish pharma has stepped away.

July 9, 2025

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Annalee Armstrong

Podcast

Second Half Milestones, KalVista’s Surprise Approval, Another RFK Jr. Lawsuit, More

H2 2025 catalysts to watch, biopharma implications of President Trump’s tax law, KalVista’s new hereditary angioedema drug that Marty Makary reportedly tried to reject, another lawsuit aimed at Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a plea from patients with ALS for access to BrainStorm’s NurOwn.

July 9, 2025

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Heather McKenzie

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Alzheimer’s disease

Lilly Gets FDA Label Update for Alzheimer’s Drug To Mitigate Safety Concerns

The FDA will allow a new dosing schedule for Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug Kisunla that could lessen a known side effect of the monoclonal antibody drug class that has led to several deaths.

July 9, 2025

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Annalee Armstrong

Tariffs

Trump Threatens 200% Pharma Tariffs—But Gives At Least 1-Year Grace Period

Leerink Partners called the announcement a ‘positive’ given the delayed timeframe and the uncertainty that the administration will implement tariffs at all.

July 9, 2025

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Tristan Manalac

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Radiopharmaceuticals

Actithera Raises $75.5M To Play in Sizzling Radiopharma Space

Actithera’s radiopharma assets irreversibly bind to their targets, allowing for longer retention of the drug inside tumors.

July 9, 2025

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Tristan Manalac

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Legal

Supreme Court Suspends Injunction Preventing RFK Jr.'s HHS Cuts

The high court’s order blocks a May decision by a California court that temporarily blocked the efforts of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to drastically reduce the size of his agency’s workforce.

July 9, 2025

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Tristan Manalac

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M&A

Merck Makes Big Respiratory Play With $10B Acquisition of Verona

In the second biggest acquisition of the year, Merck gains the commercial COPD drug Ohtuvayre, which could help offset the loss of revenue when Keytruda’s patent expires later this decade.

July 9, 2025

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Tristan Manalac

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Gene therapy

AstraZeneca Gains More Gene Therapy AAVs in JCR Deal Worth up to $825M

The deal gives AstraZeneca’s rare disease unit Alexion access to specialized capsids developed by the Japanese biotech JCR Pharmaceuticals for use in up to five of Alexion’s gene therapies.

July 9, 2025

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Dan Samorodnitsky

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Startups

Six Startups Changing The Way We Age

Armed with the latest biological knowledge and cutting-edge computational techniques—and, of course, investor dollars—these six biotechs are playing in the largely underappreciated longevity space, developing therapies that may improve the quality of aging.

July 9, 2025

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Tristan Manalac

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Startups

Longevity Biotechs Strive for Better Aging—Not Just Life Extension

The industry sector focused on aging is only about 10 years old, but acting on what scientists already know, a new crop of biotechs, backed by investors, are taking a disease-centric approach to extending the human lifespan.

July 9, 2025

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Tristan Manalac