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Rare diseases

Rare Disease Vouchers Caught in Political Abyss. It Didn’t Have To Be This Way

The FDA’s rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program missed reauthorization at the last minute in 2024; advocates have been fighting to get it back ever since.

January 23, 2026

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Heather McKenzie

Vaccines

Moderna Won’t Run Phase III Vaccine Trials as Skepticism Grows in US: Bloomberg

Growing opposition to vaccines in the U.S., driven by recent government policy changes, makes it difficult to see a return on investment in vaccine development, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said this week.

January 23, 2026

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Tristan Manalac

Government

Spending Bill Clears House, Keeping Priority Review Voucher Hopes Alive

The $1.2 trillion budget package will now move to the Senate, which is expected to hold a vote next week.

January 23, 2026

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Tristan Manalac

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Immunology and inflammation

Sanofi Stumbles Again in Eczema—But Plans FDA Filing for OX40 Blocker Anyway

The mixed data from the Phase III COAST 2 trial follows an underwhelming data drop from COAST 1 in September that Leerink Partners said “fell well below expectations.”

January 23, 2026

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Tristan Manalac

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Vaccines

ACIP Chair Questions Polio Vaccines, Values Individual Choice Over Public Benefit

“I don’t like established science,” ACIP chairperson Kirk Milhoan said in an interview on the Why Should I Trust You? podcast. “Science is what I observe.”

January 23, 2026

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Tristan Manalac

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Funding

China’s Corxel Nabs $287M Series D1 to Bankroll GLP-1 Pill

Corxel will use the fundraising proceeds to advance the oral GLP-1 therapy CX11 through mid-stage development in the U.S., as well as prepare for its Phase III studies.

January 23, 2026

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Tristan Manalac

Press Releases

60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals Announces Partnership with Runway Health to Provide International Travelers Direct Access to ARAKODA® for Malaria Prevention

January 23, 2026

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Press Releases

Protara Therapeutics to Present Updated Interim Data from Phase 2 ADVANCED-2 Trial of TARA-002 in BCG-Unresponsive NMIBC Patients at the ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium