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Long an R&D company that partnered off assets, RNAi biotech Ionis Pharmaceuticals shifted in 2025 to bring two medicines to market alone. Analysts are already impressed—and there’s more to come in 2026.
An analysis finds that pharmas frequently file multiple similar patents on drugs, then use them as the basis for questionable litigation against would-be competitors.
The limited supply of this common reagent is set to drive drug prices higher, but there are ways for companies to lessen the impact.
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Clinical-stage biotech company Celcuity announced Thursday that it had entered into a global licensing agreement with Pfizer to develop and commercialize gedatolisib, the latter company’s first-in-class PI3K/mTOR inhibitor for the treatment of breast cancer.
ValenzaBio plans to use the new financing to advance pipeline programs into autoantibody-mediated diseases, thyroid eye disease, inflammatory disorders and other therapeutic areas.
The wave of biopharma companies going public continues with two more companies setting sights on publicly trading on a stock exchange. Reneo Pharmaceuticals and VectivBio will both begin trading on the Nasdaq this week.
Eleven months after launching with $60 million in hand, Ventus Therapeutics has raised another $100 million to drive its pipeline toward the clinic.
She succeeds Mission Bio’s current chief executive officer Charlie Silver, who will shift into an advisory role with the company he co-founded.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals unleashed a string of news releases about activities at the company, including a partnership with Progenity and the launch of a Phase III trial for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Artios Pharma Limited has entered into a global research collaboration with Novartis for the purpose of discovering and validating next-generation DDR targets and enhancing Novartis’ radioligand therapies.
Davidson is one of three new executives to join Cambridge, Mass.-based Tessera.
April springs up with showers of cash for these life sciences companies.
Philadelphia-based Mineralys Therapeutics launched today with a $40 million Series A round to move its clinical asset, MLS-101, into Phase II testing for hypertension.