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Recent changes in the board of directors at Biogen has garnered attention due to potential conflicts of interest. Such conflicts vary widely, but one thing is clear: perception matters.
The acquisition of the privately-held company will bring its novel, investigational beta-lactamase inhibitors and other antimicrobials into the Japanese pharma’s pipeline.
FibroGen takes another hit as its antibody hopeful fails in a second indication. The biopharma says that it is cutting costs to extend its cash runway.
The company is dropping its GLP-1 receptor agonist candidate lotiglipron after it induced elevations in liver enzymes in patients treated with the investigational drug.
A year after treatment, Vertex’s VX-880 has eliminated the need for insulin injections in two Type 1 diabetes patients in a Phase I/II clinical trial of its investigational stem cell-based therapy.
New Phase II data, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed Lilly’s oral GLP-1 receptor agonist orforglipron induced nearly 15% weight loss in obese and overweight adults.
Experts and analysts warn that the short supply of more than a dozen cancer drugs has reached a crisis level, causing significant anxiety and impacting patient care.
CMS has stated that it will cover new Alzheimer’s drugs if the therapies are fully approved. But significant financial questions remain.
Results of a Phase IIb trial of the company’s anti-TL1A antibody showed more than a third of ulcerative colitis patients entered remission while receiving the experimental treatment.
Banking on its lead antibody APG777 for atopic dermatitis, Apogee Therapeutics is filing an initial public offering for an as-yet-undisclosed value.
A day after the FDA denied Intercept’s application for its non-alcoholic steatohepatitis treatment, the pharma announced it has axed all NASH investments and one-third of its staff.
Citing anti-trust issues, six states—California, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Washington and Wisconsin—are joining the FTC’s legal challenge to Amgen’s nearly $27.8 billion buyout of Horizon.
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Expanded sweetener molecule development program aims to broaden access to plant-based sweetening solutions tailored to diverse customer food and beverage categories.
• $5.5 million financing that closed on April 2, 2026 together with $5.7 million in capital raised in Q1-2026, expected to provide Company with cash runway into 2027 • $4.5 million of accrued VAT refunds and R&D refundable tax credits from UK subsidiary begin maturing, including $1.9 million VAT cash refund expected in June 2026 • Successful EMA and Australia TGA (ATGA) meetings aligned around use of existing biomarker and pending release of 3-year overall survival data to support Conditional Marketing Authorisations (CMAs) for OST-HER2 in prevention or delay of recurrence in fully-resected, pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma (“Metastatic Osteosarcoma”) • 2.5-year overall survival data expected to be released during ASCO 2026 • EMA and ATGA have aligned on key design aspects of confirmatory Phase 3 Metastatic Osteosarcoma protocol required to have commenced prior to grant of CMAs or FDA BLA, including alignment on 3-year overall survival as a primary clinical efficacy endpoint • Upcoming U.S. FDA Type C meeting and U.K. MHRA SAM meeting to align with EMA & ATGA prior to Australia Clinical Trial Notification submission for Phase 3, including alignment on 3-year overall survival as a primary clinical efficacy endpoint. U.S. FDA (“FDA”) Pre-BLA meeting to confirm alignment on surrogate and primary clinical efficacy endpoints with EMA/ATGA, including alignment on 3-year overall survival as a primary clinical efficacy endpoint, and seek decisions on rolling review acceptance and RMAT designation following the EMA and U.K. MHRA granting ATMP designation (EMA/MHRA RMAT equivalent) for OST-HER2 in Metastatic Osteosarcoma • OS Animal Health S-1 filing for proposed ‘Go-Public’ transaction and receipt of SEC comments
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