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GoodRx, an online platform that offers drug discount coupons to patients, is in talks with the government to participate in the forthcoming TrumpRx program.
The British proposal to increase support for pharma is “clearly positive,” according to analysts at Leerink, who noted that the NHS’ move will improve patient access to treatments.
Novo will add Akero’s efruxifermin to its MASH portfolio, which includes Wegovy after the GLP-1 gained an FDA nod in the indication earlier this year.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was scheduled to convene Oct. 22 to 23, but this meeting has been postponed, with no new date specified. The delay comes as the VA published new research showing that COVID-19 shots prevented hospitalizations and death.
The layoffs are part of the company’s shift to a new structure enabling cost efficiency for its new model.
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New analysis from Jefferies shows that rare disease and cancer drugs granted the status are especially likely to be approved.
Sanofi’s Orano Med-partnered radioligand therapy AlphaMedix achieved all primary efficacy endpoints, which included a measure of overall response rate, in the mid-stage ALPHAMEDIX-02 study.
The centerpiece of the deal is orelabrutinib, a BTK inhibitor in late-stage development for multiple sclerosis that Biogen once paid $125 million for but abandoned after less than two years of testing.
In the Phase III FIBRONEER-IPF study, Jascayd demonstrated significant lung capacity improvements over placebo.
The $48 million award, granted through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, will help Kernal take its in vivo mRNA-encoded CAR T therapy forward.
The U.S. government remains shut down, with the FDA closed for new drug applications until further notice; cell and gene therapy leaders gather for the annual meeting in Phoenix with the field in a state of flux; Pfizer and Amgen will make drugs available at a discount as President Donald Trump’s tariffs still loom; and new regulatory documents show how Pfizer beat out the competition for Metsera.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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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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