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The agreement is the largest in a series of deals that Gilead Sciences has penned with Korea’s Yuhan.
Follow along as BioSpace tracks job cuts and restructuring initiatives.
Biogen and Denali’s Parkinson’s disease drug failed to significantly slow disease progression in a Phase 2b study, missing both primary and secondary endpoints.
After getting slapped with a surprise refuse-to-file letter signed by former CBER Director Vinay Prasad, Moderna’s flu vaccine application will now go before the FDA’s Vaccine advisory committee.
Biotech has been pulling off some remarkable science of late, while M&A and IPOs return to bolster the sector. But that doesn’t mean the industry is back from the brink. BioSpace gathered three early-stage biotech CEOs and members of the NextGen Class of 2026 to talk about surviving and thriving in this rollercoaster market, all while bringing forward the next generation of medicines.
Reversal after 20 deaths allows new Japan patients to take Amgen’s rare disease drug Tavneos: Update
Kissei Pharmaceutical is reversing a recommendation related to Amgen-shared Tavneos that it made just a few days ago, now saying the rare disease drug can be given to new patients.
By partnering with a UN-backed body, Roche has enabled companies to make the medicine for supply in 129 countries.
Lilly met analysts’ sky-high expectations with 28.3% weight loss over 80 weeks for the triple hormone receptor agonist retatrutide in a highly anticipated readout on Thursday.
In September last year, a group of concerned stockholders raised alarm about Vaxart’s proposed reverse stock split, which the biotech was pushing for despite strong opposition from shareholders.
A trifecta of newly inked tech partnerships—from Eli Lilly, Bristol Myers Squibb and Incyte—exemplify the increasingly central role that AI is playing in drug development.
After being hit by safety issues and subpar results in another trial, BioMarin’s Phase 3 test of Voxzogo for a rare skeletal disorder called hypochondroplasia showed efficacy “solidly above” what the drug has shown for achondroplasia, which causes dwarfism.
In this episode of Denatured, as part of our series on the European life sciences investment ecosystem, you’ll be hearing from Regina Hodits, managing director at Angelini Ventures and Sofia Ioannidou, VC partner at Andera Life Sciences. They explore Germany’s biotech and life sciences ecosystem, including the science, infrastructure and policy changes needed to help European companies scale globally while staying rooted in Europe.
PRESS RELEASES
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