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Follow along as BioSpace tracks job cuts and restructuring initiatives.
Following the withdrawal of billions of dollars in investments from Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly, German lawmakers have proposed a clause to the country’s healthcare reforms set to take effect Jan. 1.
Gilead Sciences has picked up a new inflammatory disease program from China’s PepStar Therapeutics to pair with the Phase 2 inflammatory bowel disease asset emvistegrast.
Invikafusp alfa, a first-in-class dual T cell agonist, showed an objective response in various types of cancer, particularly among patients who did not respond to previous checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
A new proposal from the U.S. government seeking to address investment in Chinese biotech as a matter of national security drew cautious statements from across the industry, with leaders vowing to ensure innovation isn’t stifled.
UPCOMING EVENTS
FDA
After cardiac safety signals led to a full clinical hold on Aardvark Therapeutics’ studies of ARD-101, the biotech conducted an additional safety study, in which no cardiac events were detected. Aardvark plans to resume testing the candidate next year.
Roche will pay Zymeworks $55 million upfront plus another $40 million once the partnership asset enters Phase 1b development and up to $718 million in additional milestones.
A combination of the personalized cancer vaccine intismeran autogene and Merck’s Keytruda just barely cleared analysts’ expectations for recurrence-free survival, leaving questions as to its applicability to tumor types beyond melanoma.
AbbVie is eyeing regulatory filings in 2027 for the skin disease drug lutikizumab after clearing multiple endpoints in a late-stage trial, but the results have disappointed some analysts, raising questions about its commercial prospects.
FDA
Troriluzole, in development for spinocerebellar ataxia, was rejected nearly a year ago when the FDA took issue with the design of Biohaven’s registrational study. The agency has now agreed to review a new application and render a decision in the first quarter of 2027.
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