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Not much is known about Boehringer Ingelheim’s drug candidate, dubbed BI 3031185, though the asset has completed at least two other Phase 1 studies this year.
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Real progress happens where unmet medical need is greatest and patient impact can be clearly measured. Pediatric rare cancers exemplify these criteria and have therefore generated continued investment, even in a capital-constrained environment.
If confirmed by the Senate, Heidi Overton—officially revealed Wednesday as President Donald Trump’s choice for FDA commissioner—is expected to be a boon for developers of psychedelic therapeutics and non-opioid pain drugs, but could tow the party line on vaccines.
The FDA’s August approval of Takeda’s Orzeyful for treating the full set of narcolepsy symptoms initiated a new era in the sleep market.
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The FDA has been trying to mend fences with rare disease drug developers and patient groups since the departure of former Commissioner Marty Makary three months ago. But advisory committee meetings last week for Replimune and Capricor Therapeutics only created more confusion and frustration.
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Scribe Therapeutics’ one-time epigenetic treatment is designed to slash the adherence burden of chronic cholesterol-lowering therapies while sidestepping the irreversibility of gene editing.
Regeneron’s Pasatru is the second fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva drug approved in the U.S., following the 2023 approval of Ipsen’s Sohonos.
The accelerated greenlight for Ultragenyx’s gene therapy for glycogen storage disease has raised analyst expectations for approval of UX111, which the FDA rejected last summer and is currently reviewing for a second time. A decision is expected by mid-September.
Investors had been pessimistic about the probability of success for the personalized cancer vaccine intismeran autogene, so the Phase 3 win was a welcome surprise.
In this episode of Denatured, you’ll hear from Ian McGowan, Chief Medical Officer at Synklino and James Hunter, associate professor of transplantation at Oxford University. We explore transplantation and antiviral innovation and why CMV remains one of the most persistent and consequential challenges facing transplant patients today.
Melanoma was slower to recur in patients receiving Merck and Moderna’s mRNA vaccine with Keytruda, supporting use of the combination in adjuvant treatment. The partners plan to take the data to the FDA.
If Heidi Overton clears the Senate nomination process, analysts say she will have a tough job ahead to “restore predictability” to an agency battered by layoffs and controversial policies.
Touting an “exceptional” gastrointestinal safety profile for its oral obesity drug candidate in a study of healthy volunteers, Enveda plans to test the asset in people stopping GLP-1 treatment.
BioSpace is launching an IPO dashboard to help the industry keep tabs on U.S. biotechs that have taken the public plunge in 2026.
Amylyx shares good news for its investigational GLP-1 blocker; Definium announces positive data for its LSD-based therapy in anxiety; Summit/Akeso’s ivonescimab shows degrading survival benefits; patients treated with Neurocrine’s Prader-Willi drug experience serious adverse events; and Eli Lilly cracks down on the black market for next-gen obesity asset retatrutide.