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The total of 52 mergers and acquisitions for the first half of 2026 reflects what analysts, industry watchers and executives are saying over and over: M&A is back.
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A recent FDA reversal sparked new hope for patients with Huntington’s disease. Flying under the radar, Skyhawk Therapeutics revealed 12-month functional data from a midstage trial of its own candidate showing improvements on a key disease measurement scale.
Recent approvals for Corcept Therapeutics and Merck have injected momentum into the space, where GSK, Allarity Therapeutics, OSE Immunotherapies and others are advancing their own candidates.
The FDA plans to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss Capricor Therapeutics’ application for deramiocel, which the agency rejected last July. The news surprised CEO Linda Marbán, who told BioSpace the FDA has not communicated any issues of concern with the company’s resubmitted application.
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The overturning of the FDA’s lab-developed tests rule is just the tip of the iceberg. With the loss of Chevron deference, power has shifted from federal agencies to the courts, with potential implications for everything from the FDA shortage list to CMS drug price negotiations.
Arguably the most notable of the FDA’s upcoming decisions is that regarding Gilead’s twice-yearly HIV prophylaxis lenacapavir.
Here’s how companies can ensure they’re in compliance with new requirements that go into effect in August.
The medium-sized biopharma is showing off new results from dordaviprone and Zepzelca, both of which were acquired through Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ dealmaking over the last five years.
BioSpace is on site to keep you updated on all of the biggest data and news from the conference.
Although the FDA has rejected Stealth’s new drug application for Barth syndrome candidate elamipretide, the agency identified a potential accelerated approval pathway. The company has pared down its staff to conserve resources to fund a potential resubmission.
Analysts at Truist Securities admitted that the result for itepekimab, which the companies were hoping to follow their blockbuster Dupixent in the I&I space, was “contrary to our expectations—we were wrong.”
Despite mixed results, analysts maintained faith in ivonescimab’s ability to cross over between Eastern and Western patient populations.
The National Legal and Policy Center, a right-wing advocacy and watchdog group, had asked the company to revisit its DEI goals in executive pay incentives.
At the heart of the deal is an anti-Claudin18.2 antibody-drug conjugate being developed for solid tumors, including gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer.