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Kailera Therapeutics is advancing a pipeline of weight loss medicines that mirror that of Eli Lilly’s: an injectable GLP-1/GIP dual agonist like Zepbound, an oral GLP-1 like Foundayo and a triple-G therapy like retatrutide.
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From Eli Lilly’s David Ricks to Pfizer’s Albert Bourla, the top five highest paid CEOs made a combined $157.8 million in 2025.
Partners Summit Therapeutics and Akeso are expected to steal the show at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual conference with data from their potential Keytruda rival, alongside Revolution Medicine’s groundbreaking pancreatic cancer candidate and other assets that could reshape patient care.
The tragic tale of TIGIT is well known. However, RIPK1, myc, STING and alpha-synuclein have also left a trail of failed clinical trials, canceled partnerships and sunk investments in their wake.
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FDA veteran Peter Marks will now shape the future of Eli Lilly’s vaccines work after the buys of Curevo, LimmaTech Biologics and Vaccine Company for up to $3.8 billion total.
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The FDA’s decision on Axsome Therapeutics’ Auvelity is based on positive results from a massive clinical program that covered over 1,100 patients with depression.
The regulatory path for companies developing drugs for rare diseases is often fraught with challenges. KemPharm CEO Travis Mickle discussed just some of these with BioSpace.
Curis announced that the FDA has allowed patient enrollment to resume in the monotherapy phase of its TakeAim Leukemia Phase I/II trial studying emavusertib.
This week’s Movers & Shakers include Arvinas, Inspire and Cambridge Isotope Laboratories all announcing new VP roles, and several others tap new C-suite executives.
A trial evaluating generic drugs against severe COVID-19 provided data showing their overall ineffectiveness, and COVID-19-related lawsuits continue to pile up.
CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced plans to launch a “reset” of the agency amid criticism over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health threats.
South Korea-based Genuv Inc. announced the publication of a preclinical study showing the potential of Mekinist, approved by the FDA for melanoma, in Alzheimer’s disease.
Jazz Pharma is breaking new ground with its cannabidiol epilepsy treatment Epidiolex, taking the drug into a Phase III study in children and adolescents.
Genentech has partnered with Jemincare to develop and commercialize an asset that may provide new treatment options for people with advanced-stage prostate cancer.
Cases of monkeypox are growing at an alarming rate and Bavarian Nordic, the company that owns one of the two approved vaccines, may no longer be able to keep up.