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The U.S. Congress greenlit a historic $315 million in federal ALS research funding for 2026 amid Rare Disease Month, spotlighting biotech progress like VectorY Therapeutics’ first patient dosing in its TDP-43-targeting PIONEER-ALS trial and EverythingALS’ pharma consortia driving biomarker innovations and trial alignment.
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PitchBook’s 2025 biopharma VC analysis clocked $33.8 billion in capital dispatched in 2025, mainly to companies with later-stage programs ready to roll into the clinic.
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The FDA’s refusal to review Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine is part of a larger communications crisis unfolding at the agency over the past nine months that has also ensnarled Sarepta, Capricor, uniQure and many more.
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While some biopharma companies beat expectations, others fell short for various reasons, with some deciding to return or axe assets.
The layoffs are intended to help provide an operating runway into the fourth quarter of 2026.
The Swiss company’s monoclonal antibody Nemluvio is also undergoing regulatory review for atopic dermatitis, which is a potentially larger market for the first-in-class IL-31 blocker.
On the heels of the FDA’s denial of its petition, a Delaware district court on Monday handed Novartis another loss in its efforts to keep the market free of Entresto copycats.
By the end of the year, Novo Nordisk intends to make a regulatory filing for the combination of its icodec and semaglutide, keeping its once-weekly insulin program afloat.
The acquisition announced Monday will give Crown access to Revance’s Daxxify, a competitor to AbbVie’s Botox, which is indicated for frown lines and for cervical dystonia.
At a private event held amid the fallout from the CrowdStrike incident, cybersecurity issues took a front seat, with the consequences of the evolving EU AI Act and the Loper Bright and Corner Post decisions also raising concerns for quality assurance and regulatory affairs professionals.
Pfizer on Monday reported a “strong neutralizing response” against both subtypes of respiratory syncytial virus across all cohorts and age groups, according to topline data.
The Connecticut-based biotech, which emerged from stealth last year, has secured $202 million to date as it looks to move two assets targeting prostate and breast cancer into the clinic.
FibroGen expects its headcount reduction, which is tied to eliminating 75% of its U.S. workforce, to be mostly complete by the end of the first quarter of 2025.