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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.
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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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Ambrx Biopharma Inc. announced it will lay off 15% of its workforce and suspend development of its lead candidate in a strategic realignment initiative.
Genetic engineering company Empyrean Neurosciences stepped into the CNS arena with $22 million and a small molecule platform derived from plants and fungi.
Salarius Pharmaceuticals voluntarily paused enrollment of its Phase I/II trial of seclidemstat for Ewing sarcoma and FET-rearranged sarcomas after a patient’s death.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced Tuesday morning it has struck a $70 million deal with Tempus in exchange for expanded access to Tempus’ AI-based patient data platform.
Ikena Oncology and AstraZeneca have entered into an agreement to evaluate Tagrisso (osimertinib) with Ikena’s IK-930 in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer.
Eli Lilly is acquiring precision medicine biotech Akouos for $487 million in cash in a deal focused on developing gene therapies for hearing loss.
As part of its third-quarter report, Roche announced it has cut two Phase II programs, one for hepatitis B and the other for geographic atrophy, a form of eye disease.
Mereo BioPharma will cut 40% of its headcount and significantly reduce expenses to support the advancement of its lead programs through the clinic.
An analysis of un-blinded interim data showed fosgonimeton provided clinically meaningful improvements in cognition and function in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease.
Shares of Massachusetts-based Minerva Neurosciences dropped Monday after the FDA issued a Refuse to File letter for the company’s schizophrenia drug, roluperidone.