News
Congressional letters sent to the CEOs of Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, BMS and AbbVie this week voicing concerns about the pharmas’ clinical trials in China highlight an ongoing discrepancy in how government and industry think about the rise of the Asian country’s biotech industry.
FEATURED STORIES
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.
At the BIO International Convention in San Diego, attendees marked the 50th anniversary of original biotech Genentech, reflecting on the immense challenges facing companies as China becomes a powerhouse innovator.
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.
FROM OUR EDITORS
Read our takes on the biggest stories happening in the industry.
If cell and gene therapy makers are going to achieve their mission to improve patients’ lives, the industry must come together to share information across stakeholders, from regulators to manufacturers to payers.
THE LATEST
A day after inking an AI deal with Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs, Novartis is back at it, acquiring Calypso Biotech and tying up with Shanghai Argo in two RNA-i-focused pacts.
Brand pharmas not only leverage ancillary patents but sometimes hide or misrepresent information to the U.S. patent office in order to extend market exclusivity and high prices.
The IPO window is starting to crack open this year, with Metagenomi and ArriVent making their offerings ahead of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.
The multimillion-dollar collaboration will develop small molecule drugs against undisclosed targets.
The patient deaths were deemed unrelated to Vertex’s investigational islet cell therapy, but the study will be halted while regulatory authorities and an independent data monitoring committee review the findings.
The state must submit additional information about the drugs it intends to import before the first shipments are sent to the U.S.
The therapeutic targets of many of our top startups are also reflected in recent big biopharma acquisitions and partnerships.
In a major pivot, Allogene Therapeutics will no longer focus on two of its studies testing blood cancer therapy cema-cel in an effort to extend its financial runway into 2026.
While initial public offering activity was light in 2023, the new year has recorded the first IPO plan—from California-based CG Oncology.
Eli Lilly on Thursday announced the rollout of a new digital healthcare platform to streamline consumer access to its weight-loss drug Zepbound and other medications.