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Following the hard-won success of early anti-amyloid drugs, a new generation of Alzheimer’s modalities—from tau-targeting gene silencers to blood-brain barrier delivery platforms—is entering the pipeline to anchor future combination therapies.
Speaking on the sidelines of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Novo business development executive Tamara Darsow said the company is gunning for obesity and diabetes assets.
It doesn’t matter how many times you have traversed Union Square; no one knows which way is north, or where The Westin is in relation to the Ritz Carlton. A Verizon outage brought that into focus on Wednesday.
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With five CDER leaders in one year and regulatory proposals coming “by fiat,” the FDA is only making it more difficult to bring therapies to patients.
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A bevy of other companies also brought in money on Thursday, including Alveus Therapeutics, Diagonal Therapeutics, EpiBiologics, Beacon Therapeutics and Protege.
While venture capital funding dipped to a six-year low in 2025, it nevertheless remained above pre-pandemic levels for Massachusetts-based biopharma companies, according to MassBio.
The deals will help Lilly diversify its portfolio that is heavily weighted on the obesity juggernaut tirzepatide, marketed as Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for weight loss.
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In 2025, made or projected biopharma workforce cuts affected about 42,700 employees, according to BioSpace tallies. BioSpace takes a deep dive into which companies and locations were impacted and speaks to experts about what to expect ahead—and why.
The company announced a $350 million public offering on Monday shortly after revealing positive Phase II results for its investigational congenital adrenal hyperplasia drug, with hopes to one day compete with Neurocrine’s Crenessity.
The cardiovascular biotech was also named as one of BioSpace’s top startups to watch on Wednesday.
Though specific data for bepirovirsen remain under wraps, GSK plans to file for approval in the first quarter of 2026.
Jazz’s Ziihera and BeOne’s Tevimbra plus chemotherapy led to what Truist Securities dubbed one of the strongest overall survival signals ever reported in a type of gastroesophageal cancer.
Cartography will hunt for novel tumor antigens, which Pfizer can opt into and advance into clinical development.