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Kite-backed study identifies inherited genetic predictors of CAR-T toxicity and expansion
Discovery

Kite-backed study identifies inherited genetic predictors of CAR-T toxicity and expansion

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, working with colleagues at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Santa Monica,...

8h ago
Inovio raises USD 20m ahead of make-or-break FDA decision on INO-3107
Business

Inovio raises USD 20m ahead of make-or-break FDA decision on INO-3107

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: INO) announced the pricing of a USD 20 million underwritten public offering on July 29,...

8h ago
J&J completes USD 1b Firefly acquisition to add pan-KRAS degrader capabilities
Business

J&J completes USD 1b Firefly acquisition to add pan-KRAS degrader capabilities

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has completed its acquisition of Firefly Bio, Inc. for USD 1 billion in cash, adding the company's proprietary Firelink...

8h ago
Processa acquires CNS-penetrant BTK inhibitor with USD 200m financing for three Phase II programs
Business

Processa acquires CNS-penetrant BTK inhibitor with USD 200m financing for three Phase II programs

Vero Beach, Florida-based Processa Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: PCSA) has acquired Vidya Therapeutics, a private clinical-stage company developing VT-7208, a...

9h ago
FDA advisory committee votes against Capricor's deramiocel effectiveness for DMD cardiomyopathy
Regulatory & Policy

FDA advisory committee votes against Capricor's deramiocel effectiveness for DMD cardiomyopathy

The US FDA's Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee (CTGTAC) voted 9 to 3 against the effectiveness of deramiocel (CAP-1002) for the...

9h ago
Verdiva advances oral amylin strategy with first-in-human study of VRB-103
Development

Verdiva advances oral amylin strategy with first-in-human study of VRB-103

London and San Francisco-based Verdiva Bio Limited has dosed the first patient in a Phase I single ascending dose study of VRB-103, a once-weekly oral...

10h ago
FDA clears Iksuda's CA242-targeted ADC for Phase I study in GI cancers
Development

FDA clears Iksuda's CA242-targeted ADC for Phase I study in GI cancers

UK-based Iksuda Therapeutics has received US FDA clearance of its investigational new drug application for IKS04, a CA242-directed antibody-drug conjugate...

10h ago
Biogen Q2'26: Lupus, AMR and Dravet catalysts take center stage
Business

Biogen Q2'26: Lupus, AMR and Dravet catalysts take center stage

Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) Q2 2026 earnings call, held on July 29, 2026, centered on five imminent registrational readouts across lupus, antibody-mediated...

10h ago
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Scripps advances dual-target mammarenavirus antivirals with NIAID funding
Discovery

Scripps advances dual-target mammarenavirus antivirals with NIAID funding

Scripps Research Institute has received a USD 1.62 million NIAID R01 grant to advance preclinical development of two novel small-molecule inhibitors...

11h ago
Caldera taps reverse merger to advance TL1A × IL-23 bispecific
Business

Caldera taps reverse merger to advance TL1A × IL-23 bispecific

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Caldera Therapeutics has agreed to merge with Synlogic, Inc. (OTC: SYBX) in an all-stock transaction, with the combined...

1d ago
Adjuvia raises USD 8m for preclinical-stage mitochondrial therapy
Business

Adjuvia raises USD 8m for preclinical-stage mitochondrial therapy

San Francisco-based Adjuvia Therapeutics has closed an USD 8 million Series Seed financing to advance its lead mitochondrial disease therapy candidate,...

1d ago
AbCellera adds Vertex as latest TCE platform partner in autoimmune disease
Business

AbCellera adds Vertex as latest TCE platform partner in autoimmune disease

Vancouver-based AbCellera Biologics (Nasdaq: ABCL) has announced a collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VRTX) to discover and develop...

1d ago
Qnovia bets on antimicrobial peptides with exclusive UVA deal
Business

Qnovia bets on antimicrobial peptides with exclusive UVA deal

Irvine, California-based Qnovia, Inc. has secured a worldwide exclusive license to a preclinical antimicrobial peptide, designated D8, from the University...

1d ago
LB Pharma raises USD 150m to expand LB-102 zinto three neuropsychiatric indications
Business

LB Pharma raises USD 150m to expand LB-102 zinto three neuropsychiatric indications

New York-based LB Pharmaceuticals Inc (Nasdaq: LBRX) has announced a USD 150 million private placement, with the proceeds earmarked primarily to expand its...

1d ago
GSK/Hansoh's B7-H3 ADC set for China filing after hitting Phase III endpoint in osteosarcoma
Development

GSK/Hansoh's B7-H3 ADC set for China filing after hitting Phase III endpoint in osteosarcoma

China-based Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group (HKEX: 03692) announced that HS-20093, its proprietary B7-H3-directed antibody-drug conjugate, met the primary...

1d ago