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Ray Therapeutics’ RTx-015 optogenetic gene therapy earns RMAT designation for retinitis pigmentosa

Ray Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Berkeley, California, has announced that the FDA has granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT)…

Apr 1
Regulatory & Policy

FDA extends review of Orca Bio's Orca-T for hematologic malignancies to July 2026

Orca Bio has announced that the US FDA extended the review timeline for its Biologics License Application (BLA) for Orca-T, an investigational allogeneic...

Apr 1
Business

Nuvation Bio takes global control of IDH1 drug safusidenib through Japan market deal with Daiichi Sankyo

Safusidenib, an oral brain-penetrant inhibitor of mutant IDH1, will now advance under a single global rights holder after Nuvation Bio (NYSE: NUVB) amended...

Apr 1
News

Pasithea’s PAS-004 MEK inhibitor receives FDA Fast Track designation for neurofibromatosis type 1

Pasithea Therapeutics Corp. (Nasdaq: KTTA), headquartered in Miami, Florida, has announced receipt of FDA Fast Track Designation for PAS-004, a macrocyclic small-molecule…

Apr 1
Business

Axsome acquires Takeda's oral PDE10A inhibitor balipodect for neuropsychiatric disorders

Balipodect, an oral selective phosphodiesterase 10A inhibitor originally developed by Takeda Pharmaceutical (NYSE: TAK) as TAK-063, has changed hands in an...

Apr 1
Business

Biocytogen's to support Sihuan Pharma on weight management antibodies

Biocytogen's RenMice platform anchors a strategic partnership with Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group (HKEX: 0460) that will direct fully human antibody...

Apr 1
Development

Gan & Lee's once-weekly basal insulin beats insulin glargine and degludec in Phase III type 2 diabetes trials

Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals (SSE: 603087) reported that its investigational once-weekly basal insulin analog, GZR4, met the primary endpoint of superior HbA1c...

Apr 1
Business

Korsana to enter Nasdaq via USD 380m Cyclerion reverse merger

Cyclerion Therapeutics Executes Reverse Merger to Access Public Markets for Korsana Biosciences' THETA™ BBB-Shuttle Platform

Apr 1
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Frontier Medicines hands LG Chem license to first-in-class p53 Y220C activator

FMC-220, a covalent small molecule described by Frontier Medicines as a first-in-class activator of the p53 Y220C mutant protein, is the subject of an...

Apr 1
Business

Janux and Bristol Myers Squibb advance tumor-activated T cell engager, triggering USD 35m milestone

A tumor-activated T cell engager generated by Janux Therapeutics (NASDAQ: JANX) using its proprietary TRACTr platform has reached development candidate...

Apr 1
News

FDA approves Vertex’s Alyftrek and Trikafta label extensions for cystic fibrosis treatment

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has received US FDA approval for label extensions of both Alyftrek (vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) and Trikafta (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor), expanding access to cystic fibrosis…

Apr 1
Discovery

Landmark Bio picks up USD 18.3m ARPA-H award for extracellular vesicle manufacturing platform

Watertown, Mass.-based Landmark Bio has secured an ARPA-H award of up to USD 18.3 million to develop a continuous manufacturing platform for extracellular...

Apr 1
Development

Enveda's oral atopic dermatitis candidate shows 85% EASI reduction in early trial

Enveda, the Boulder, Colo.-based biotechnology company, reported Phase 1b results for ENV-294 in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis, with interim findings...

Apr 1
Business

Merck boosts antibody discovery capability through USD 838m partnership with Infinimmune

Infinimmune's Anthrobody® platform has drawn Merck (NYSE: MRK) into a multi-target antibody discovery collaboration structured around human immune...

Apr 1
News

OpenProtein.AI, Boehringer Ingelheim expand AI discovery partnership

OpenProtein.AI, a New York-based provider of AI-driven protein engineering software, and Boehringer Ingelheim, the privately held German pharmaceutical company, announced an expansion…

Apr 1