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Evommune to focus on dermatology after MRGPRX2 antagonist stumbles in Phase IIb CSU trial
Development

Evommune to focus on dermatology after MRGPRX2 antagonist stumbles in Phase IIb CSU trial

Palo Alto-based Evommune, Inc. (NYSE: EVMN) reported that its oral MRGPRX2 antagonist EVO756 failed to meet its primary endpoint in a Phase IIb trial in...

Jun 29
News

Roche supplies Tecentriq for pairing with Excalipoint’s tri-specific TCE in SCLC

China-based Excalipoint Therapeutics announced a clinical trial collaboration with Roche to evaluate EXP011 (CTM012), its lead tri-specific T-cell engager, in combination with…

Jun 29
Zymeworks acquires Theravance for USD 929m to secure Yupelri's USD 60m annual cash flows
Business

Zymeworks acquires Theravance for USD 929m to secure Yupelri's USD 60m annual cash flows

Canada-based Zymeworks Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYME) has agreed to acquire Dublin-based Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: TBPH) for USD 17.00 per share in cash,...

Jun 29
Talawar's SPAC merger secures USD 285m to advance dual-pathway atopic dermatitis bispecific
Business

Talawar's SPAC merger secures USD 285m to advance dual-pathway atopic dermatitis bispecific

New York-based Talawar Therapeutics has announced a definitive business combination agreement with JATT II Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: JATT), a Cayman...

Jun 29
Sweden's Flerie acquires Biosergen to revive clinical-stage antifungal candidate
Business

Sweden's Flerie acquires Biosergen to revive clinical-stage antifungal candidate

Sweden-based Flerie AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: FLERIE) has agreed to acquire Sweden-based Biosergen AB through a statutory merger, valuing Biosergen at...

Jun 29
Ipsen buys Kartos to add Phase III MDM2 inhibitor for myelofibrosis
Business

Ipsen buys Kartos to add Phase III MDM2 inhibitor for myelofibrosis

France-based Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) has agreed to acquire Kartos Therapeutics, a Redwood City, California-based clinical-stage company, in a...

Jun 29
Discovery

Siren Bio advances AAV immune-gene therapy into clinical trials for recurrent glioblastoma

San Francisco-based Siren Biotechnology has received a USD 8 million CLIN2 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to advance...

Jun 29
News

Viridian’s Lumvoa becomes first to treat active and chronic thyroid eye disease with single label

Massachusetts-based Viridian Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VRDN) has received US FDA approval for Lumvoa (veligrotug-vvze), a full insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) antagonist for…

Jun 29
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MSD explores regional pharma hub in Abu Dhabi to serve Gulf markets

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) and Merck & Co., Inc. (MSD) announced a collaboration to explore establishing a regional…

Jun 29
News

Shionogi taps real-world ALS data to strengthen edaravone’s market position post-approval

Japan-based Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 4507) announced a continued partnership with the ALS/MND Natural History Consortium to access longitudinal, clinic-based real-world…

Jun 29
FDA Schedules Advisory Committee for Capricor's Deramiocel in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Regulatory & Policy

FDA Schedules Advisory Committee for Capricor's Deramiocel in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

San Diego-based Capricor Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CAPR) has announced that the US FDA's Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee (CTGTAC) will...

Jun 29
News

FDA issues CRL to Sobi’s NASP over manufacturing failings

Sweden-based Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (STO: SOBI) disclosed on June 26, 2026, that the US FDA issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL)…

Jun 29
News

FDA delays Lantheus’ Ga-68 edotreotide approval over third-party manufacturing deficiencies

Lantheus Holdings said the US FDA issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) for its New Drug Application (NDA) seeking approval of LNTH-2501…

Jun 29
Nippon Shinyaku bets on Elixirgen's full-length dystrophin mRNA
Business

Nippon Shinyaku bets on Elixirgen's full-length dystrophin mRNA

Japan-based Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. has signed an option agreement with Baltimore-based Elixirgen Therapeutics, Inc. granting it the right to acquire...

Jun 29
CHMP June 2026: Trofinetide reversal, avacopan revocation, and 6 new medicines advance toward EU approval
Regulatory & Policy

CHMP June 2026: Trofinetide reversal, avacopan revocation, and 6 new medicines advance toward EU approval

The EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use concluded its June 2026 meeting with a series of consequential decisions: a rare reversal of a...

Jun 26