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USC wins NIA funding to advance first brain-penetrant cPLA2 inhibitors for Alzheimer's
Discovery

USC wins NIA funding to advance first brain-penetrant cPLA2 inhibitors for Alzheimer's

University of Southern California has received a USD 1.67 million NIA U01 cooperative agreement to advance brain-penetrant small molecule inhibitors of...

Aug 5
Weill Cornell advances mitochondrial ROS inhibitors for Alzheimer's with NIA grant
Discovery

Weill Cornell advances mitochondrial ROS inhibitors for Alzheimer's with NIA grant

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a USD 4.2 million RF1 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to advance preclinical development of a class of...

Aug 5
RevaGenix lands USD 12.1m NIAID contract to advance AMR therapeutics
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RevaGenix lands USD 12.1m NIAID contract to advance AMR therapeutics

San Mateo, California-based RevaGenix, Inc. has received a USD 12.1 million NIAID R&D contract to advance therapeutic candidates targeting antimicrobial...

Aug 5
University of Washington secures NIH funding for AI-guided islet cell engineering
Discovery

University of Washington secures NIH funding for AI-guided islet cell engineering

University of Washington has received a USD 1.71 million NIDDK RC2 grant to develop AI-designed mini-proteins that epigenetically direct pluripotent stem...

Aug 5
UC Davis advances bacterial-made microRNA therapy with renewed NCI funding
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UC Davis advances bacterial-made microRNA therapy with renewed NCI funding

University of California, Davis has received a USD 1.18 million National Cancer Institute R01 renewal to advance bioengineered microRNA therapeutics for...

Aug 5
Chugai signs up for Phylo's Biomni Lab agentic AI drug discovery platform
Business

Chugai signs up for Phylo's Biomni Lab agentic AI drug discovery platform

Phylo, Inc. has announced a collaboration with Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4519) to deploy Biomni Lab, Phylo's agentic AI...

3d ago
IQVIA to support Medera's cardiac gene therapy and human organoid platform
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IQVIA to support Medera's cardiac gene therapy and human organoid platform

IQVIA (NYSE: IQV) and Medera Inc. have announced a collaboration to advance Medera's cardiac gene therapy pipeline and its Novoheart human cardiac organoid...

3d ago
Grace Therapeutics raises USD 10m to fund manufacturing strategy for NDA resubmission
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Grace Therapeutics raises USD 10m to fund manufacturing strategy for NDA resubmission

Princeton, New Jersey-based Grace Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRCE) announced a USD 10 million private placement to fund manufacturing and regulatory work...

Aug 5
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Forlong moves SC IL-15 superagonist into Phase I in Australia
Development

Forlong moves SC IL-15 superagonist into Phase I in Australia

China-based Forlong Biotechnology has announced approval to initiate a Phase I clinical trial of FL115, an IL-15/IL-15Rα-Fbody fusion protein, administered...

Aug 5
Moderna advances Bundibugyo Ebola mRNA vaccine into Phase I
Development

Moderna advances Bundibugyo Ebola mRNA vaccine into Phase I

Moderna (Nasdaq: MRNA) has dosed the first participants in a Phase I trial of mRNA-1469, its investigational mRNA vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus...

Aug 5
Arrowhead nabs FDA priority review voucher for plozasiran
Regulatory & Policy

Arrowhead nabs FDA priority review voucher for plozasiran

Pasadena, California-based Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ARWR) announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a US FDA Rare Pediatric Disease...

Aug 5
Merck Q2'26: Sac-TMT Phase III win prompts rethink of first-line NSCLC strategy
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Merck Q2'26: Sac-TMT Phase III win prompts rethink of first-line NSCLC strategy

Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) held its Q2 2026 earnings call on August 4, 2026, during which the company reported its first positive Phase III readout from the...

Aug 5
Pfizer Q2'26: Mevrometostat, tilrekimig and sigvotatug vedotin shape pipeline outlook
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Pfizer Q2'26: Mevrometostat, tilrekimig and sigvotatug vedotin shape pipeline outlook

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) held its Q2 2026 earnings call on August 4, 2026, with three pipeline developments dominating analyst attention: a Q4 readout for the...

Aug 5
Takeda Q1 FY2026: Zasocitinib, TAK-928 and mezagitamab drive pipeline update
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Takeda Q1 FY2026: Zasocitinib, TAK-928 and mezagitamab drive pipeline update

Takeda Q1 2026 Earnings Call on July 30, 2026 revealed that zasocitinib has now demonstrated statistical superiority over deucravacitinib (Sotyktu) across...

Aug 4
UNC Charlotte spinout OncoTab wins grant to advance tMUC1 TCE for pancreatic cancer
Discovery

UNC Charlotte spinout OncoTab wins grant to advance tMUC1 TCE for pancreatic cancer

OncoTab, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based biotechnology company, has received a USD 1.13 million National Cancer Institute R44 SBIR Phase II grant to...

Aug 4