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FDA clears path for Voxzogo's conversion from accelerated to traditional approval in achondroplasia
Regulatory & Policy

FDA clears path for Voxzogo's conversion from accelerated to traditional approval in achondroplasia

The US FDA has accepted BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.'s (Nasdaq: BMRN) supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Voxzogo (vosoritide) seeking full...

Jul 13
AB Science narrows pipeline to AML and ALS programs, discontinues three suspended studies
Development

AB Science narrows pipeline to AML and ALS programs, discontinues three suspended studies

France-based AB Science SA (Euronext: AB) is narrowing its clinical focus to two programs — AB8939 in relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia and...

Jul 13
Apnimed files for Nasdaq IPO with NDA-stage sleep apnea therapy under FDA review
Business

Apnimed files for Nasdaq IPO with NDA-stage sleep apnea therapy under FDA review

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Apnimed, Inc. (Nasdaq: APMD) filed for an IPO on July 10, 2026, seeking a Nasdaq listing for a company whose sole clinical...

Jul 13
Zhaoke flips regional license into global ownership of late-stage myopia drop NVK002
Business

Zhaoke flips regional license into global ownership of late-stage myopia drop NVK002

Zhaoke Ophthalmology converts regional licensee status into global IP ownership of a late-stage myopia drop, leaving originator Nevakar with only a...

Jul 13
Eisai data support plasma tau tangle biomarker as pharmacodynamic readout for anti-tau therapy
Development

Eisai data support plasma tau tangle biomarker as pharmacodynamic readout for anti-tau therapy

Eisai's etalanetug reduced a tau tangle-specific plasma biomarker by more than 90% at nine months in patients with dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease,...

Jul 13
News

Veraxa taps Ardigen AI to identify dual-target combinations for conditional cancer therapies

Veraxa Biotech AG (Nasdaq: VRXA) and Poland-based Ardigen S.A. announced an AI drug discovery collaboration to support target pair selection across Veraxa’s…

Jul 13
Ocugen expands OCU400 gene therapy footprint with MENA licensing deal ahead of Phase III readout
Business

Ocugen expands OCU400 gene therapy footprint with MENA licensing deal ahead of Phase III readout

Ocugen (Nasdaq: OCGN) has signed a binding term sheet to license OCU400, its Phase III modifier gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa, to Kuwait-based Roots...

Jul 13
Hemab reports early bleeding reduction with subcutaneous HMB-002 in Von Willebrand disease
Development

Hemab reports early bleeding reduction with subcutaneous HMB-002 in Von Willebrand disease

Hemab Therapeutics (Nasdaq: COAG) presented Phase I/II data from its HMB-002 program in Von Willebrand Disease at the ISTH 2026 Congress, reporting...

Jul 13
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Novo Nordisk's denecimig maintains low bleeding rates in long-term hemophilia A extension study
Development

Novo Nordisk's denecimig maintains low bleeding rates in long-term hemophilia A extension study

Novo Nordisk (Nasdaq: NVO) reported interim data from the FRONTIER4 long-term extension study at the ISTH Congress in Paris this week, showing that...

Jul 13
Amydis secures USD 1.1m NIH award to develop retinal imaging for TDP-43 detection
Discovery

Amydis secures USD 1.1m NIH award to develop retinal imaging for TDP-43 detection

Amydis, a La Jolla, California-based diagnostics company, has received a USD 1.1 million NIH R44 Phase II SBIR award from the National Institute on Aging to...

Jul 13
News

FDA issues second manufacturing-related CRL for Elevar-Hengrui HCC combination

New Jersey-based Elevar Therapeutics, a majority-owned subsidiary of HLB Co., Ltd., announced that the US FDA issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL)…

Jul 13
Acta restarts first-in-human development of likely Alzheimer's gamma-secretase modulator with streamlined Phase I study
Development

Acta restarts first-in-human development of likely Alzheimer's gamma-secretase modulator with streamlined Phase I study

Acta Pharmaceuticals has registered a Phase I first-in-human clinical trial of GSM-779690T, an investigational compound, in healthy adults. The randomized,...

Jul 13
News

Insilico Medicine expands CNS pipeline with CMS with USD 177m in new biobuck commitments

Insilico Medicine (HKEX: 03696) and China Medical System Holdings Limited (CMS, HKEX: 867; SGX: 8A8) have announced an additional drug development collaboration…

Jul 13
Antengene pockets USD 60m from UCB as it pivots to monetizing proprietary TCE platform
Business

Antengene pockets USD 60m from UCB as it pivots to monetizing proprietary TCE platform

Antengene Corporation Limited (HKEX: 6996) has confirmed receipt of the USD 60 million upfront payment from UCB under their worldwide exclusive license...

Jul 13
News

FDA expands Keytruda-Padcev combo to all muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients regardless of cisplatin eligibility

The US FDA approved both Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Keytruda Qlex (pembrolizumab and berahyaluronidase alfa-pmph), each combined with Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv), as perioperative…

Jul 13