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Boehringer Ingelheim's survodutide achieves 16.6% weight loss in Phase III obesity trial

Boehringer Ingelheim reported that survodutide, its investigational glucagon/GLP-1 dual agonist, produced an average body weight reduction of 16.6% over 76...

Apr 29
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Zealand Pharma and Roche advance petrelintide into Phase III for chronic weight management

Zealand Pharma (Nasdaq: ZEAL) and Roche announced they will advance petrelintide into Phase 3 development for chronic weight management following Phase 2...

Apr 29
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Germany-based mbiomics completes Series A third closing at EUR 30m for microbiome therapeutics

Munich-based mbiomics GmbH has completed a third closing of its Series A round, bringing total financing to EUR 30 million. The latest tranche added EUR 12...

Apr 29
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Coultreon Biopharma raises USD 125m Series A to advance oral SIK3 inhibitor

Leuven-based Coultreon Biopharma, formerly known as Onco3R Therapeutics, has closed a USD 125 million Series A financing round to advance its immunology...

Apr 29
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Lighthouse Pharmaceuticals closes USD 12m Series A for Alzheimer's drug trial

Novato, California-based Lighthouse Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on small-molecule therapies for neurodegenerative...

Apr 29
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Chiesi Group acquires KalVista for USD 1.9b, expanding rare disease portfolio with Ekterly

Italy-based Chiesi Group has agreed to acquire Framingham, Massachusetts-based KalVista Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: KALV) for USD 27.00 per share in cash,...

Apr 29
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Sagimet Biosciences raises USD 175m Series A offering for acne therapeutics

Sagimet Biosciences (NASDAQ: SGMT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in San Mateo, California focused on therapeutics targeting...

Apr 29
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Fathom Therapeutics raises USD 47m in Series A for AI-enabled small molecule drug design

New York-based Fathom Therapeutics, formerly known as Atommap Corp., has closed an oversubscribed USD 47 million Series A financing round to advance its...

Apr 29
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OSE secures FDA orphan designation for pegrizeprument in heart transplant rejection prevention

France-based OSE Immunotherapeutics announced receipt of orphan drug designation from the US FDA for pegrizeprument (VEL-101), a pegylated monovalent antibody fragment targeting…

Apr 29
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Newron Pharma's evenamide faces FDA enrollment hold after patient death

Newron Pharmaceuticals said the US Food and Drug Administration has placed a clinical hold on new patient enrollment at US sites in its Phase III ENIGMA-TRS...

Apr 29
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Vivacta Biotechnology closes USD 50m Series A and A+ funding for CAR-T therapies

Shanghai-based Vivacta Biotechnology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has closed combined Series A and Series A+ financing totaling over USD 50 million to advance its...

Apr 29
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Teva acquires Emalex Biosciences in USD 900m deal for ecopipam

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE & TASE: TEVA) has agreed to acquire Chicago-based Emalex Biosciences for USD 700 million upfront, plus up to USD...

Apr 29
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EC approves Henlius and Organon’s Poherdy biosimilar for HER2-positive breast cancer

Shanghai Henlius Biotech and Organon announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Poherdy (pertuzumab), making it the first approved…

Apr 29
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Juniper Bio and Memorial Sloan Kettering partner on hypoxia imaging agent for oropharyngeal cancer

Juniper Biosciences, the Bridgewater, N.J.-based radiopharmaceutical developer, has entered a strategic licensing agreement with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) to advance…

Apr 29
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Pfizer's elranatamab meets Phase III primary endpoint in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) reported that elranatamab (Elrexfio) met its primary endpoint in the Phase III MagnetisMM-5 trial, demonstrating a statistically...

Apr 29