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Phase 3 momentum for cell-free, at-home chronic thyroid eye disease therapy
Viridian Therapeutics reported top-line success from its Phase 3 Reveal-2 program for elegrobart in chronic thyroid eye disease, positioning the company for a U.S. BLA filing in the first quarter...
Phase 3 readout lifts confidence in heart drug across hypertrophic cardiomyopathy subtype
Cytokinetics scored a Phase 3 win for aficamten (brand name Myqorzo) in symptomatic non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (nHCM), meeting twin primary endpoints in the pivotal Acacia-HCM...
Clinical trial progress and regulatory pathway mapping in CAR-T localization
South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) approved Curocell’s Rimqarto (anbalcabtagene-autoleucel; anbal-cel) as the first homegrown CAR T therapy for patients with advanced diffuse...
U.S. regulatory process: FDA pilots real-time clinical trials to reduce lag on signals
The FDA began piloting real-time clinical trials (RTCTs) to accelerate early-phase decision-making by having sponsors report endpoint data to the agency as results emerge. The agency described...
Diagnostics earnings and forward pipeline catalysts
Veracyte raised full-year revenue guidance after strong Q1 results, driven by continued volume growth for its Decipher prostate prognostic test and Afirma thyroid cancer classifier. The company...
Regulatory and product development strategy: Intercept’s next-gen FXR agonist fails Phase 2
Intercept Pharmaceuticals’ next-generation FXR agonist INT-787 showed no clear evidence of potential in patients with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis, adding another setback for the company’s...
Big data and AI in drug discovery: OpenBind releases dataset and predictive model
UK-led OpenBind released its inaugural AI-ready dataset along with a predictive AI model aimed at improving structure-based drug discovery. The initiative is positioned as a benchmark resource,...
Financing: Latus Bio raises to advance AAV gene therapies in Huntington’s and CLN2
Latus Bio closed a $97 million Series A financing to support a pipeline based on AAV capsid variants. The company expects the cash to fund operations through clinical milestones including initial...
UCB launches $2.2B TCE push with Candid buyout
UCB agreed to acquire Candid Therapeutics for up to $2.2 billion to expand its footprint in T-cell engager (TCE) antibodies for immunology, adding Candid’s bispecific and trispecific...
Tempus AI revenue and partnerships accelerate precision oncology diagnostics
Tempus AI reported a 36% year-over-year increase in Q1 revenue to $348.1 million and raised its full-year revenue guidance, citing accelerating demand for its AI-driven diagnostic...
Veracyte raises guidance as Decipher and Afirma volume growth outpaces expectations
Veracyte reported Q1 revenue of $139.1 million, up 21% year over year, and raised full-year revenue guidance after Decipher prostate and Afirma thyroid product volumes grew faster than...
Cytokinetics’ aficamten hits twin Phase 3 endpoints in non-obstructive HCM
Cytokinetics said its aficamten (Myqorzo) met both Phase 3 co-primary endpoints in symptomatic non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (nHCM) in the pivotal ACACIA program. According to the...
Viridian’s elegrobart delivers another Phase 3 win and sets up 2027 filing
Viridian Therapeutics reported that its Phase 3 trial Reveal-2 met both primary endpoints for elegrobart in chronic thyroid eye disease (TED), lifting the stock as the company moves toward...
Windward Bio lands $165M for Phase 3 asthma push of long-acting anti-TSLP
Windward Bio secured a $165 million financing to advance a long-acting anti-TSLP antibody into Phase 3 development for asthma. The Swiss biotech said the capital supports late-stage progress for a...
U.S. FDA pilots real-time clinical trials to speed early signal review
The FDA said it is piloting real-time clinical trials (RTCTs), a model in which sponsors report endpoint data as it is generated to speed assessment of safety signals and early efficacy. In...
MFDS approves Rimqarto as first South Korea homegrown CAR T for DLBCL
South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) approved Curocell Inc.’s Rimqarto (anbalcabtagene-autoleucel; anbal-cel) for advanced diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, marking the first...
Sonire starts U.S. trial for ultrasound-guided HIFU system targeting pancreatic tumors
Sonire Therapeutics started a U.S.-based Sunrise II study of Suizenji, its ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) system designed to ablate pancreatic tumors. The company...
Passage Bio launches strategic review after FDA trial design feedback and layoffs
Passage Bio said it is launching a strategic review and reducing headcount by about 75% after the FDA did not support a single-arm registrational trial design for its lead program in...
Regulatory real-time clinical trials pilot
The FDA moved to speed early drug development by piloting real-time clinical trials (RTCTs), where sponsors report safety and endpoint signals to the agency as data are generated. The agency...
Company licensing: Madrigal adds Arrowhead siRNA to MASH combo plan
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals expanded its metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) combination strategy by licensing an Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals small-interfering RNA therapy tied to a...