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MGI, South Africa launch 110K genome program: first national African reference
MGI Tech signed an MoU with South African research and government bodies to sequence up to 110,000 genomes and establish the country’s first national genomic reference. The program installs MGI’s...
Lilly doubles down on RNAi: $1.2B deal for Sanegene’s tissue‑selective delivery tech
Eli Lilly agreed to a $1.2 billion partnership with Suzhou Sanegene Bio to access tissue‑selective RNAi delivery platforms for metabolic disease programs, including obesity. The transaction gives...
GLP‑1 sales top $20B in 3Q25 — Mounjaro and Zepbound lead market surge
Third‑quarter sales of GLP‑1 receptor agonists exceeded $20 billion, driven by strong demand for Lilly’s Mounjaro and new entrants such as Zepbound. The data, compiled by BioCentury, underscore...
FDA names Richard Pazdur as CDER director
The FDA appointed longtime oncology regulator Richard Pazdur to lead the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). The change comes after George Tidmarsh’s abrupt departure and aims to...
Lilly acquires MeiraGTx gene therapy rights and deepens AI drug discovery ties
Eli Lilly agreed to acquire global rights to MeiraGTx’s AAV-AIPL1 gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis 4 and struck an expanded AI drug-discovery collaboration with Insilico Medicine. Lilly...
Pfizer closes $10 billion Metsera deal — Washington ties surfaced
Pfizer won the bidding war for obesity developer Metsera with an amended agreement valuing the company at about $10 billion. Novo Nordisk withdrew from further bidding after a week-long contest....
FDA moves to strip boxed warnings from menopause hormone therapies
The FDA announced actions to remove or narrow long-standing black box warnings from hormone replacement therapies used for menopause. Agency leaders said the earlier warnings overstated...
Neurocrine’s Takeda‑licensed depression candidate fails mid‑stage tests
Neurocrine Biosciences reported that NBI‑1070770, a compound licensed from Takeda for major depressive disorder, did not meet its primary endpoint in a Phase 2 study. The company said the drug was...
Engene posts pivotal Phase II detalimogene data — shares spike
Engene Holdings released additional preliminary pivotal‑cohort data from its Phase II Legend trial of detalimogene voraplasmid in high‑risk, BCG‑unresponsive non‑muscle invasive bladder cancer...
Metagenomi trims workforce while hemophilia program posts strong NHP data
Gene‑editing firm Metagenomi announced a restructuring that cut roughly 25% of its staff, including the CEO, to focus resources on its preclinical hemophilia A program. The move accompanies new...
CRISPR companies face a mixed week: clinical victory and safety tragedy
The CRISPR sector reported sharply divergent news within days: one firm announced positive early in‑human cholesterol‑lowering data while another disclosed a patient death tied to an ongoing...
Beacon Biosignals raises $86 million to build brain‑wave dataset
Beacon Biosignals closed an $86 million financing to build a large brain‑wave repository aimed at accelerating discovery of neurological disease diagnostics and therapeutics. The company plans to...
Nucleai and University of Glasgow launch colorectal spatial biomarker effort
Spatial‑omics firm Nucleai signed a collaboration with the University of Glasgow to identify and validate predictive biomarkers for colorectal cancer and advanced polyp risk using multimodal...
Lilly bets on sight: $475m buy for MeiraGTx’s LCA4 gene therapy
Eli Lilly agreed to acquire exclusive global rights to MeiraGTx’s AAV‑AIPL1 gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis 4 (LCA4), paying $75 million up front with up to $400 million in milestones....
Pfizer clinches Metsera for $10 billion — Novo bows out
Pfizer won a competitive bidding process for obesity drug developer Metsera, signing an amended agreement valuing the company at roughly $10 billion. The acquisition brings Metsera’s...
FDA orders removal of breast‑cancer box from menopause HRT labels
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced steps to remove longstanding boxed warnings from hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products used for menopause, concluding prior label language...
CRISPR’s mixed week: blockbuster cholesterol data and a trial fatality
The CRISPR gene‑editing sector posted sharply divergent headlines: CRISPR Therapeutics presented early clinical data showing a single in vivo gene‑editing therapy produced large reductions in...
GLP‑1 sales surge: $20 billion in 3Q25
GLP‑1 receptor agonists continued to drive outsized market growth, with combined third‑quarter sales topping $20 billion and Mounjaro and Zepbound leading volumes. Pharma firms and investors are...
Cogent nails second pivotal win — two NDAs on deck
Cogent Biosciences reported a second positive pivotal result for its KIT inhibitor bezuclastinib, meeting primary endpoints in a Phase III study of gastrointestinal stromal tumors and earlier data...
Neurocrine’s Takeda‑licensed antidepressant fails midstage
Neurocrine Biosciences disclosed that NBI‑1070770, an oral compound licensed from Takeda for major depressive disorder, did not meet its primary endpoint in a Phase II trial. Company management...