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Duchenne gene therapy revisited for Europe

April 18, 2026

Roche announced a new global Phase 3 trial for Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec), seeking a path toward European approval after a negative European Medicines Agency review. The study is...

Immuno-oncology and oncology pipeline bets with acquisitions

April 18, 2026

UCB agreed to buy Neurona for up to $1.2 billion, adding seizure cell therapy ambitions to its predominantly small-molecule neurology portfolio. UCB said the acquisition is intended to diversify...

Regulatory and policy enforcement in drug promotion

April 18, 2026

FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) enforcement is intensifying, reshaping what pharma can say and show in promotional materials. A compliance analysis described a rapid expansion...

Antimicrobial resistance surveillance partnerships

April 18, 2026

Takara Bio and Resistomap strengthened their partnership to develop high-throughput antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance products from environmental samples. The SmartChip Biosecurity...

FDA trial pipeline push after oncology readouts

April 18, 2026

Delta-Fly Pharma said it is pursuing an NDA path for radgocitabine (DFP-10917) after a Phase 3 AML trial missed its primary endpoint. The company plans to discuss with the FDA using earlier-stage...

Oncology buyout and survival readout—pan-RAS in pancreatic cancer

April 18, 2026

Revolution Medicines’ daraxonrasib won a major Phase 3 survival signal in metastatic pancreatic cancer, driving deal and pipeline attention around its RAS-targeting approach. The company reported...

Biotech workforce restructuring signal

April 18, 2026

BioSpace tallies showed biopharma layoffs slowed year over year in Q1 2026, but total affected employees rose. The reported jump was driven largely by Viatris planning to cut up to 10% of its...

Emerging diagnostics and lab automation productization

April 18, 2026

Transformative Biotech said it has developed extraction-free PCR chemistry for point-of-care testing, removing the bottleneck of nucleic acid extraction from sample workflows. The company’s...

Kailera Therapeutics IPO and obesity pipeline funding

April 18, 2026

Kailera Therapeutics launched one of the biggest biotech IPOs in years, pricing an upsized offering that raised $625 million to fund clinical development of an obesity-focused pipeline licensed...

U.S. biotech IPOs and market-wide financing signals

April 18, 2026

Multiple companies moved through public-market milestones and strengthened investor access to capital, highlighting how underwriting appetite is focusing on clinical readiness and platform...

Roche Elevidys Phase 3 restart targeting European approval

April 18, 2026

Roche moved to restart Europe-focused evidence for Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys by announcing a new global phase III trial. The study is designed to generate additional...

Lilly Foundayo advances in cardiovascular outcomes testing

April 18, 2026

Eli Lilly reported positive cardiovascular safety results for its oral obesity and diabetes medicine Foundayo (orforglipron), meeting the main goal of a heart safety trial in a phase III program...

Revolution Medicines Phase 3 daraxonrasib survival benefit in pancreatic cancer

April 18, 2026

Revolution Medicines reported a survival advantage for its pan-RAS drug daraxonrasib in a global phase III study in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Patients treated with the daily...

UCB to buy Neurona for up to $1.2B – seizure cell therapy entry

April 18, 2026

UCB agreed to acquire Neurona in a deal valued at up to $1.2 billion, aiming to broaden its epilepsy portfolio beyond small molecules. UCB said the acquisition helps diversify into a potentially...

Neomorph molecular glue degrader financing

April 18, 2026

Neomorph secured a $100 million Series B round to advance its oral molecular glue degrader NEO-811 through clinical development and support broader pipeline progress. The company plans continued...

Storm Therapeutics RNA inhibitor program advances in sarcoma

April 18, 2026

Storm Therapeutics raised $56 million in a Series C to fund phase II development of STC-15, an RNA enzyme inhibitor targeting METTL3-driven methylation pathways in selected sarcoma subtypes. The...

Roche subsidiary Foundation Medicine to acquire Saga Diagnostics MRD platform

April 18, 2026

Foundation Medicine, a Roche subsidiary, agreed to buy Saga Diagnostics for up to $595 million, adding the company’s tumor-informed MRD platform Pathlight to Foundation’s test portfolio. The deal...

Biopharma financing momentum despite workforce cuts

April 18, 2026

Biopharma continued to slow layoffs in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the prior year, but headcount reductions still climbed in aggregate due to large-company cuts. According to BioSpace...

Seizure cell therapy deal

April 17, 2026

UCB will buy Neurona in a deal valued at up to $1.2 billion, positioning the Belgian pharma to broaden beyond its small-molecule epilepsy portfolio with a potentially one-off cell therapy. The...

Pancreatic cancer Phase 3 readout

April 17, 2026

Revolution Medicines reported a landmark survival benefit for its investigational RAS-targeting drug daraxonrasib (RMC-6236) in a global Phase 3 trial in metastatic pancreatic ductal...