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Pfizer expands oral GLP‑1 roster: $150M upfront China license

December 10, 2025

Pfizer struck a licensing and collaboration deal giving it global rights to a once‑daily oral GLP‑1 small molecule from Yaopharma (Fosun subsidiary), paying $150 million upfront as part of a...

Novartis taps Relation: $1.7B pact to mine AI‑driven dermatology targets

December 10, 2025

Novartis inked a multi‑program, strategic collaboration with Relation Therapeutics worth up to $1.7 billion to discover and develop targets for atopic and other immune‑driven dermatologic...

AI‑designed PROTACs and AI drug startups: generative chemistry moves to clinic

December 10, 2025

Insilico Medicine published preclinical data for an AI‑designed PROTAC degrader targeting PKMYT1, demonstrating on‑target activity in cell lines and xenografts guided by generative Chemistry42...

DNA‑origami diagnostics: Amplifold raises €5M to commercialize LFA boost

December 10, 2025

Amplifold closed a €5 million seed round to commercialize DNA origami‑based signal amplification for lateral flow assays (LFAs). The Munich spinout says its nanostructures can increase LFA...

Radboud goes live with PacBio long‑read WGS as frontline diagnostic test

December 10, 2025

Radboud University Medical Center launched long‑read whole‑genome sequencing (WGS) using Pacific Biosciences technology as a frontline diagnostic test for genetic eye disease and severe...

Roche oral SERD: 30% cut in post‑surgery recurrence

December 10, 2025

Roche disclosed interim adjuvant data showing its oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) reduced the risk of invasive disease recurrence or death by about 30% versus standard of care....

FDA pivots on CAR‑T: randomized trials now expected

December 10, 2025

The FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) signaled a policy shift: most chimeric antigen receptor (CAR‑T) cell therapy approvals will now be supported by randomized controlled...

Lilly picks Huntsville – $6B API plant for GLP‑1 pill

December 10, 2025

Eli Lilly announced Huntsville, Alabama, as the site for a $6 billion active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) facility that will support peptide and small‑molecule medicines including its oral...

Pfizer doubles down on oral GLP‑1s – China deals add heft

December 10, 2025

Pfizer continued to expand its obesity portfolio with two separate deals for oral GLP‑1 candidates from China: a $150 million upfront license for YaoPharma’s once‑daily oral GLP‑1 and a broader $2...

Mirum buys Bluejay... adds late‑stage HDV antibody

December 10, 2025

Mirum Pharmaceuticals agreed to acquire Bluejay Therapeutics in a deal valuing the transaction at roughly $820 million, bringing brelovitug, a late‑stage monoclonal antibody for chronic hepatitis...

Kelonia’s in‑body CAR‑T: deep remissions in early MM readout

December 10, 2025

Kelonia Therapeutics reported early clinical data showing efficacy for its in‑vivo CAR‑T approach in multiple myeloma, with single‑infusion results producing deep responses in a small cohort. The...

Continuous fermentation goes commercial – Pow.Bio joins Bühler

December 10, 2025

Pow.Bio and the Bühler Group said they are ready to market an integrated continuous precision fermentation platform that combines Pow.Bio’s AI‑enabled continuous fermentation technology with...

Radboud goes long: PacBio long‑read WGS frontline diagnostic

December 10, 2025

Radboud University Medical Center has deployed Pacific Biosciences long‑read whole‑genome sequencing (WGS) as a frontline diagnostic test for selected genetic indications, replacing a basket of...

Ginkgo, Deep Origin win $31.7M ARPA‑H contract for non‑animal safety

December 10, 2025

Ginkgo Bioworks and AI drug‑discovery firm Deep Origin lead a multi‑partner consortium that secured up to $31.7 million from ARPA‑H to develop non‑animal models for drug safety and ADME‑Tox...

Dyne reports pivotal Duchenne win — FDA submission ahead

December 10, 2025

Dyne Therapeutics announced that its Duchenne muscular dystrophy candidate met the primary endpoint in a pivotal study, positioning the company to pursue accelerated approval with the U.S. FDA....

FDA demands randomized trials for CAR‑T approvals

December 10, 2025

The FDA signaled a policy shift by saying it will generally require randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to support approvals of CAR‑T cell therapies, except in narrowly defined circumstances such...

Tec‑dara combo posts landmark PFS at ASH — bispecifics vs CAR‑T

December 10, 2025

Late‑breaking results from the Majestec‑3 trial showed the teclistamab plus daratumumab combination produced an 83.4% three‑year progression‑free survival (PFS) rate versus 29.7% for standard...

Mirum snaps up Bluejay to add late‑stage HDV antibody

December 10, 2025

Mirum Pharmaceuticals agreed to acquire Bluejay Therapeutics in a cash‑and‑stock deal to add brelovitug, a late‑stage monoclonal antibody for chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV), to its rare‑liver...

Lilly pins Huntsville for $6B API plant — onshore GLP‑1 supply

December 10, 2025

Eli Lilly selected Huntsville, Alabama, as the site for a $6 billion active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) plant focused on peptide and small‑molecule medicines, including the oral GLP‑1...

AI‑designed degrader and SciSciGPT push human–AI science integration

December 10, 2025

Insilico Medicine reported the AI‑generated discovery of a bifunctional PROTAC degrader targeting PKMYT1, with preclinical activity in biomarker‑selected cancer models; the work was detailed in...