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US-UK pharma accord: no tariffs in exchange for higher UK drug spending

December 02, 2025

The U.S. and U.K. reached an agreement that exempts British-origin pharmaceuticals from U.S. tariffs for three years in return for pricing concessions and higher UK spending on medicines. The deal...

Recipharm Advanced Bio begins PPQ for Infant Bacterial Therapeutics’ LBP

December 02, 2025

Recipharm Advanced Bio and Infant Bacterial Therapeutics (IBT) initiated a process performance qualification (PPQ) at Recipharm’s Cuxhaven microbial manufacturing site to validate commercial...

Singapore’s PRECISE partners with pharma majors to mine Asian genomic data

December 02, 2025

Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE) announced a precompetitive collaboration with Alnylam, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim and Novo Nordisk to analyze data from the PRECISE‑SG100K...

Generate:Biomedicines advances to Phase 3 – TSLP antibody enters pivotal testing

December 02, 2025

Generate:Biomedicines announced the initiation of Phase 3 clinical studies for its lead TSLP (thymic stromal lymphopoietin) antibody, moving the AI-enabled discovery company’s lead program into...

Q32 sells complement asset to Akebia — $12M upfront for rare kidney program

December 02, 2025

Q32 Bio sold rights to its Phase II complement inhibitor ADX‑097 to Akebia Therapeutics for $12 million upfront, with up to $592 million in potential milestones, extending Q32’s cash runway and...

CRAFT CAR T and CAR T for CNS tumors: engineering safer, broader cell therapies

December 02, 2025

Researchers and companies presented advances in allogeneic CAR T approaches designed to reduce off‑target CRISPR risks (CRAFT CAR T) and to extend CAR T therapy into central nervous system (CNS)...

Regeneron bets $150M on Tessera: gene writing for AATD

December 02, 2025

Regeneron entered a global collaboration with Tessera Therapeutics to co-develop TSRA-196, a near-clinic in vivo gene-writing candidate for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD). The deal includes...

Belite posts Phase 3 win — Stargardt drug meets primary endpoint

December 02, 2025

Belite Bio reported positive topline results from the Phase 3 DRAGON trial of tinlarebant in adolescents with Stargardt disease type 1, meeting the primary endpoint with a clinically meaningful...

Protego raises $130M — pushes AL amyloidosis program to pivotal

December 02, 2025

Protego Biopharma closed an oversubscribed $130 million Series B to advance PROT‑001, its oral candidate for AL (light‑chain) amyloidosis, toward a pivotal study. The financing was led by...

US vaccine path under rebuild — Prasad memo sparks policy firestorm

December 02, 2025

Federal vaccine policy is in flux after internal CBER memos and agency planning signalled a stricter evidentiary bar for vaccine approvals, prompting public debate and scrutiny. FDA leadership has...

Lundbeck exits Avadel chase — Alkermes cleared to acquire

December 02, 2025

Lundbeck withdrew from a bidding contest for Avadel Pharmaceuticals, locking in Alkermes’ path to acquire the sleep‑disorder drug developer under a roughly $2.37 billion bid that includes...

Q32 sells complement asset to Akebia: cash runway extended

December 02, 2025

Q32 Bio sold rights to its phase II complement inhibitor ADX‑097 to Akebia Therapeutics, generating upfront proceeds that materially extend Q32’s cash runway and let the small developer focus...

UK‑US pharma price pact: U.K. loosens rules to avoid U.S. tariffs

December 02, 2025

The U.K. agreed to relax certain drug‑pricing rules and increase spending on medicines in exchange for a U.S. decision not to impose tariffs on British‑origin pharmaceuticals, ingredients and...

Janux data shuffle: JANX007 shows mixed early‑stage prostate results

December 02, 2025

Janux Therapeutics released a new data cut from an ongoing Phase 1 study of JANX007, a T‑cell engager for metastatic castration‑resistant prostate cancer, showing response rates around 30% in the...

Recursion leadership change: Najat Khan to take CEO baton

December 02, 2025

Recursion announced a planned leadership transition: long‑time CEO Chris Gibson will become board chair and Najat Khan, PhD, the company’s chief R&D and commercial officer, will assume CEO...

Scaled lung organoids: stirred bioreactor enables bulk production

December 02, 2025

Researchers at the University of Duisburg‑Essen developed an automated stirred‑tank bioreactor process to generate large quantities of iPSC‑derived lung organoids, producing complex...

Regeneron makes $150M bet on gene writing: Tessera tie-up

December 01, 2025

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals struck a $150 million collaboration with Tessera Therapeutics to develop and commercialize TSRA-196, a near-clinic in vivo gene-writing candidate for alpha-1 antitrypsin...

Protego raises $130M to push amyloidosis drug into pivotal test

December 01, 2025

Protego Biopharma closed a $130 million oversubscribed Series B led by Novartis Venture Fund and Forbion to advance its first-in-class oral program for light‑chain (AL) amyloidosis into a...

Belite’s pill meets Phase 3 endpoint: FDA filing next?

December 01, 2025

Belite Bio reported topline success from its 104-subject Phase 3 DRAGON trial: tinlarebant produced a statistically significant 36% reduction in the growth rate of retinal lesions versus placebo...

FDA clears intrathecal SMA gene therapy... while DMD hits fresh hurdles

December 01, 2025

The FDA approved Novartis’ intrathecally delivered SMA gene therapy Itvisma (onasemnogene abeparvovec), offering a new delivery route intended to broaden access beyond the intravenous label of...