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Clinical pipeline competition in ophthalmology: Tepezza injectable Phase 3 data
Amgen reported success for an injectable formulation of Tepezza (teprotumumab) in a Phase 3 study for thyroid eye disease, setting up an escalation in competition. The company’s move comes as...
Funding: Syneron Bio raises $150M Series B for peptide platform; Syneron’s prior round cited
Syneron Bio raised $150 million in a Series B round to develop a peptide drug class designed to borrow some of the properties of biologics. The company said the financing will support development...
Corporate AI for trials: BMS partners with Faro Health for AI-driven protocol design
Bristol Myers Squibb is partnering with Faro Health to use AI agents for clinical trial protocol design, drafting, validation and optimization. Faro’s technology structures narrative protocol...
Oncology science: Tumor succinate metabolite reprograms bladder muscle to create metastatic vessel niches
Researchers from Sun Yat-Sen University reported a signaling–metabolic circuit that lets bladder tumors co-opt the local muscle microenvironment to generate metastatic blood-vessel niches. The...
Oncology science: Cold plasma-activated water shows anti-tumor effects in breast cancer preclinical models
Preclinical mouse data suggest cold plasma-activated water may inhibit breast cancer tumor growth. Researchers reported in a study on cold plasma-activated water’s effects against MCF7 breast...
Oncology science: Charged molecular glues via targeted degron display (Nature Chemical Biology)
A Nature Chemical Biology study reported a strategy to discover charged molecular glues enabled through targeted degron display. Molecular glues are small molecules that promote new...
Oncology therapeutics: Quizartinib plus omacetaxine shows promise in AML Phase 2
A Phase 2 trial in acute myeloid leukemia reported encouraging results for a combination of quizartinib and omacetaxine mepesuccinate. The study, published in Nature Communications in 2026,...
Platform/Diagnostics: Whole-body MRI diffusion predicts ovarian cancer outcomes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
A study in the British Journal of Cancer reported that whole-body diffusion-weighted MRI (WB-DWI/MRI) can predict treatment outcomes for advanced ovarian cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy....
Neurocrine expands rare-disease footprint via Soleno acquisition
Neurocrine Biosciences agreed to buy Soleno Therapeutics for $2.9 billion, adding Soleno’s Prader-Willi syndrome medicine Vykat to its portfolio and deepening its focus on rare diseases. The deal...
Takeda unwinds Denali collaboration amid restructuring
Takeda ended an eight-year partnership with Denali, returning full rights to Denali’s DNL593 ahead of the program’s Phase 1 steps. The termination arrives as Takeda continues restructuring, which...
Oral GLP-1 approval reshapes near-term obesity competition
Eli Lilly’s oral obesity drug Foundayo (orforglipron) won FDA approval, but the stock move quickly faded as investors weighed timing and competitive pricing versus Novo Nordisk’s oral Wegovy....
FDA volatility hits small biotech survival: Kezar shutdown
A four-month FDA delay forced Kezar Life Sciences to close its doors after the regulator canceled a key clinical-trial design meeting for an autoimmune hepatitis program. Kezar had reached an...
Cancer immunotherapy mechanism: glycocholic acid alters checkpoint response
Researchers reported that circulating glycocholic acid (GCA) can influence the efficacy of immune checkpoint therapies in colorectal cancer, pointing to a potential biomarker and combination...
Targeted AML combo signals in phase II
A phase II trial reported promising results for a combination of quizartinib and omacetaxine mepesuccinate in a high-risk AML setting. The study, published in Nature Communications in 2026,...
Drug–microbiome interaction affects Parkinson’s medication performance
A study published in Nature Microbiology reported that the gut microbiome can modulate the efficacy and safety of Parkinson’s disease medications, highlighting drug–microbiome interactions as a...
Oncology imaging: whole-body MRI forecasts ovarian cancer outcomes
Researchers reported that whole-body diffusion-weighted MRI (WB-DWI/MRI) can predict treatment outcomes for patients with advanced ovarian cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The findings,...
Regenerative/bioprocess innovation: nanotube injector enables cytoplasmic transfer
Waseda University researchers unveiled a nanotube membrane-based injector designed to transfer cytoplasmic contents between living cell populations with high viability. Published in Small Science,...
Capital raise for peptide drug development: Syneron Series B
Syneron Bio raised a $150 million Series B round to advance peptide programs built for improved drug-like properties, adding to its prior year fundraising efforts that totaled $100 million. The...
Oral GLP-1 competition heats up after FDA approval
Eli Lilly’s oral obesity drug Foundayo (orforglipron) won FDA authorization, but the initial market reaction cooled quickly as investors weighed sales ramp and pricing pressure. Shares rose the...
Small biotech shutdown highlights FDA review volatility risk
Kezar Life Sciences shut down after an FDA delay derailed a planned clinical trial-design meeting for its autoimmune hepatitis program. The company said the FDA agreed on a trial plan but only...