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Aktis files to go public — funds radiopharma trials after Big Pharma backing

December 23, 2025

Aktis Oncology filed for an initial public offering to raise capital for clinical development of its miniprotein radiopharmaceuticals, following partnerships and investments from Eli Lilly,...

Signatera trial backs MRD‑guided immunotherapy — readout shifts diagnostic landscape

December 23, 2025

Multiple late‑stage readouts in 2025 strengthened the commercial and clinical case for minimal residual disease (MRD) testing; the Phase III IMvigor011 trial used Natera’s tumor‑informed Signatera...

Wegovy pill wins FDA: Novo Nordisk eyes wider rollout

December 23, 2025

The FDA approved an oral formulation of Novo Nordisk’s GLP‑1 obesity drug, and the company is preparing a broad commercial launch. The approval makes Wegovy the first oral GLP‑1 cleared...

Boehringer inks $448M pact: Rectify to develop oral CKD medicines

December 23, 2025

Boehringer Ingelheim and Boston startup Rectify Pharmaceuticals signed a research and licensing agreement to advance oral therapies for chronic kidney disease, a partnership that could deliver up...

AstraZeneca fronts $100M for Jacobio pan‑KRAS – $1.9B upside

December 23, 2025

AstraZeneca paid $100 million upfront to outlicense ex‑China rights for Jacobio Pharmaceuticals’ phase I pan‑KRAS inhibitor JAB‑23E73 in a deal that can total roughly $1.9 billion. AstraZeneca...

Windward buys Qyuns bispecific... $700M potential

December 23, 2025

Windward Bio acquired ex‑China rights to Qyuns Therapeutics’ clinical‑stage bispecific WIN027 (QX027N), a TSLP/IL‑13 dual antibody, in a deal that could reach $700 million. Windward said the...

Gilead opts into Assembly HSV programs: $35M for two antivirals

December 23, 2025

Gilead Sciences exercised its option to license two helicase‑primase inhibitors for recurrent genital herpes from Assembly Biosciences, paying $35 million upfront. The compounds, ABI‑1179 and...

Aktis files for IPO: radiopharma group to fund miniprotein trials

December 23, 2025

Aktis Oncology filed for an initial public offering to finance clinical development of miniprotein radioconjugates, including a Nectin‑4‑targeting candidate in U.S. phase 1b testing. The company,...

MRD testing market heats up: IMvigor011 validates Signatera as treatment selector

December 23, 2025

Clinical trial readouts and commercial consolidation in 2025 strengthened the minimal residual disease (MRD) testing market, with the Phase III IMvigor011 trial standing out as randomized data...

Pfizer discloses death in Hympavzi hemophilia trial: neurological event reported

December 23, 2025

Pfizer informed investigators and regulators that a participant in a Hympavzi hemophilia trial died after a cerebellar infarction followed by a cerebral hemorrhage. The company disclosed the...

Samsung Biologics to buy GSK’s U.S. plant: $280M deal secures U.S. capacity

December 23, 2025

Samsung Biologics America agreed to acquire Human Genome Sciences’ Rockville manufacturing facility from GSK for $280 million, a purchase that preserves more than 500 jobs and adds cGMP capacity...

China MDx dealmaking: GenePlus files for Hong Kong IPO; Guardant wins Japanese CDx for Lilly drug

December 23, 2025

Chinese molecular diagnostics and precision medicine firm GenePlus Technology filed for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, listing precision diagnostics, clinical R&D enablement and AI‑driven...

Wegovy pill clears FDA: Novo Nordisk poised for broad launch

December 23, 2025

The FDA approved an oral formulation of Novo Nordisk’s weight‑loss drug Wegovy, marking the first pill version of a GLP‑1 therapy cleared for obesity. Regulators cleared the pill for weight...

Myqorzo cleared: Cytokinetics enters direct fight with BMS’ Camzyos

December 23, 2025

The FDA granted marketing clearance for Cytokinetics’ aficamten (Myqorzo) to treat symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM), making a daily oral myosin inhibitor available to...

Samsung Biologics buys GSK U.S. plant: $280m expansion into Rockville

December 23, 2025

Samsung Biologics America signed a definitive agreement to acquire Human Genome Sciences’ Rockville, Maryland, manufacturing site from GSK for $280 million, with closing expected by the end of Q1...

Pfizer reports death in Hympavzi trial: safety review under way

December 23, 2025

Pfizer disclosed that a participant in a clinical trial of its hemophilia drug Hympavzi died after a cerebellar infarction followed by cerebral hemorrhage. The company notified investigators and...

Ingrezza flunks DCP test: Neurocrine flags Phase 3 miss

December 23, 2025

Neurocrine Biosciences reported that valbenazine (Ingrezza) failed to meet its primary endpoint in the Phase 3 KINECT‑DCP trial for dyskinetic cerebral palsy. The company issued an update...

AstraZeneca buys ex‑China rights to Jacobio pan‑KRAS—$1.9B deal

December 23, 2025

Jacobio Pharmaceuticals out‑licensed its clinical‑stage pan‑KRAS inhibitor JAB‑23E73 to AstraZeneca in a deal worth up to $1.915 billion, with AstraZeneca taking development and commercialization...

Aktis files for IPO: radiopharma backers push miniprotein programs

December 23, 2025

Aktis Oncology filed for an initial public offering to fund clinical development of miniprotein radioconjugates, aiming to advance candidates such as Ac‑AKY‑1189 for Nectin‑4‑expressing tumors....

Boehringer joins TrumpRx: $10B U.S. investment and tariff protections

December 23, 2025

Boehringer Ingelheim agreed to invest $10 billion in U.S. pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing through 2028 and to join the TrumpRx.gov direct‑purchase platform, under an arrangement that secures...