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Regulatory decisions and approvals
The FDA cleared OraSure Technologies’ at-home urine sample collection workflow for sexually transmitted infection testing using Roche systems, expanding convenient specimen collection tied to...
Gene therapy delivery and platform scale-up
SonoThera advanced non-viral ultrasound-mediated gene delivery with a major Series B that raised $125 million, aiming to move its platform into clinical development. The financing targets two lead...
Oncology trial signals and pipeline de-risking
Novartis’ takeover-driven dystrophy asset gained momentum after the Swiss drugmaker posted phase 1/2 success tied to regulatory discussions for its dystrophy program from the Avidity Biosciences...
Immunology and cancer mechanisms
A melanoma immunology study mapped a key immune microenvironment interaction by showing how tumor-resident T cells and dendritic cells coalesce into a distinct functional unit. The Nature...
Cardiovascular therapeutics and company funding for late-stage programs
Kardigan prepared to bring three late-stage cardiac assets to the public markets with a planned $320 million Nasdaq IPO, funded in part by a cardiovascular leadership team with ties to prior...
Regulatory setbacks in late-stage programs
Sanofi stopped its phase 3 MOBILIZE trial of riliprubart in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy after an independent monitoring committee judged the study unlikely to provide...
Partnering and M&A in oncology and platform technology
GSK agreed to acquire Nuvalent for $10.6 billion, a multi-asset deal aimed at strengthening GSK’s oncology pipeline with precision NSCLC therapies. Two programs are under FDA review—zidesamtinib...
Early clinical signals and biomarker-driven progress
T-Curx won Swissmedic approval for a first-in-human phase I study of TCX-001, a Siglec-6-targeted nonviral CAR T program. The trial will enroll adults with relapsed or refractory AML and CLL,...
Technology and platform innovation in bioproduction and diagnostics
A diagnostics and digital pathology advance focused on how foundation models can be engineered for robustness in clinical microscopy workflows. Researchers described a foundation-model approach...
Regulatory approvals and companion diagnostics
Guardant Health said the FDA has approved its Guardant360 CDx as a companion diagnostic for Boehringer Ingelheim’s Hernexeos (zongertinib) in HER2-mutant advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The...
Pipeline advancement via clinical trial readouts
Takeda said its oral TYK2 inhibitor zasocitinib outperformed Bristol Myers Squibb’s Sotyktu in a head-to-head Phase 3 trial for plaque psoriasis. Takeda reported statistical superiority across...
New clinical feasibility in gene therapy for inherited retinal disease
A Chinese team reported safety and feasibility for a subretinal AAV gene therapy delivering an RS1 transgene to photoreceptors in pediatric X-linked retinoschisis. Published in the New England...
Large-scale financing for non-viral gene delivery
SonoThera raised an oversubscribed $125 million Series B to push its ultrasound-mediated genetic medicine platform into clinical development. The funding supports lead programs in Duchenne...
Big-deal M&A to expand oncology precision pipeline
GSK agreed to acquire Nuvalent for $10.6 billion, positioning the deal to strengthen its precision oncology portfolio in ROS1- and ALK-driven NSCLC. Nuvalent’s pipeline includes zidesamtinib...
Biopharma IPOs and capital markets risk-on
Parabilis priced an upsized $670 million IPO on Nasdaq, marking the largest-ever biotech listing from a venture-backed company. The company sold 33.5 million shares at $20 each, and also disclosed...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene delivery platform shift to non-viral EVs
Researchers reported systemic delivery of full-length DMD mRNA using skeletal-muscle-targeted extracellular vesicles in a murine Duchenne model. The study, published in Nature Biomedical...
Obesity drug partnering and rights strategy
Sciwind said it has licensed its GLP-1 obesity drug ecnoglutide to Pfizer and Verdiva Bio, while indicating it remains open to additional partners for the remaining rights it holds. The company’s...
Cell therapy development and trials in relapsed or refractory AML/CLL
T-Curx obtained Swissmedic approval for a first-in-human Phase I study of TCX-001, a Siglec-6-targeted nonviral CAR T program. The trial will open in Switzerland with plans to expand to Germany...
Biotech funding for innovation and platforms
HKU and NICE signed an MoU intended to strengthen Hong Kong–Yangtze River Delta collaboration on innovation, applied research, commercialization, and talent development. The agreement, announced...
Acquisitions & Big Pharma dealmaking
GSK agreed to acquire Nuvalent for $10.6 billion, aiming to bolster its oncology pipeline with next-generation kinase inhibitors in NSCLC. The deal includes zidesamtinib (ROS1) and eladalkib...