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Phase 3 pancreatic cancer win spurs FDA path for daraxonrasib

April 18, 2026

Revolution Medicines’ pan-RAS inhibitor daraxonrasib delivered a major survival benefit in its Phase 3 RASolute 302 trial for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, beating standard...

UCB expands epilepsy strategy with $1.2B Neurona deal

April 18, 2026

UCB agreed to acquire Neurona Therapeutics for up to $1.2 billion, betting that a seizure cell-therapy platform can broaden its largely small-molecule epilepsy portfolio. UCB said the acquisition...

Roche targets new Elevidys Phase 3 trial to seek European approval again

April 18, 2026

Roche announced it will initiate another global Phase 3 trial for Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys, aiming to generate data that could support an updated European...

Lilly’s Foundayo wins heart safety readout in large cardiovascular trial

April 18, 2026

Eli Lilly reported positive top-line results from a cardiovascular outcomes trial of Foundayo (orforglipron), meeting the study’s heart safety objective versus insulin glargine in adults with type...

FDA shifts posture on compounded peptides – priority review vouchers in budget

April 18, 2026

Two separate policy signals emerged from FDA-facing coverage: the agency is moving toward easing restrictions on certain compounded peptides while also setting out a policy agenda that would make...

Storm Therapeutics funds METTL3 inhibitor STC-15 Phase 2 with $56M Series C

April 18, 2026

Storm Therapeutics closed a $56 million Series C to advance STC-15, its METTL3-targeting RNA enzyme inhibitor, through Phase 2 development in sarcoma. The company said the financing will support...

Neomorph lands $100M Series B for ARNT molecular glue degrader NEO-811

April 18, 2026

Neomorph secured a $100 million Series B financing round to advance NEO-811, an oral molecular glue degrader targeting ARNT (HIF-1β), through its Phase I/II trial in clear cell renal cell...

R&D modality: targeted gene delivery via AAV suppresses lung inflammation in mice

April 18, 2026

University of Cambridge-led researchers reported a targeted gene-delivery approach that calms lung inflammation during respiratory infection in mouse models by locally expressing immunomodulatory...

Diagnostics scale: Alamar Biosciences starts trading after $220M IPO for clinical Argo HT instrument

April 18, 2026

Alamar Biosciences began trading on Nasdaq after pricing its initial public offering of 12.94 million shares at $17 each, raising gross proceeds of about $220 million for its Argo HT platform and...

Biotech IPO boom: Kailera upsized $625M obesity platform launch

April 18, 2026

Kailera Therapeutics priced a record-setting upsized IPO, raising $625 million gross to fund late-stage development of its injectable and oral obesity pipeline, including ribupatide (KAI-9531)...

Obesity and metabolic disease deal/clinical momentum

April 18, 2026

Kailera Therapeutics priced an upsized IPO that raised $625 million to fund its obesity pipeline, following earlier Series A/B rounds. The offering sets a new benchmark for US biopharma IPOs as...

Cancer MRD diagnostics consolidation

April 18, 2026

Roche’s Foundation Medicine agreed to acquire Saga Diagnostics for up to $595 million, aiming to expand its cancer molecular residual disease (MRD) diagnostics portfolio. The deal adds Saga’s...

Duchenne gene therapy revisited for Europe

April 18, 2026

Roche announced a new global Phase 3 trial for Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec), seeking a path toward European approval after a negative European Medicines Agency review. The study is...

Immuno-oncology and oncology pipeline bets with acquisitions

April 18, 2026

UCB agreed to buy Neurona for up to $1.2 billion, adding seizure cell therapy ambitions to its predominantly small-molecule neurology portfolio. UCB said the acquisition is intended to diversify...

Regulatory and policy enforcement in drug promotion

April 18, 2026

FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) enforcement is intensifying, reshaping what pharma can say and show in promotional materials. A compliance analysis described a rapid expansion...

Antimicrobial resistance surveillance partnerships

April 18, 2026

Takara Bio and Resistomap strengthened their partnership to develop high-throughput antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance products from environmental samples. The SmartChip Biosecurity...

FDA trial pipeline push after oncology readouts

April 18, 2026

Delta-Fly Pharma said it is pursuing an NDA path for radgocitabine (DFP-10917) after a Phase 3 AML trial missed its primary endpoint. The company plans to discuss with the FDA using earlier-stage...

Oncology buyout and survival readout—pan-RAS in pancreatic cancer

April 18, 2026

Revolution Medicines’ daraxonrasib won a major Phase 3 survival signal in metastatic pancreatic cancer, driving deal and pipeline attention around its RAS-targeting approach. The company reported...

Biotech workforce restructuring signal

April 18, 2026

BioSpace tallies showed biopharma layoffs slowed year over year in Q1 2026, but total affected employees rose. The reported jump was driven largely by Viatris planning to cut up to 10% of its...

Emerging diagnostics and lab automation productization

April 18, 2026

Transformative Biotech said it has developed extraction-free PCR chemistry for point-of-care testing, removing the bottleneck of nucleic acid extraction from sample workflows. The company’s...