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FDA and gene-editing safety framework
The FDA issued draft guidance on how to assess the safety of genome editing in human gene therapy products using next-generation sequencing (NGS). The agency’s recommendations focus on designing...
Oncology: Revolution Medicines’ daraxonrasib posts phase 3 survival win
Revolution Medicines reported that its RAS inhibitor daraxonrasib met key endpoints in a pivotal phase 3 trial in previously treated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, posting overall...
Cell therapy manufacturing milestone: Cellares Cell Shuttle doses first patients
Cabaletta Bio disclosed that the first two patients have been dosed with its investigational autologous CD19 CAR T therapy rese-cel (resecabtagene autoleucel) after automated manufacture on...
Radiopharma: Regeneron and Telix expand into next-generation theranostics
Regeneron and Telix announced a partnership valued at up to $4.3 billion to co-develop and co-commercialize next-generation radiopharmaceutical therapies and companion diagnostics. Under a...
Regulatory approval: Travere’s Filspari cleared for FSGS
Travere Therapeutics’ sparsentan (Filspari) won FDA approval for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), expanding the label for a drug that had already received accelerated clearance for IgA...
Nephrology and obesity safety scrutiny: FDA asks for more data on Lilly’s Foundayo
The FDA asked Eli Lilly to provide additional data to assess cardiovascular and liver risks for Foundayo, the company’s newly approved obesity pill. The request reflects the agency’s concern about...
Oncology strategy and dealmaking: Lilly buys CrossBridge Bio to expand ADC pipeline
Eli Lilly agreed to acquire CrossBridge Bio for up to $300 million in cash as it expands its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) oncology pipeline. The Houston-based startup is developing dual-payload...
Cancer diagnostics: Harbinger Health raises $100M to commercialize multi-cancer blood tests
Harbinger Health raised $100 million in a Series B financing to support commercialization of its Resolve blood-based multi-cancer detection tests. The company said the portfolio is designed to...
Automation and AI in clinical development: Fortrea launches AI trial tech suite
Fortrea introduced an AI-powered suite of clinical trial services built around its FIT platform, aimed at improving trial efficiency and reducing operational risk. The company said FIT is designed...
Regenerative medicine manufacturing innovation: Lightcast raises $27M for Envisia platform
Lightcast raised $27 million to advance Envisia, its massively parallel droplet-based single-cell functional assay platform. The company said the funding will support commercialization of Envisia,...
Kidney disease approval
The FDA cleared Travere Therapeutics’ Filspari (sparsentan) for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), handing the company its long-awaited label expansion after a prolonged regulatory path....
Radiopharma partnership
Regeneron and Telix announced a $2.1 billion radiopharmaceutical collaboration that combines Regeneron’s antibody discovery platforms with Telix’s radiopharmaceutical development, manufacturing,...
Oncology dealmaking: Lilly acquires ADC platform
Eli Lilly agreed to buy CrossBridge Bio for up to $300 million, aiming to strengthen its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) capabilities with a next-generation, dual-payload approach. CrossBridge,...
FDA draft guidance for gene-therapy safety with NGS
The FDA released draft guidance outlining how sponsors should use next-generation sequencing (NGS) to assess off-target risks in genome-edited human gene therapy products. The draft...
Clinical efficacy: Revolution pancreatic cancer milestone
Revolution Medicines reported that daraxonrasib met key survival endpoints in a Phase 3 trial in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, with results that nearly doubled outcomes versus...
Clinical efficacy: Allogene allogeneic CAR-T MRD signal
Allogene Therapeutics delivered early Phase 2 efficacy data for cema-cel, its off-the-shelf CAR-T program in first-line consolidation large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). In the company’s reported...
Immunology diagnostics: Biognosys and MJFF biomarker assays
Biognosys and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) announced a collaboration to develop targeted biomarker assays for LRRK2, a major genetic driver of late-onset...
Startup financing: Revolution Medicines and peers’ offerings
Revolution Medicines led a fresh wave of biotech stock offerings totaling $1.5 billion, according to the latest reports, with Spyre Therapeutics and Allogene Therapeutics also filing. The capital...
IBD clinical update: Spyre ulcerative colitis data
Spyre Therapeutics reported early Phase 2 results for SPY001 in ulcerative colitis, saying the program met the study’s primary objective after 12 weeks. The company disclosed a statistically...
Regulatory push on clinical-trial reporting
The FDA urged clinical trial sponsors to report results after an internal review found that outcomes were missing for about 30% of registered studies. The agency sent reminders to roughly 2,200...