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FDA & regulatory actions
The FDA issued a CRL for ITM Isotope’s ITM-11 (177Lu-edotreotide) for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, citing manufacturing issues at a third-party facility rather than concerns about...
Court actions and drug-access enforcement
Eli Lilly moved to shut down a growing “black market” for retatrutide, filing the first lawsuits targeting six U.S. sellers. The company alleges the businesses are offering illegal versions of its...
Funding and IPOs
Vogenx priced an $81.3 million IPO to fund continued development of mizagliflozin, a glucose control SGLT1 inhibitor in programs spanning post-bariatric hypoglycemia, gastroparesis, and...
Clinical readouts and trial progress
NeOnc Technologies delivered top-line Phase 2a data for intranasal NEO100 in recurrent IDH1-mutant high-grade glioma, reporting a six-month progression-free survival of 48.9% versus a...
Diagnostics, MRD and early detection
Freenome received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its blood-based SimpleScreen lung cancer screening assay. The multiomic test combines a machine-learning classifier using DNA methylation...
Immunology platforms and next-gen cell therapy
Boulevard Bio launched from stealth with $65 million in funding led by Deerfield Management, positioning the company to develop targeted autoimmune immunotherapies built around immune reset...
Biopharma deals and corporate moves
Innate Pharma secured a large Sobi partnership for lacutamab in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, including Sézary syndrome, in a deal structured around development milestones and an option for Sobi to...
Drug approvals and pipeline updates
July’s FDA approvals marked the first products for three biotechs, including Vera Therapeutics’ accelerated approval for Trutakna atacicept in primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy. Celcuity plans...
Translational platforms and clinical operations technology
Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development estimated that an agentic AI clinical monitoring tool from Medable can deliver outsized value in oncology trials, modeling net financial gains up to...
Cell biology and biomarker discovery
A large review described obesity as a systemic driver of cellular stress, linking overnutrition to unfolded protein response and oxidative and inflammatory signaling pathways, including NRF2. The...
Retatrutide knockoffs spark legal action
Eli Lilly took its first major enforcement step against the “black market” for retatrutide by filing lawsuits targeting six U.S. companies, alleging they sold unauthorized versions of the...
Freenome’s SimpleScreen earns FDA breakthrough device nod
Freenome won an FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its blood-based SimpleScreen lung cancer screening assay, aimed at adults ages 50 to 80 with a 20 pack-year smoking history who are not...
Caribou positions allogeneic CAR T for Phase III expansion
Caribou Biosciences moved to widen access to its allogeneic CAR T programs by preparing for a pivotal Phase III trial, citing engineered genome-editing strategies and product optimization. The...
AI monitoring agent delivers outsized trial ROI in oncology modeling
Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development reported that an AI clinical monitoring agent could generate up to 82 times return on investment (ROI) in oncology trials, using expected net present...
Vaderis closes $152M Series B and starts HHT pivotal Phase III
Vaderis Therapeutics closed an oversubscribed $152 million Series B financing and simultaneously initiated HEROIC, its global Phase III study of engasertib (ALM 301) in hereditary hemorrhagic...
Definium posts another Phase 3 win in generalized anxiety
Definium Therapeutics reported positive top-line results from a late-stage Phase III trial of its oral LSD candidate, DT-120 (lysergide), in generalized anxiety disorder. The company said the...
Neonatal CAR-T/rare immunology: Ribox gets IND for circRNA-based in vivo therapy
Ribox Therapeutics received FDA IND clearance for RXIM-002, a circular RNA (circRNA)-based in vivo CAR-T program delivered via a targeted lipid nanoparticle (tLNP). The company plans to run a...
Natera and Kupando test ctDNA dynamics with innate-immune therapy
Natera and Kupando Therapeutics launched a Phase I collaboration in Germany that will use Natera’s blood-based Latitude circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assay to monitor treatment response in skin...
Neurocrine safety signals prompt expert warnings for Vykat XR
Physicians and experts on Prader-Willi syndrome issued new safety warnings about Neurocrine Biosciences’ newly approved Vykat XR. The experts said Vykat XR has been linked to seven deaths and more...
Tufts-style trial ops economics meet regulatory modernization momentum
In parallel with AI-driven efficiency claims for clinical trial monitoring, U.S. policymakers are pushing faster first-in-human trial execution through regulatory modernization initiatives,...