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Year‑end biobucks: Sanofi, Yarrow sign billion‑dollar licensing pacts

December 17, 2025

Two major year‑end licensing deals reshaped late‑2025 headlines: Sanofi paid $80 million upfront and up to $1.04 billion in biobucks to license ADEL’s tau‑targeting antibody ADEL‑Y01 for...

Immunome Phase 3 Win: Desmoid drug cuts progression 84%

December 16, 2025

Immunome reported decisive Phase III results showing its oral gamma‑secretase inhibitor reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 84% in patients with progressing desmoid tumors. The...

Sanofi licenses ADEL’s tau antibody: $80M now, $1.04B upside

December 16, 2025

Sanofi moved to license ADEL Inc.’s tau‑targeting antibody ADEL‑Y01, paying $80 million up front with the deal carrying potential total payments up to $1.04 billion. ADEL‑Y01 is a humanized...

Genentech–Caris: $1.1B cancer collaboration to mine targets

December 16, 2025

Genentech struck a multi‑year collaboration with Caris Life Sciences to accelerate discovery of drug targets and biomarkers across solid tumors, a deal valued at up to $1.1 billion including...

XOMA moves to buy Generation Bio: tender offer, CVR attached

December 16, 2025

XOMA Royalty announced an agreement to acquire Generation Bio in a cash tender offer around $4.29 per share and to provide contingent value rights that capture potential upside from Generation...

Kyverna close to first FDA CAR‑T approval for an autoimmune disease

December 16, 2025

Kyverna reported a registrational trial readout showing its personalized CD19 CAR‑T improved mobility and reduced stiffness in stiff person syndrome (SPS), a rare autoimmune disorder. The Phase...

Sanofi’s BTK setback: tolebrutinib misses trials and review stalls

December 16, 2025

Sanofi disclosed that its BTK inhibitor tolebrutinib failed a Phase III Perseus study in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) and warned that the U.S. regulatory review in non‑relapsing...

Chai Discovery raises $130M: AI antibody design scales to clinic

December 16, 2025

AI drug discovery startup Chai Discovery closed a $130 million Series B led by Oak HC/FT and General Catalyst at a $1.3 billion valuation to expand its computational design platform. The company...

DBV’s peanut patch clears Phase 3: another FDA resubmission ahead

December 16, 2025

DBV Technologies announced Phase III success for its epicutaneous peanut allergy patch in a trial enrolling more than 650 children, a milestone that sets the company up for another FDA submission...

Nektar’s rezpegaldesleukin: narrow miss, company blames enrollment errors

December 16, 2025

Nektar reported that rezpegaldesleukin narrowly missed statistical significance in its Phase 2b Rezolve‑AA trial for severe alopecia areata but said post‑hoc analyses excluding four ineligible...

Pfizer licenses Adaptive’s TCR tech: up to $890M in upside

December 16, 2025

Adaptive Biotechnologies signed two multi‑year agreements with Pfizer to license its T‑cell receptor (TCR) discovery platform and TCR‑antigen mapping data. Under the first agreement, Pfizer will...

Enhertu first-line approval: FDA clears combo for HER2 metastatic patients

December 16, 2025

The FDA granted a label expansion for Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), clearing the antibody-drug conjugate for use in combination with pertuzumab as a first-line...

Genentech-Caris deal: $1.1B collaboration to mine solid‑tumor targets

December 16, 2025

Roche subsidiary Genentech struck a multi‑year discovery collaboration with Caris Life Sciences to identify drug targets in solid tumors. The pact includes upfront and near‑term payments to Caris...

XOMA moves on Generation Bio: royalty aggregator targets delivery platform

December 16, 2025

XOMA Royalty announced a planned acquisition of Generation Bio, offering roughly $4.29 per share and contingent value rights tied to cash and milestone streams from Generation Bio’s...

Kyverna’s CAR‑T clears registrational test: path to FDA submission

December 16, 2025

Kyverna Therapeutics reported positive registrational‑scale results for its autologous CD19 CAR‑T in stiff person syndrome (SPS), an autoimmune neurological disorder with no approved therapies....

Immunome’s Phase III win: oral drug cuts desmoid progression by 84%

December 16, 2025

Immunome announced top‑line Phase III results showing its oral gamma‑secretase inhibitor produced an 84% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death versus placebo in progressing desmoid...

Sobi buys Arthrosi: $950M upfront to broaden gout portfolio

December 16, 2025

Swedish drugmaker Sobi agreed to acquire Arthrosi Therapeutics for $950 million upfront, with up to $550 million in additional milestones tied to pozdeutinurad’s Phase III progress and commercial...

Chai Discovery raises $130M: AI‑native drug design scales up

December 16, 2025

AI drug design firm Chai Discovery closed a $130 million Series B at a $1.3 billion valuation to scale its computational platform, including the recently released Chai 2 model for antibody design....

Pfizer doubles down on weight‑loss market: 15 obesity studies planned

December 16, 2025

Pfizer disclosed plans to launch 15 new studies in obesity next year, including multiple Phase III programs, as it seeks to shore up revenue facing a looming patent cliff. The initiative signals...

mRNA precision moves: tumor‑selective SMRTS and organ‑targeted BiTEs advance

December 16, 2025

Two preclinical advances highlight growing sophistication in mRNA therapeutics. A team reported a tumor‑selective modified RNA translation system (SMRTS) that programs mRNA to activate therapeutic...