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Big pharma licensing for GI rare disease GLP-2
Eli Lilly expanded its GLP-2 strategy through a licensing deal with Hanmi Pharm for sonefpeglutide, a long-acting GLP-2 analog being developed in short bowel syndrome (SBS). Lilly will pay $75...
New approach methodologies and safer genome editing in HSCs
A research team led by Luigi Naldini at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget) unveiled an improved CRISPR-Cas9 strategy aimed at increasing precision and safety in human...
Carve-out deal for muscular dystrophy pipeline
Servier agreed to acquire Edgewise Therapeutics’ muscular dystrophy assets in a transaction worth up to $2.65 billion, centered on sevasemten. The deal includes a $1.55 billion upfront payment...
AI for spatial transcriptomics biomarker stratification
Researchers presented an AI-driven spatial biomarker, ST-DoxPCa, designed to predict which patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer may benefit from adding docetaxel to androgen...
Cancer dealmaking: Pfizer + Innovent oncology platform
Pfizer and Innovent Biologics announced a back-heavy cancer collaboration involving 12 antibody-based therapies, combining Pfizer’s funding and Innovent’s contributed assets across oncology...
Biotech licensing: Agios bets after Oscotec setback
Agios signed an exclusive global licensing deal for Oscotec’s cevidoplenib, a next-generation SYK inhibitor being developed for immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), despite Oscotec’s Phase 2 failure to...
Regulatory and clinical risk management: third FDA submission for melanoma cell therapy
Replimune said it will resubmit its biologics license application for RP1 for advanced melanoma as an urgent matter, aiming to return the therapy to the FDA review queue for a third time. The move...
Clinical innovation: Revolution’s KRAS-targeted pancreatic cancer drug extends survival
Revolution Medicines presented expanded Phase 3 results for daraxonrasib at ASCO, showing markedly longer survival versus standard chemotherapy in metastatic pancreatic cancer driven by KRAS G12...
M&A: Servier expands neurology footprint via Edgewise buyout
Servier agreed to acquire Edgewise Therapeutics’ muscular dystrophy business for $1.55 billion upfront, with total consideration up to $2.65 billion including potential milestones. The deal gives...
Clinical update: Daraxonrasib shows landmark survival in RAS G12-mutant pancreatic cancer
Revolution Medicines reported expanded ASCO data for daraxonrasib in second-line metastatic pancreatic cancer, highlighting a survival benefit in patients with KRAS/ RAS G12 mutations and in the...
ASCO: Ivonescimab improves overall survival in Chinese squamous NSCLC chemo combo
Akeso’s ivonescimab, a PD-1/VEGF bispecific, reduced the risk of death by 34% versus a PD-1 inhibitor–chemotherapy comparator in a Phase 3 study in China for previously untreated advanced squamous...
Regulation: FDA Fast Track for Autobahn’s elunetirom in bipolar depression
Autobahn Therapeutics said the FDA granted Fast Track status to elunetirom (ABX-002), an investigational oral small molecule prodrug designed to activate CNS thyroid hormone receptors as an...
Biotech turnaround and capital markets: Avenzo reverse-merges with Rallybio after UCB deal disruption
Rallybio agreed to merge with Avenzo Therapeutics in a new reverse merger after a previous Candid Therapeutics deal was derailed by UCB’s $2 billion buyout. Under the agreement, Avenzo...
Regulatory & market structure: New China CGT rules reshape cell and gene therapy strategies
A report on China’s new cell and gene therapy (CGT) rules says the regulatory update could change how developers structure trials, manufacturing, and commercial planning for CGT products in the...
Dealmaking: Lilly adds Hanmi’s GLP-2 program for short bowel syndrome
Eli Lilly licensed Hanmi Pharma’s long-acting GLP-2 agonist sonefpeglutide for short bowel syndrome, paying $75 million upfront with up to $1.185 billion more tied to clinical, regulatory, and...
Oncology trial biomarker relevance: miR-371 predicts testicular cancer relapse in SWOG cohort
Interim data from SWOG S1823/GCC suggest microRNA-371a-3p (miR371) can predict relapse risk in early-stage germ cell malignancy under active surveillance, though the study authors emphasize that...
FDA and investor confidence: Replimune resubmits RP1 melanoma BLA after FDA leadership changes
Replimune said it will resubmit its biologics license application for RP1, its melanoma therapy, shortly after prior FDA rejections in July 2025 and April. The company linked the timing to...
Biotech IPO/deals snapshot: biotech IPO market strengthens in 2026, but quality bar stays high
A healthcare and life sciences IPO market update says biotech dealmaking and listing activity is strengthening in 2026, but investors continue to demand high-quality data and differentiated...
Oncology drug readouts
Revolution Medicines’ daraxonrasib posted detailed, phase 3 results at ASCO that investigators described as practice-changing in metastatic RAS G12-mutant pancreatic cancer. In the trial...
PD-1/VEGF bispecifics in lung cancer
Akeso’s ivonescimab delivered a 34% overall survival improvement in an interim analysis of the China-based phase 3 Harmoni-6 trial, presented at ASCO. In previously untreated advanced squamous...