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Pharmaceuticals
Biologics

Zealand Pharma petrelintide hits 10.7% weight loss in Phase 2

ZUPREME-1 Phase 2 results, published in The Lancet, show petrelintide cut body weight by up to 10.7% with placebo-comparable GI tolerability.
ZUPREME-1 Phase 2 results, published in The Lancet, show petrelintide cut body weight by up to 10.7% with placebo-comparable GI tolerability.
Biologics
Pharmaceuticals

Knight Therapeutics signs Latin America deal for Kyowa Kirin's Poteligeo

Knight Therapeutics will seek regulatory approval and commercialise mogamulizumab across Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina under an exclusive distribution pact.
Knight Therapeutics will seek regulatory approval and commercialise mogamulizumab across Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina under an exclusive distribution pact.
Pharmaceuticals
Biologics

Novo Nordisk licenses Hengrui's oral GLP-1/GIP agonist for $2.6bn

Novo Nordisk will pay $300m upfront for global rights to HRS-1596, a once-weekly oral dual GLP-1/GIP agonist nearing Phase 1 trials.
Novo Nordisk will pay $300m upfront for global rights to HRS-1596, a once-weekly oral dual GLP-1/GIP agonist nearing Phase 1 trials.
AgriTech
Synthetic Biology

Cibus and Crystal Crop partner to gene-edit India's mustard crop

The deal gives Crystal Crop exclusive India rights to Cibus gene-editing technology targeting higher mustard yields across 8.5 million hectares.
The deal gives Crystal Crop exclusive India rights to Cibus gene-editing technology targeting higher mustard yields across 8.5 million hectares.
Pharmaceuticals
Biologics

HUTCHMED files US NDA for savolitinib plus osimertinib in NSCLC

AstraZeneca has submitted a US NDA for savolitinib plus osimertinib in MET-driven EGFR-mutated NSCLC, backed by Phase III PFS and OS data.
AstraZeneca has submitted a US NDA for savolitinib plus osimertinib in MET-driven EGFR-mutated NSCLC, backed by Phase III PFS and OS data.
Medical Devices

IBA to install first gantry proton therapy centre in central Italy

IBA has signed a contract with Rome's IFO to deliver a Proteus ONE proton therapy system, bringing gantry-based treatment to central and southern
IBA has signed a contract with Rome's IFO to deliver a Proteus ONE proton therapy system, bringing gantry-based treatment to central and southern
Medical Devices

Kessler Foundation and UPnRIDE partner on upright mobility study

Kessler Foundation and UPnRIDE are studying real-world use of the FDA-cleared standing mobility platform among rehabilitation patients.
Kessler Foundation and UPnRIDE are studying real-world use of the FDA-cleared standing mobility platform among rehabilitation patients.
Pharmaceuticals
Biologics

Boehringer Ingelheim funds WHO Foundation obesity drive with $5m

The German pharma group will contribute $5 million over three years to strengthen obesity and metabolic health systems in resource-limited settings.
The German pharma group will contribute $5 million over three years to strengthen obesity and metabolic health systems in resource-limited settings.
Medical Devices
Diagnostics
Pharmaceuticals
Cell & Gene Therapy
Biologics

Penn Medicine and IBA form Noventra Oncology Alliance JV

The joint venture will offer end-to-end advisory and operational support to health systems building or expanding proton therapy programmes worldwide.
The joint venture will offer end-to-end advisory and operational support to health systems building or expanding proton therapy programmes worldwide.
Medical Devices
Digital Health

neurocare and Wave Neuroscience partner on EEG-guided PTSD therapy

The collaboration brings Wave Neuroscience's FDA-cleared MeRT system onto neurocare's Apollo TMS platform, targeting the 16 million Americans affected by PTSD.
The collaboration brings Wave Neuroscience's FDA-cleared MeRT system onto neurocare's Apollo TMS platform, targeting the 16 million Americans affected by PTSD.
Digital Health

Chrysalis Health and Curaechoice partner on no-cost mental health access

The tie-up gives self-funded employer health plan members access to Chrysalis Health's 80-plus outpatient sites and virtual services at no out
The tie-up gives self-funded employer health plan members access to Chrysalis Health's 80-plus outpatient sites and virtual services at no out
Digital Health

Knowtex named prime awardee on VA's $775m ambient scribe contract

The San Francisco AI healthcare company is one of only two prime awardees on the VA's five-year enterprise ambient scribe contract worth up
The San Francisco AI healthcare company is one of only two prime awardees on the VA's five-year enterprise ambient scribe contract worth up
Pharmaceuticals
Regulatory Science

EC approves leriglitazone as first pharmacological cALD treatment

Neuraxpharm and Minoryx win EU marketing authorisation for NEZGLYAL, the first oral drug approved for cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy in young boys.
Neuraxpharm and Minoryx win EU marketing authorisation for NEZGLYAL, the first oral drug approved for cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy in young boys.
Medical Devices
Digital Health
Diagnostics

Firefly and NeuroSigma partner to distribute FDA-cleared ADHD device

Firefly Neuroscience will introduce NeuroSigma's Monarch eTNS sleep-worn neurostimulator to its US clinician network as a non-drug ADHD option for children.
Firefly Neuroscience will introduce NeuroSigma's Monarch eTNS sleep-worn neurostimulator to its US clinician network as a non-drug ADHD option for children.
Pharmaceuticals
Biologics

Addex regains global GABAB PAM rights after Indivior R&D pullback

Addex Therapeutics has reclaimed its full GABAB positive allosteric modulator portfolio from Indivior, citing the UK firm's R&D rationalisation ahead of a planned
Addex Therapeutics has reclaimed its full GABAB positive allosteric modulator portfolio from Indivior, citing the UK firm's R&D rationalisation ahead of a planned
Pharmaceuticals
Biologics

ADARx Pharmaceuticals prices $446m IPO on Nasdaq

The San Diego siRNA biotech raised up to $535m including an AbbVie cornerstone placement, valuing one of 2026's larger biotech listings.
The San Diego siRNA biotech raised up to $535m including an AbbVie cornerstone placement, valuing one of 2026's larger biotech listings.
Medical Devices
Digital Health

Precision Neuroscience closes $250m Series D for BCI expansion

The New York BCI company raised an oversubscribed round co-led by Pershing Square, bringing total funding to $430m since its 2021 founding.
The New York BCI company raised an oversubscribed round co-led by Pershing Square, bringing total funding to $430m since its 2021 founding.
Cell & Gene Therapy
Pharmaceuticals

Ligand commits up to $47m to back AvenCell's allogeneic CAR-T pipeline

Ligand Pharmaceuticals will fund AvenCell Therapeutics in tranches tied to clinical milestones, taking a royalty on all current and future pipeline assets.
Ligand Pharmaceuticals will fund AvenCell Therapeutics in tranches tied to clinical milestones, taking a royalty on all current and future pipeline assets.
Pharmaceuticals

Nuvectis NXP200 wins Breakthrough Therapy Designation in China for HGG

China's CDE has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to NXP200, a brain-penetrant BRAF inhibitor, for recurrent BRAF V600-mutant high-grade glioma.
China's CDE has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to NXP200, a brain-penetrant BRAF inhibitor, for recurrent BRAF V600-mutant high-grade glioma.
Pharmaceuticals
Biologics

Satellos wins FDA IND clearance for forazapadin in FSHD

Satellos Bioscience has cleared an IND for its AAK1 inhibitor in a second muscle disease, backed by US$5m from the FSHD Canada Foundation.
Satellos Bioscience has cleared an IND for its AAK1 inhibitor in a second muscle disease, backed by US$5m from the FSHD Canada Foundation.
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