October 17, 2025
Roche Inks $80M Upfront Deal for Hansoh’s Cancer ADC HS-20110
Roche; Hansoh Pharmaceutical; ADC; HS-20110; CDH17; colorectal cancer; solid tumors; licensing deal; upfront payment; milestone payments; royalties
CHMP Rejects Sanofi’s Rezurock Over Clinical Data Issues, Recommends Approval of BTK Inhibitor Wayrilz
Sanofi; CHMP; EMA; Rezurock; Wayrilz; Belumosudil; Rilzabrutinib; chronic graft-versus-host disease; cGVHD; immune thrombocytopenia; ITP; regulatory approval; clinical data
FDA Announces First Recipients of Makary’s National Priority Voucher Program, Expanding Scope for Accelerated Drug Reviews
FDA; National Priority Voucher; CNPV; Martin Makary; priority review; accelerated drug approval; 2025 pilot program; voucher recipients; public health crisis; domestic drug manufacturing
Recent Advances and News in In Vivo Therapeutic Technologies (2025)
in vivo CAR-T; cell therapy; gene therapy; RNA delivery; autoimmune disease; oncology; nanoparticle delivery; drug delivery innovation; FDA fast track; biotech acquisitions
EMD Serono Joins TrumpRx in Affordability Push; Roche Launches DTC Program
EMD Serono; TrumpRx; IVF therapies; affordability; fertility drugs; Direct-to-Consumer sales; Roche; DTC program; White House Executive Order; Section 232 tariffs; CNPV program; Pergoveris
Connecticut Biotech Veradermics Secures $150M for Phase 3 Trials of Oral Rogaine
Veradermics; Connecticut biotech; oral Rogaine; Phase 3 clinical trials; fundraising; hair loss treatment; biotechnology; clinical development
White House Announces New Most-Favored Nation Drug Pricing Deal, Updates on FDA Vouchers and GLP-1 Negotiations
most-favored nation pricing; fertility drugs; IVF; Trump administration; drug pricing; Medicaid; FDA vouchers; GLP-1; EMD Serono; Pfizer; AstraZeneca
Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. Announces Pricing of $525 Million Public Offering
Praxis Precision Medicines; public offering; $525 million; stock offering; share offering; pricing; biopharmaceutical; central nervous system disorders
Friday Five: ESMO Looms Large, Arcus’ TIGIT Revival, and J&J’s Myeloma Advances
ESMO 2025; Arcus Biosciences; domvanalimab; TIGIT antibody; gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma; J&J; multiple myeloma; immuno-oncology; PD-1 inhibitor; zimberelimab; oncology clinical trials