October 2025
WuXi AppTec Divests China Clinical Services to Hillhouse Capital, Refocuses on Manufacturing Business
WuXi AppTec; Hillhouse Capital; divestment; clinical research services; CRDMO; manufacturing; China; WuXi Clinical; MedKey
Lilly Commits $1.2 Billion to Expand GLP-1 Pill Manufacturing Facility in Puerto Rico
Eli Lilly; Puerto Rico; GLP-1 receptor agonist; orforglipron; manufacturing expansion; oral medicines; investment; Carolina; pharmaceutical production; U.S. supply chain
WuXi AppTec Sells China-Based Clinical Research Units to Hillhouse Investment Management
WuXi AppTec; clinical services; China-based; sale; Hillhouse Investment Management; WuXi Clinical; WuXi MedKey; CRDMO strategy
AI-Designed Drug AH-001 Completes U.S. Phase I Trial, Demonstrating Excellent Safety and Tolerability
AH-001; AI-designed drug; Phase I clinical trial; safety; tolerability; androgenetic alopecia; protein degrader; AnHorn Medicines; generative AI; hair loss
Viking Therapeutics to Highlight VK2735 Clinical Data at ObesityWeek 2025
Viking Therapeutics; VK2735; ObesityWeek 2025; VENTURE trial; VANQUISH-1 trial; GLP-1/GIP dual agonist; clinical data; obesity; prediabetes; metabolic syndrome
Regeneron and ModeX Forge Potential $1 Billion+ Collaboration to Develop Multispecific Antibody Drugs
Regeneron; ModeX Therapeutics; multispecific antibodies; MSTAR platform; biotechnology deal; upfront payment; milestone payments; immunology; oncology; metabolic diseases; collaboration; OPKO Health
More Than a Third of New Zepbound Prescriptions Driven by Lilly’s DTC Program
Zepbound; Eli Lilly; LillyDirect; direct-to-consumer; Walmart Pharmacy; GLP-1; weight management; discount pricing; market share; sales growth
FDA Reduces Regulatory Red Tape for Biosimilars
FDA; biosimilars; regulatory changes; cost reduction; faster approvals
Ventus Therapeutics Continues Phase 2a Trial of VENT-02 NLRP3 Inhibitor in Parkinson’s Disease; No Indication of Program Halt
Ventus Therapeutics; VENT-02; NLRP3 inhibitor; Phase 2a trial; Parkinson’s disease; clinical development; neuroinflammation; biomarkers
Roche Signs $1B Licensing Deal with Qyuns Therapeutics for Preclinical COPD Bispecific Antibody
Roche; Qyuns Therapeutics; bispecific antibody; COPD; preclinical; TSLP; IL-33; China biotech; biobucks; respiratory disease