2025
Synbio International Inc. Expands Its Board of Directors and Strengthens Clinical Leadership
Synbio International Inc.; board of directors; Nick Vatakis; Desiree Cain; Medical Director; Chief Financial Officer; clinical trial; AI-driven diagnostics
ESMO Spotlight: Flagship ADCs move into early-stage cancer to validate chemo-displacement ambitions
ESMO 2025; antibody-drug conjugates; ADCs; early-stage cancer; chemo-displacement; trastuzumab deruxtecan; ENHERTU; datopotamab deruxtecan; DATROWAY; breast cancer; HER2-positive; triple-negative breast cancer; biomarkers; toxicity management
Alector’s GSK-partnered dementia drug latozinemab fails in late-stage trial
Alector; GSK; latozinemab; dementia; frontotemporal dementia; Phase 3 trial; clinical trial failure; progranulin; drug development
Sanofi’s efdoralprin alfa (INBRX-101) achieves all endpoints in Phase 2 alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) trial
Sanofi; efdoralprin alfa; INBRX-101; AATD; alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; Phase 2; Inhibrx; acquisition; rare disease; plasma-derived therapy; Zemaira
Takeda and Innovent Forge $1.2B Upfront Oncology Pact for Bispecific and ADC Therapies, Total Deal Valued Up to $11.4B
Takeda; Innovent Biologics; global strategic partnership; bispecific antibody; antibody-drug conjugate (ADC); oncology; IBI363; IBI343; IBI3001; $1.2 billion upfront; $11.4 billion total deal; cancer therapy; co-development; milestone payments
FDA Staffing Data Reveal Historic Departures in Fiscal 2025
FDA; staffing; departures; fiscal 2025; layoffs; regulatory impact; CDER; CBER; drug approval delays; organizational disruption
Apptronik Raises $350 Million Series A to Scale AI Humanoid Robot Production
Apptronik; Series A funding; AI humanoid robots; Apollo robot; venture capital; robotics
Neuphoria Scraps Social Anxiety Drug After Trial Failure; Minerva Doubles Down on Schizophrenia Therapy
Neuphoria Therapeutics; BNC210; social anxiety disorder; AFFIRM-1 phase 3 trial; clinical trial failure; program discontinuation; PTSD; Merck partnership; Minerva Neurosciences; schizophrenia therapy
GSK, Spero Reveal Full Phase 3 Data for Oral Antibiotic Tebipenem HBr; Regulatory Filing Set for End of 2025
GSK; Spero Therapeutics; tebipenem HBr; oral carbapenem; Phase 3 PIVOT-PO trial; complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs); non-inferiority; IDWeek 2025; regulatory filing; FDA submission
Elevara Raises $70M to Advance Novel Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Targeting Synovial Fibroblasts
Elevara Medicines; Series A financing; rheumatoid arthritis; ELV001; CDK4/6 inhibitor; synovial fibroblasts; Teijin Pharma; clinical trial; chronic inflammatory diseases; Forbion; Sofinnova Partners