2025
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
Sanofi Partners with EVOQ Therapeutics to Advance NanoDisc-Based Autoimmune Therapies
Sanofi; EVOQ Therapeutics; NanoDisc; autoimmune disease; license agreement; immune tolerance; celiac disease; type 1 diabetes; MOG antibody disease; rheumatoid arthritis; lupus
Merck & Co. Announces Keytruda Achieves First Overall Survival Benefit in Resistant Ovarian Cancer
Merck & Co.; Keytruda; pembrolizumab; ovarian cancer; platinum-resistant; overall survival; checkpoint inhibitor; KEYNOTE-B96 trial; progression-free survival; PD-L1
Krystal Biotech Receives FDA Platform Technology Designation for HSV-1 Viral Vector Used in KB801 for Neurotrophic Keratitis
Krystal Biotech; FDA; platform technology designation; HSV-1 viral vector; KB801; gene therapy; neurotrophic keratitis; redesable eye drop; VYJUVEK
Novo throws weight behind budding rare disease pipeline
Novo Nordisk; rare disease; pipeline; Omeros; Zaltenibart; MASP-3 inhibitor; PNH; complement system; milestone payments
Cuts Continue as Novo Nordisk Restructuring Moves Forward
Novo Nordisk; Restructuring; Job Cuts; Pharmaceutical Industry