Senate Drops Orphan Cures Act from Trump’s Tax Bill, Dealing Setback to Biopharma

Orphan Cures Act; orphan drugs; Trump tax bill; biopharma; Senate; IRA price negotiations; rare diseases; Big Beautiful Bill; healthcare legislation; reconciliation bill

FDA Launches New Priority Review Voucher Program Aligned with National Priorities

FDA; priority review voucher; CNPV; biopharma; drug approval; national priorities; accelerated review; unmet public health needs

Lark Health Launches LarkVantage: AI-Powered Platform to Manage GLP-1 Costs

Lark Health; LarkVantage; GLP-1 cost management; AI healthcare; prior authorization; utilization management; PBM; health plans; weight management; Matthew Gibbs

Second Patient Dies After Receiving Sarepta’s Elevidys Gene Therapy for DMD

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; gene therapy; Sarepta Therapeutics; Elevidys; acute liver failure; AAV-based gene therapy; patient death; non-ambulatory patients; FDA; risk mitigation

Fauna Unveils ‘Fauna Brain’: An Agentic AI System Accelerating Drug Discovery with Proven Results in Lilly Collaboration

Fauna Brain; agentic AI; drug discovery; comparative genomics; Lilly collaboration; multi-agent system; pharmaceutical research; AI platform

Roche Advances Prasinezumab Into Phase III Trials for Parkinson’s Despite Mixed Phase II Results

Roche; prasinezumab; Parkinson’s disease; Phase III trial; clinical trials; alpha-synuclein antibody; Prothena; PADOVA study; PASADENA study; biomarker; disease-modifying treatment