US Government Shutdown Threatens to Stress an Already Depleted FDA
Government shutdown; FDA operations; drug approval delays; FDA staff cuts; user fees; public health; federal funding; regulatory delays
Novartis Receives FDA Approval for Rhapsido: First Oral BTK Inhibitor for Chronic Hives
Novartis; Rhapsido; FDA approval; Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi); remibrutinib; chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU); chronic hives; immunology; oral therapy; competition
AnaptysBio Announces Strategic Business Split to Create Two Public Companies, Sharpening Asset Focus
AnaptysBio; business split; royalty management; biopharmaceutical development; Jemperli; imsidolimab; public companies; immunology treatments; asset value; restructuring
Star Therapeutics Raises $125M as Bleeding Disorder Therapy Enters Phase III
Star Therapeutics; Series D financing; bleeding disorders; VGA039; Phase III clinical trial; biotech funding; rare diseases; antibody therapy
Novo Nordisk Terminates $598M Heart Failure Cell Therapy Collaboration with Heartseed Amid Major Restructuring
Novo Nordisk; Heartseed; heart failure; cell therapy; HS-001; collaboration termination; strategic restructuring; Maziar Mike Doustdar; diabetes; obesity; biotechnology
Metsera’s New Obesity Data Raises Efficacy Profile, Key Side Effect Questions for Pfizer After Acquisition
Metsera; Pfizer; obesity drug; MET-097i; GLP-1; side effects; efficacy; Phase 2 trial; weight loss; Pfizer acquisition
Merck Makes Strong Case for Winrevair in Earlier-Stage Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Patients After Positive Phase 3 HYPERION Results
Winrevair; Merck; HYPERION study; PAH; sotatercept; clinical worsening; early disease; activin signaling; FDA approval; Phase 3 trial
Crystalys Lands $205M to Advance Gout Drug Dotinurad
Crystalys Therapeutics; Gout Drug; Dotinurad; Global Expansion
Barinthus Biotherapeutics Announces Reverse Merger with Clywedog Therapeutics to Form New Metabolic Disease-Focused Company
Barinthus Biotherapeutics; Reverse Merger; Clywedog Therapeutics; Metabolic Diseases; Autoimmune Diseases; Topco; Shareholder Ownership Structure; UK Scheme of Arrangement; Delaware Merger; Self-Tender Offer; Lock-Up Period; Board Composition
AstraZeneca Plans Direct US Stock Listing While Maintaining UK Headquarters
AstraZeneca; US stock listing; NYSE; London Stock Exchange; Nasdaq Stockholm; American Depositary Receipts; capital markets; pharmaceutical industry; shareholders; UK headquarters