Activity
Novartis to buy Regulus Therapeutics for up to $1.7B
Goldcrest, Novartis, Acquisition (action), Kidney Diseases
HHS lifts stop work order on Vaxart’s COVID-19 trial, continues funding for the 10,000-participant study
Vaxart, COVID-19 vaccine, oral pill vaccine, stop work order lifted, BARDA funding, 10, 000-participant study, Phase 2b trial, next-generation COVID vaccine
Keytruda around head and neck cancer surgery cuts chance of disease coming back
Keytruda, Head, perioperative, Episodic
J&J reports durability data for bladder cancer ‘pretzel’ drug after FDA filing
Urinary Bladder, TAR 200, United States Food and Drug Administration, Malignant neoplasm of urinary bladder
Merck KGaA closes in on SpringWorks deal at $3.5B price point
SpringWorks, Acquisition (action), KGaA, Infrequent, Gomekli, deal, Merck
New NIH grant rules override the Civil Rights Act of 1964, barring recipients from DEI activities
United States National Institutes of Health, recipients, NIH, Policy, Diversity, Changing, Condition, civil, federal, civil, protections, recipients, Israeli (population group), Civil Rights Act, 1964
UK approval brings GSK’s Blenrep back from the brink
UK, Approved, Multiple Myeloma, DREAMM-8, dexamethasone, Blenrep, Antibody-Drug Conjugates, Risk, Cessation of life
Sanofis $1.4B Kymab Bet Falters as Asthma Drug Stumbles in Phase II
Asthma, Amlitelimab, Kymab, sanofi, Immunology
Sanofi backs $90M financing for I&I biologic developer
sanofi, Series, financing characteristics, II
Mural risks going to the wall as IL-2 flop triggers 90% staff reduction, hunt for strategic alternatives
Interleukin-2, Mural Oncology, Mural, strategic alternatives, Nemvaleukin Alfa, 90%