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Eli Lilly Withdraws $1.9B Phase 2b Obesity Trial Before Launching Enrollment
Eli Lilly; obesity drug; tirzepatide; bimagrumab; trial termination; phase 2b; Zepbound; type 2 diabetes; clinical trial; regulatory strategy
Pfizer’s $4.9B Metsera Deal Signals More Pharma M&A in Booming Obesity Drug Market
Pfizer; Metsera; obesity drugs; weight loss; pharma M&A; GLP-1; biotech acquisition; pharmaceutical market; late-stage clinical development
Eli Lilly Invests $6.5 Billion in Texas Facility to Manufacture Obesity Pill
Eli Lilly; Texas facility; obesity pill; orforglipron; pharmaceutical manufacturing; API; AI automation; supply chain resilience; job creation
Acadia Pulls Plug on Prader-Willi Drug After Phase 3 Trial Failure
Acadia Pharmaceuticals; Prader-Willi syndrome; carbetocin; ACP-101; phase 3 trial; hyperphagia; clinical trial failure; Soleno Therapeutics; Vykat XR
Acadia Halts Development of Nasal Prader-Willi Drug After Phase 3 Failure
Acadia Pharmaceuticals; carbetocin; Prader-Willi syndrome; Phase 3 trial; COMPASS PWS study; clinical trial failure; nasal spray; hyperphagia
Eli Lilly Picks Houston for $6.5 Billion API Manufacturing Facility
Eli Lilly; Houston; API manufacturing; $6.5 billion investment; Generation Park; small molecule medicines; pharmaceutical manufacturing; cardiometabolic; oncology; immunology; neuroscience
FDA Rejects Scholar Rock’s SMA Drug Due to Catalent Indiana Manufacturing Issues
FDA; Scholar Rock; Apitegromab; SMA; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Catalent Indiana; Complete Response Letter; Manufacturing issues; Drug approval
Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker ’25: Avenzo adds $60M Series B; Ollin debuts with $100M
Avenzo Therapeutics; Series B financing; Ollin Biosciences; biotech fundraising; oncology; ophthalmology; venture capital; pipeline development; bispecific antibody; clinical trials
Bristol Myers Squibb to Launch Schizophrenia Drug Cobenfy in UK at US Price
Bristol Myers Squibb; Cobenfy; schizophrenia; UK launch; drug pricing; US list price; NHS; cholinergic receptors; antipsychotic; 2026
Pfizer Acquires Metsera to Compete with Zepbound in Obesity Market
Pfizer; Metsera; obesity treatment; Zepbound; GLP-1 therapies; MET-233i; monthly dosing; amylin mimetic; MET-097i; acquisition; clinical trials