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Expert Insights to Navigate Your CGT Challenges: Recent Updates and Strategic Guidance for 2025
capital gains tax; CGT challenges; 2025 tax rates; long-term capital gains; tax planning; tax minimization strategies; Net Investment Income Tax; private equity tax changes
Novartis to Acquire RNA Drugmaker Avidity Biosciences in $12 Billion Deal
Novartis; Avidity Biosciences; acquisition; RNA therapeutics; neuromuscular diseases; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; myotonic dystrophy type 1; facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; AOC platform; SpinCo; biotech; xRNA strategy; 2026 closing
GSK, Spero Reveal Full Phase 3 Data for Oral Antibiotic Tebipenem HBr; Regulatory Filing Set for End of 2025
GSK; Spero Therapeutics; tebipenem HBr; oral carbapenem; Phase 3 PIVOT-PO trial; complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs); non-inferiority; IDWeek 2025; regulatory filing; FDA submission
Neuphoria Scraps Social Anxiety Drug After Trial Failure; Minerva Doubles Down on Schizophrenia Therapy
Neuphoria Therapeutics; BNC210; social anxiety disorder; AFFIRM-1 phase 3 trial; clinical trial failure; program discontinuation; PTSD; Merck partnership; Minerva Neurosciences; schizophrenia therapy
Replimune Resubmits Melanoma Drug for FDA Approval After Initial Rejection
Replimune; RP1; Melanoma Treatment; FDA Approval; Resubmission
FDA Announces First Recipients of Makary’s National Priority Voucher Program, Expanding Scope for Accelerated Drug Reviews
FDA; National Priority Voucher; CNPV; Martin Makary; priority review; accelerated drug approval; 2025 pilot program; voucher recipients; public health crisis; domestic drug manufacturing
Spotlight On: Cabaletta Bio’s Small but Mighty Breakthrough for CAR-T in Autoimmune Arena
Cabaletta Bio; CAR-T therapy; rese-cel; autoimmune diseases; B cell depletion; myositis; systemic lupus erythematosus; systemic sclerosis; pemphigus vulgaris; preconditioning; clinical trial; FDA
FDA Delays Denali’s Hunter Syndrome Therapy Decision by Three Months
FDA delay; Denali Therapeutics; Hunter syndrome; tividenofusp alfa; MPS II; Biologics License Application (BLA); review extension; clinical pharmacology; major amendment; accelerated approval
Eli Lilly to Invest Over $1 Billion to Expand Manufacturing Footprint in India
Eli Lilly; India; manufacturing expansion; contract manufacturing; Hyderabad; pharmaceuticals; obesity; diabetes; Alzheimer’s; cancer; autoimmune
Boehringer Ingelheim Breaks Decade-Long Drought with FDA Approval of Jascayd for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Boehringer Ingelheim; Jascayd; nerandomilast; FDA approval; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; IPF; lung scarring; first new treatment; chronic lung disease