Novo Nordisk Strikes Major Deal with Deep Apple Therapeutics for Oral Cardiometabolic Medicines

Novo Nordisk; Deep Apple Therapeutics; cardiometabolic diseases; oral medicines; obesity; small molecule therapeutics; GPCR target; R&D collaboration; biotech partnership

FDA Places Clinical Hold on Five Gilead HIV Studies Due to Safety Concerns

FDA; Gilead Sciences; HIV; clinical hold; GS-1720; GS-4182; clinical trials; safety signal; CD4+ T-cell; lymphocyte count; Biktarvy; lenacapavir

Merck Advances Middle Dose of ROR1 ADC in Relapsed/Refractory DLBCL After Safety Review

Merck; ROR1; ADC; zilovertamab vedotin; middle dose; 1.75 mg/kg; relapsed DLBCL; refractory DLBCL; WaveLINE-003; safety; adverse events; clinical trial; ASCO 2025

FDA Rejects Stealth BioTherapeutics’ Rare Disease Drug but Leaves Door Open for Accelerated Approval

FDA rejection; Stealth BioTherapeutics; elamipretide; Barth syndrome; rare disease; accelerated approval; muscle strength endpoint; phase 2 trial; regulatory delay