Abeona’s $3.1M gene therapy wins FDA nod for rare skin disease

United States Food and Drug Administration, United States Food and Drug Administration, Infrequent, ZEVASKYN, Abeona, gene therapy, Dermatologic disorders, Hallopeau-Siemens Disease, Approved, Abeona ‘s

France pauses chikungunya vaccinations in the elderly after patient death

Vaccines, Chikungunya Fever, Elderly (population group), Adverse event, France, Latex Fixation Tests, Reunion Island, Disease Outbreaks, Age, older, Vaccination

Merck KGaA springs back into M&A game with $3.9B buyout of Pfizer spinout SpringWorks

Pharmaceutical acquisition, rare disease treatments, Merck KGaA, SpringWorks Therapeutics, Ogsiveo, Gomekli, desmoid tumors, neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), Pfizer spinout

‘Deviated from the core’: Akeso CEO tries to reset expectations of bispecific’s survival readout amid market tumult

Ivonescimab, PD-1xVEGF bispecific antibody, Overall survival (OS) readout, Keytruda head-to-head trial, HARMONi-2 trial, Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Market reaction, Summit Therapeutics