Organization
CSL Commits $117M for Option to Acquire VarmX and Advance Novel Blood Clotting Therapy to Market
CSL; VarmX; VMX-C001; blood clotting drug; Factor Xa inhibitors; anticoagulants; Phase 3 clinical trial; acquisition; biotech partnership; critical bleeding; FDA fast-track
Eli Lilly Loses Appeal to Overturn $183.7 Million Medicaid Rebate Judgment
Eli Lilly; Medicaid; rebate; court ruling; False Claims Act; drug pricing; whistleblower; 7th Circuit Court of Appeals; fraud; $183.7 million judgment
LB Pharmaceuticals Upsizes IPO to $285M, Marks First Major Biotech Listing in Months
LB Pharmaceuticals; IPO; biotech; $285 million; LBRX; schizophrenia; Phase III; public offering; Nasdaq; 2025 biotech IPOs
Editas Medicine Reboots With Cholesterol Gene Therapy (EDIT-401) as Lead Asset
Editas Medicine; EDIT-401; gene therapy; hyperlipidaemia; LDL cholesterol; LDLR gene; in vivo gene editing; strategic pivot; clinical development
Genentech (Roche) Signs $420 Million Deal With OMass Therapeutics for Preclinical IBD Program
Genentech; Roche; OMass Therapeutics; inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); preclinical program; biotech partnership; OdyssION platform; small molecule therapy; drug discovery; milestone payments
Novartis Pays $30M Upfront to Leqembi Creator BioArctic for Access to Blood-Brain Barrier Technology
Novartis; BioArctic; BrainTransporter platform; blood-brain barrier; neurodegeneration; Leqembi; partnership; antibody; milestone payments; royalties
CNS Pharmaceuticals Pursues Public Offering to Fund Phase 2 GBM Trial After Cost Cuts
CNS Pharmaceuticals; biotech; layoffs; IPO; public offering; phase 2 trial; glioblastoma multiforme; funding; cash position
Trump’s Most Favored Nation Policy and EU Generics: Recent Developments
Trump; Most Favored Nation policy; EU generics; drug pricing; tariffs; pharma
Tariffs and MFN Policy Power a Broad, Confusing Pharma War
tariffs; Most Favored Nation (MFN) policy; prescription drug pricing; pharmaceutical industry; Trump administration; drug manufacturing; onshoring; Medicaid; pharma innovation
Eli Lilly and Superluminal Ink $1.3B Pact Targeting GPCRs in Obesity, Cardiometabolic Diseases
Eli Lilly; Superluminal Medicines; GPCRs; obesity drugs; cardiometabolic diseases; AI drug discovery; MC4R; partnership; milestones; equity investment