Pathologic Function
Novartis and Relation Therapeutics form AI-driven, multi-program atopic disease collaboration
Novartis; Relation Therapeutics; AI-powered drug discovery; Lab-in-the-Loop; atopic diseases; immuno-dermatology; multi-program collaboration; asthma; allergies; eczema; allergic rhinitis; $55 million upfront; $1.7 billion milestones; functional cell atlases
Japan Approves Anti-CD19 Monoclonal Antibody UPLIZNA for Suppression of Relapse in Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease (IgG4-RD)
UPLIZNA; Inebilizumab; Anti-CD19 monoclonal antibody; IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD); Immunoglobulin G4; Japan approval; Relapse suppression; MITIGATE trial; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Zag Bio Launches with $80M to Teach the Immune System to Make Better Tregs
Zag Bio; Tregs; regulatory T cells; autoimmune diseases; thymus-targeted therapy; Series A funding; immune tolerance; Type 1 diabetes; AbbVie; Regeneron; Sanofi
Eye Disease Biotech Kala Bio Collapses After Failed Clinical Trial, Lender Takes Control
Kala Bio; biotech collapse; failed drug trial; KPI-012; persistent corneal epithelial defect; PCED; lender takeover; Oxford Finance; foreclosure proceedings; workforce reduction; clinical trial failure
Sanofi Partners with EVOQ Therapeutics to Advance NanoDisc-Based Autoimmune Therapies
Sanofi; EVOQ Therapeutics; NanoDisc; autoimmune disease; license agreement; immune tolerance; celiac disease; type 1 diabetes; MOG antibody disease; rheumatoid arthritis; lupus
Johnson & Johnson to Separate Orthopaedics Business
Johnson & Johnson; Orthopaedics; DePuy Synthes; MedTech; Separation
AI is Transforming Drug Safety—But Governance Sets Essential Guardrails
artificial intelligence; drug safety; pharmacovigilance; adverse drug events; regulatory governance; FDA; EMEA; AI guardrails; data integrity; bias; patient safety
uniQure’s Gene Therapy AMT-130 Significantly Slows Huntington’s Progression in Pivotal Trial
Gene therapy; uniQure; AMT-130; Huntington’s disease; clinical trial; disease progression; FDA approval; huntingtin-lowering; neurodegeneration
Pfizer Veteran Suneet Varma Named CEO of Phase 3-Ready Biotech Startup Intent Biologics
Suneet Varma; Pfizer vet; Intent Biologics; CEO appointment; regenerative medicine; Phase 3 clinical trials; biotech startup; inflammation and immunology
FDA Pushes Back Agios’ Pyrukynd Thalassemia Decision to December
FDA; Agios; Pyrukynd; thalassemia; PDUFA; decision delay; REMS; hepatocellular injury