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

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

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