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

Exit Strategy: Biopharma Professionals Consider Opportunities Outside Industry and US

biopharma talent; job market trends; industry transition; employment outside US; biopharma survey 2025; life sciences employment; biotech careers; pharmaceutical industry

Applied Therapeutics’ Rare Disease Drug Fails Another Phase 3 Trial After FDA Rejection

Applied Therapeutics; govorestat; rare disease; phase 3 failure; FDA rejection; classic galactosemia; aldose reductase inhibitor; clinical trial conduct; FDA warning letter

FDA Delays Decision on Biohaven’s Troriluzole for Rare Disease, Plans Advisory Committee Review

Biohaven; FDA delay; troriluzole; spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA); rare disease drug; PDUFA extension; advisory committee; neurodegenerative disease

Merck’s Keytruda Achieves Industry-First Success in Preventing Head and Neck Cancer Recurrence: AACR 2025 Highlights

Keytruda; Merck; AACR 2025; head and neck cancer; resectable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; event-free survival; KEYNOTE-689 trial; perioperative pembrolizumab; recurrence prevention; clinical trial; FDA

Azafaros Raises €132M in Series B to Fund Phase 3 Trials for Brain-Penetrant Drug

Azafaros; Series B funding; nizubaglustat; brain-penetrant drug; lysosomal storage disorders; rare neuro-metabolic diseases; phase 3 clinical trials; Jeito Capital; Forbion Growth; neurodegenerative diseases