Rani Therapeutics Appoints Abe Bassan and Vasudev Bailey to Board of Directors

Rani Therapeutics; Board of Directors; Abe Bassan; Vasudev Bailey; biotherapeutics; oral biologics delivery; Samsara BioCapital; Anomaly Ventures; Chugai collaboration; Board change

Acrivon Therapeutics Showcases AP3 Platform and Preclinical Data for ACR-2316 with Three Poster Presentations at AACR-NCI-EORTC 2025

Acrivon Therapeutics; AP3 platform; Generative Phosphoproteomics; KaiSR model; ACR-2316; AACR-NCI-EORTC conference; preclinical data; partial response; WEE1 inhibitor; PKMYT1 inhibitor; PLK1; precision oncology

Roche in Talks With US on Drug Pricing; Sets Out Pipeline and Dealmaking Ambitions

Roche; drug pricing; US government; pharmacy benefit managers; direct-to-consumer sales; pipeline; dealmaking; US investment; manufacturing; gene therapy; R&D; Ocrevus; Hemlibra; Vabysmo

Takeda and Innovent Forge $1.2B Upfront Oncology Pact for Bispecific and ADC Therapies, Total Deal Valued Up to $11.4B

Takeda; Innovent Biologics; global strategic partnership; bispecific antibody; antibody-drug conjugate (ADC); oncology; IBI363; IBI343; IBI3001; $1.2 billion upfront; $11.4 billion total deal; cancer therapy; co-development; milestone payments

Ipsen to Acquire ImCheck Therapeutics for €350 Million to Expand Immunotherapy Pipeline

Ipsen; ImCheck Therapeutics; acquisition; €350 million; €1 billion deal; immunotherapy; oncology pipeline; butyrophilin superfamily; ICT01; acute myeloid leukemia; monoclonal antibody; BTN3A

Neuphoria Scraps Social Anxiety Drug After Trial Failure; Minerva Doubles Down on Schizophrenia Therapy

Neuphoria Therapeutics; BNC210; social anxiety disorder; AFFIRM-1 phase 3 trial; clinical trial failure; program discontinuation; PTSD; Merck partnership; Minerva Neurosciences; schizophrenia therapy

Exelixis’ Kinase Blocker Zanzalintinib Sets New Survival Standard in Third-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Paving Way for FDA Review

Exelixis; zanzalintinib; kinase inhibitor; colorectal cancer; STELLAR-303 trial; Tecentriq; regorafenib; overall survival; third-line therapy; FDA submission