Pluri Appoints Alejandro Weinstein as Chairman of the Board to Lead Strategic Shift and Unlock Value, Backed by Additional Investment

Pluri; Alejandro Weinstein; Chairman of the Board; strategic shift; additional investment; ownership increase; Zami Aberman; Vice Chairman; biotechnology; healthcare; M&A transactions; value creation; commercialization; corporate governance

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

Wave Life Sciences RNA obesity shot shows fat loss with muscle preservation but trails Eli Lilly’s candidates

Wave Life Sciences; WVE-007; INHBE; RNA obesity drug; obesity shot; fat loss; muscle preservation; Eli Lilly; ADA Scientific Sessions

FDA Signals Higher Efficacy Bar for New CAR‑T Cancer Therapies

FDA; CAR-T; chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy; oncology; regulatory standards; superiority trials; randomized controlled trials; overall survival; hematologic malignancies; cell and gene therapy

Recent news on ACIP’s hepatitis B birth‑dose recommendation

ACIP; hepatitis B; birth dose; infant vaccination; shared clinical decision-making; CDC immunization schedule; pregnancy screening; hepatitis B policy change

UniQure restates FDA’s negative feedback on Huntington’s trial; Neurimmune expands AstraZeneca alliance

UniQure; AMT-130; FDA feedback; external control group; gene therapy; Neurimmune; AstraZeneca; neurodegeneration; antibody collaboration; licensing deal; biopharmaceutical partnerships