Merck Continues Cuts: 204 Employees Laid Off in New Jersey

Merck; layoffs; New Jersey; Rahway; pharmaceutical; cost-cutting; restructuring; WARN notice; global workforce reduction; Keytruda; Gardasil; biopharma industry

Dr. Andreas Wallnöfer Named to Optigo Biotherapeutics Board of Directors

Andreas Wallnöfer; Optigo Biotherapeutics; Board of Directors; ophthalmology; biotechnology; retinal diseases; IND-enabling studies; Hyaluronic Acid anchoring platform; pharmaceutical R&D; drug development

XtalPi and DoveTree Announce Landmark $6 Billion AI-Powered Drug Discovery Collaboration

XtalPi; DoveTree Medicines; AI drug discovery; robotics; pharmaceutical R&D; Gregory Verdine; oncology; immunology; neurology; metabolic diseases; collaboration; upfront payment; milestone payments; royalties

Viridian Licenses Promising Eye Disease Candidates to Kissei for Japanese Market

Viridian Therapeutics; Kissei Pharmaceutical; veligrotug; VRDN-003; thyroid eye disease; Japan partnership; anti-IGF-1R antibodies; clinical trials; biopharma deal

Bausch Health to Acquire DURECT and Breakthrough Liver Disease Candidate Larsucosterol for $63M Upfront

Bausch Health; DURECT; larsucosterol; liver disease; alcoholic hepatitis; epigenetic modulator; FDA Breakthrough Therapy; acquisition; pharmaceutical; milestone payments