Metabolic Diseases
Zealand Pharma and OTR Therapeutics in multi-program strategic collaboration for metabolic diseases
Zealand Pharma; OTR Therapeutics; strategic collaboration; license agreement; metabolic diseases; obesity; oral small-molecule therapeutics; R&D partnership; China biotech; upfront payment; milestone payments; royalties
SanegeneBio raises over $110M Series B after Lilly RNAi deal
SanegeneBio; Series B financing; $110 million; Eli Lilly; RNA interference; RNAi therapeutics; metabolic diseases; Lilly collaboration; clinical-stage assets; liver-targeted RNAi; extrahepatic RNAi; biotech fundraising 2025
Eli Lilly Signs Up to $2.6 Billion Deal with South Korean Biotech for RNA Medicine Delivery
Eli Lilly; SanegeneBio; South Korean biotech; RNAi medicines; metabolic diseases; LEAD platform; strategic partnership; cardiometabolic; deal value; pharma news
Regeneron and ModeX Forge Potential $1 Billion+ Collaboration to Develop Multispecific Antibody Drugs
Regeneron; ModeX Therapeutics; multispecific antibodies; MSTAR platform; biotechnology deal; upfront payment; milestone payments; immunology; oncology; metabolic diseases; collaboration; OPKO Health
Terns Ditches Obesity Pill After Phase 2 Letdown, Shifts Focus to Cancer Pipeline
Terns Pharmaceuticals; TERN-601; obesity drug; GLP-1 receptor agonist; Phase 2 trial; weight loss; liver enzyme elevation; oncology; TERN-701; chronic myeloid leukemia (CML); metabolic disease
Barinthus Biotherapeutics Announces Reverse Merger with Clywedog Therapeutics to Form New Metabolic Disease-Focused Company
Barinthus Biotherapeutics; Reverse Merger; Clywedog Therapeutics; Metabolic Diseases; Autoimmune Diseases; Topco; Shareholder Ownership Structure; UK Scheme of Arrangement; Delaware Merger; Self-Tender Offer; Lock-Up Period; Board Composition
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
Terns to Stop Funding Metabolic Disease Trials Beyond 2025; Seeks Partners for Assets
Terns Pharmaceuticals; metabolic disease; clinical trials; pipeline strategy; partnering; oncology focus; TERN-601; TERN-701; GLP-1 agonists; CML
BioAge Signs Option Agreement for Obesity Asset from Chinese Biotech Following APJ Agonist Setback
BioAge; JiKang Therapeutics; obesity; APJ agonist; option agreement; nanobody; small molecule agonists; exercise mimetic; incretin therapy; metabolic diseases
Pfizer’s Strategic Shift Post-Danuglipron: Exploring New Frontiers in Obesity Treatment
Pfizer, danuglipron, obesity treatment, GLP-1 receptor agonist, liver injury, weight-loss drugs, GLP-1/GIP therapies, pharmaceutical competition, metabolic diseases, Viking Therapeutics, obesity pipeline