Insilico Medicine and TaiGen sign exclusive licensing deal for AI-designed PHD inhibitor ISM4808 to treat anemia in chronic kidney disease

Insilico Medicine; TaiGen Biotechnology; license agreement; ISM4808; PHD inhibitor; anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease; CKD anemia; AI-driven drug discovery; Pharma.AI; Greater China rights; oral PHD inhibitor; IND clearance; China CDE; generative AI; clinical-stage biotech

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

Nona Biosciences Appoints Dr. Hongjiang Miao as Chief AI Officer to Advance A³ Strategy and AI-Driven Drug Discovery

Nona Biosciences; Hongjiang Miao; Chief AI Officer; AI-Driven Drug Discovery; biotechnology; Shanghai; drug development; Harbour Mice technology; integrated solutions

Rakovina Therapeutics Announces Q3 2025 Financial Results and Corporate Update

Rakovina Therapeutics; Q3 2025; financial results; net loss; research and development expenses; AI-powered drug discovery; ATR inhibitor; CNS penetration; corporate milestones; NanoPalm joint-venture; investment conference; DTC eligibility

As Drug Resistance Rises, GramEye and GSK Advance New AI-Led Infectious Disease Research

antimicrobial resistance (AMR); GramEye; GSK; AI-driven drug discovery; Gram-negative bacteria; Staphylococcus aureus; fungal infections; novel antibiotics; superbugs; infectious disease research; clinical trials

AI Proteins Raises $41.5M Series A to Accelerate AI-Designed De Novo Miniprotein Therapeutics

AI Proteins; Series A financing; de novo miniproteins; protein therapeutics; artificial intelligence; drug discovery; Mission BioCapital; Santé Ventures; synthetic biology; biotechnology

Friday Five: Lilly Expands Zepbound’s DTC Reach, NVIDIA Powers Drug Discovery at Lilly and Verily, and OpenAI Advances Pharma AI Initiatives

LillyDirect; Zepbound; Direct-to-consumer (DTC); NVIDIA; AI supercomputer; Verily; OpenAI; Pharma AI; Drug discovery; Walmart partnership; TuneLab; Federated learning

Eli Lilly and Nvidia to Build Pharma’s Largest AI Supercomputer for Drug Discovery

Eli Lilly; Nvidia; supercomputer; AI; drug discovery; Blackwell Ultra GPU; clinical trials; biomedical foundation models; pharmaceutical industry; high-performance computing

From JP Morgan to the Next Wave: What’s Driving Biotech in 2026

J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference; biotech trends 2026; M&A activity; oncology; neuropsychology; hematology; artificial intelligence; drug discovery; investment; regulatory science