Whitehawk Therapeutics Appoints Margaret Dugan as Chief Medical Officer

Whitehawk Therapeutics; Margaret Dugan; Chief Medical Officer; CMO; oncology; ADC; drug development; clinical trials; Novartis; Dracen Pharmaceuticals; Schrödinger

FDA Approves Novartis’ Itvisma: Expanding Gene Therapy to Older Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patients

Novartis; FDA approval; Itvisma; Zolgensma; Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA); Gene Therapy; Older Children; Adults; Intrathecal Formulation

Novartis to Acquire RNA Drugmaker Avidity Biosciences in $12 Billion Deal

Novartis; Avidity Biosciences; acquisition; RNA therapeutics; neuromuscular diseases; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; myotonic dystrophy type 1; facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; AOC platform; SpinCo; biotech; xRNA strategy; 2026 closing

Sanofi Challenges Novartis’ Dominance with Clinically Meaningful Pancreatic Tumor Data from AlphaMedix Phase II Trial

Sanofi; Novartis; radiopharma; AlphaMedix; Orano Med; gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; GEP-NETs; radioligand therapy; Phase II clinical trial; progression-free survival; overall survival; safety profile

Novartis Receives FDA Approval for Rhapsido: First Oral BTK Inhibitor for Chronic Hives

Novartis; Rhapsido; FDA approval; Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi); remibrutinib; chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU); chronic hives; immunology; oral therapy; competition