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Rapport Therapeutics clocked its second Phase 2 win in 14 months for RAP-219—which the company is positioning as a potential pipeline-in-a-product—this time showing improvement in symptoms of bipolar mania.
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At the European Society of Medical Oncology meeting in Madrid this weekend, analysts will be watching for detailed data on Merck and Moderna’s personalized cancer vaccine, Summit and Akeso’s PD-1xVEGF bispecific therapy, and a host of antibody-drug conjugates.
While GLP-1 medicines have become synonymous with weight loss, at least one expert thinks amylin would have been the go-to target if biopharma had been focused on the blockbuster indication 10 years ago. A new wave of therapies is now exploring this potentially gentler mechanism.
After years of quiet maturation, new approach methodologies and emerging clinical success for cell therapies are fueling parallel momentum for induced pluripotent stem cells.
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In the wake of a successful IPO and strong stock growth throughout the year, Veradermics now has late-stage data to support a regulatory package for its hair loss pill.
As trispecifics, cell engagers and other complex formats multiply, drug developers are seeking discovery and engineering partners to help navigate an expanding universe of molecular possibilities.
A new biotech co-founded by Paul Stoffels has formed to take on the CAR T cell assets of Galapagos almost a year after the company—now known as Lakefront Biotherapeutics—abandoned them.
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals’ siRNA candidate achieved “compelling” tau reductions in an early study of healthy volunteers, with a magnitude of effect that seems to outperformother blood-brain barrier platforms, according to Stifel.
While Oppenheimer doesn’t see the Phase 3 stumble of VQW-765 as highly detrimental to Vanda Pharmaceuticals, the analyst nevertheless believes the stakes are now higher for the company’s planned Q4 readout for Nereus in GLP-1-induced vomiting.
In this episode of Denatured, presented by Cytiva, Jennifer Smith-Parker speaks to Nicolas Pivet, VP & GM, Manufacturing & Digital Solutions at Cytiva. In this episode, we explore how biopharma’s real bottleneck isn’t too little data—it’s too little confidence in the decisions that drive development, manufacturing and commercialization.
Revolution Medicines’ recently approved drug showed a 24% overall response rate and a high rate of side effects in patients whose cancer has a G12D mutation, reinforcing Mizuho’s view that a more specific agent such as Verastem Oncology’s VS-7375 “should come first for G12D patients.”
The layoffs across GSK’s Belgium sites come on the heels of the pharma’s planned shuttering of its German vaccine manufacturing site, which prompted job cuts for about 650 employees.
The candidate is an oral version of ecnoglutide, a subcutaneous formulation of which is approved in China for type 2 diabetes and weight management. Pfizer owns commercialization rights for ecnoglutide in the Asian country.
BioSpace is launching an IPO dashboard to help the industry keep tabs on U.S. biotechs that have taken the public plunge in 2026.