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Akeso adds B7-H3 to its ADC strategy, but AK157D1 enters a field where a rival is already under FDA review

China has cleared Akeso’s AK157D1 for Phase 1 testing in advanced solid tumors, adding a DXd-class B7-H3 programme to a target already attracting late-stage ADC competition.

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Why Roche is spending $750m on the part of biologics manufacturing patients rarely see

Genentech will spend about $750 million to add end-to-end device fill-finish capabilities in Oregon, doubling its Hillsboro site and targeting commercial operations in 2031.

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One fill-finish plant exits, another takes over as Scholar Rock keeps apitegromab on track for FDA review

Scholar Rock has removed the OAI-classified Catalent Indiana facility from apitegromab’s US filing, preserving its September 30 FDA target through an alternate manufacturer while withdrawing and preparing to resubmit the European application.

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Teva moves first-in-class ecopipam toward FDA decision after pediatric Phase 3 validates D1 receptor blockade

FDA has accepted Teva’s ecopipam NDA with Priority Review after Phase 3 treatment reduced the risk of tic relapse by 53% among pediatric responders.

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Neridronate gets $150m runway as Werewolf-Ambros merger funds pivotal CRPS-1 trial

Werewolf and Ambros secure $150m to fund neridronate through its pivotal CRPS-1 Phase 3 readout and planned FDA filing. See what is at stake.

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TECVAYLI-daratumumab wins EU approval after cutting myeloma progression risk 83%

EU approval moves TECVAYLI plus daratumumab into earlier multiple myeloma treatment after Phase 3 data cut progression risk by 83.4%.

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Leads Biolabs moves PD-L1/4-1BB bispecific toward approval in rare aggressive neuroendocrine cancer

China’s Center for Drug Evaluation has accepted opamtistomig for previously treated advanced EP-NEC and placed the application under Priority Review, while detailed pivotal data await presentation.

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Amylyx’s GLP-1 blocker avexitide cuts post-bariatric hypoglycemia event rate 55% in Phase 3

LUCIDITY met its FDA-agreed primary endpoint with a 55% lower composite rate of Level 2 and Level 3 hypoglycemic events, supporting an NDA planned by year-end.

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From a difficult Phase 2 to FDA approval: how Regeneron rebuilt its garetosmab FOP programme

FDA approval gives adults with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva another treatment option after OPTIMA recorded just one to two new bone lesions with Pasatru versus 19 with placebo over 56 weeks.

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AC Immune’s ACI-19764 reaches the brain in Phase 1 as NLRP3 programme moves beyond healthy volunteers

Preliminary Phase 1 data showed brain exposure, a half-life above 30 hours and dose-dependent IL-1β inhibition for AC Immune’s oral NLRP3 inhibitor ACI-19764.

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