Alphyn Biologics has secured $25 million in a twice-oversubscribed Series B financing round to support its clinical pipeline for dermatologic conditions. The funding will enable the company to advance a global Phase 2b trial of its lead asset, Zabalafin Hydrogel, for atopic dermatitis, while also launching a second Phase 2 program for molluscum contagiosum virus. […]
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB has received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use for Aspaveli, the pegcetacoplan-based therapy developed in partnership with Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc., for the treatment of C3 glomerulopathy and primary immune-complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. The recommendation covers use in patients aged 12 years and older […]
Ractigen Therapeutics has initiated human testing of RAG-18, a novel small activating RNA (saRNA) therapeutic candidate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), by dosing the first patient in an investigator-initiated trial at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing. The study is being led by Professor Dai Yi, a recognized expert in neuromuscular disorders, and will […]
Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has presented new preclinical data for its alpha-particle radiotherapy candidate ATNM-400 at the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), highlighting potent anti-tumor activity across hormone receptor–positive, triple-negative, and therapy-resistant breast cancer models. The findings suggest that ATNM-400 could become a differentiated treatment option for patients with tumors that have progressed after […]
AusperBio Therapeutics, Inc. announced that its lead investigational product, AHB-137, achieved a 30% functional cure rate as a 24-week monotherapy in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients already on stable nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy. The data, presented at HEP-DART 2025, showed that patients with baseline HBsAg 100–1,000 IU/mL reached this endpoint at Week 72 in the company’s […]
NanOlogy, LLC, a Texas-based clinical-stage oncology company, has announced the launch of a drug development program focused on diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, known as DIPG, a universally fatal pediatric brainstem tumor. The company is advancing Large Surface Area Microparticle Cisplatin, or LSAM-cisplatin, designed for stereotactic intratumoral administration in children. Investigational New Drug–enabling studies are underway, […]
Eli Lilly and Company has released updated Phase 3 EMBER-3 results for Inluriyo, also known as imlunestrant, its oral estrogen receptor antagonist, in patients with estrogen receptor-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer. These new data, presented at the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and published in Annals […]
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced on December 12, 2025, that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved AKEEGA, a dual-action tablet combining niraparib and abiraterone acetate, alongside prednisone, for treating BRCA2-mutated metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer. The regulatory nod, based on the pivotal AMPLITUDE trial, makes AKEEGA the first precision medicine combination approved for this high-risk […]
Phare Bio and Basilea partner to develop an AI-designed antibiotic for deadly gram-negative infections. Explore what this deal could mean for the future of antimicrobial R&D.
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