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Pharma & Biotech

Replicate Bioscience wins Gates Foundation support for an ambitious TB vaccine strategy

Replicate Bioscience is extending its low-dose self-replicating RNA platform into tuberculosis, but immunological complexity, late-stage competition and global affordability create a demanding development path.

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Pharma & Biotech

Denali monetises its FDA voucher as AVLAYAH enters a critical confirmatory phase

Denali Therapeutics is converting AVLAYAH’s regulatory reward into non-dilutive capital for its blood-brain barrier pipeline, but clinical and commercial risks remain.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Insightec’s Parkinson’s study shows motor gains, but bilateral treatment raises safety concerns

Staged bilateral focused ultrasound reduced Parkinson’s motor complications without implanted hardware, but persistent speech, gait and balance effects narrow the patients most likely to benefit.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

AMDI wins FDA clearance for ten-minute PCR, but can it disrupt point-of-care diagnostics?

Autonomous Medical Devices Incorporated has secured FDA clearance and a CLIA waiver for a four-virus PCR panel, but speed alone may not guarantee widespread adoption.

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Pharma & Biotech

Mabwell’s Nectin-4 ADC shows cervical cancer activity, but can Phase 3 confirm survival benefit?

Updated 9MW2821 data support Nectin-4 as a target in cervical cancer, but Mabwell must prove that early response and survival signals outperform established ADC and immunotherapy options.

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Pharma & Biotech

Can TORL’s ixotatug vedotin carve out a new targeted role in recurrent ovarian cancer?

Early ixotatug vedotin and bevacizumab data suggest activity in Claudin 6-positive ovarian cancer, but the small uncontrolled study cannot yet separate ADC efficacy from combination effects.

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Pharma & Biotech

Can Kither Biotech turn KIT2014 into a differentiated inhaled therapy for COPD?

KIT2014 cleared its first human safety study with no measurable systemic exposure, but Kither Biotech must now prove that its peptide can improve lung function and inflammation in patients.

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Pharma & Biotech

Johnson & Johnson strengthens nipocalimab’s FDA case with rapid hemoglobin improvement

The ENERGY trial strengthens the regulatory case for nipocalimab in warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, but modest response rates and long-term IgG suppression remain important questions.

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Pharma & Biotech

Can Velico’s spray-dried plasma move lifesaving transfusion beyond trauma centres?

Frontline On Demand Plasma could bring plasma transfusion closer to ambulances, disaster zones and military front lines, but clinical and regulatory hurdles remain.

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Pharma & Biotech

cAMPfield launches with $180m as prifemilast enters the crowded IBD race

cAMPfield Therapeutics is backing prifemilast as a better-tolerated oral PDE4 inhibitor for inflammatory bowel disease, but mid-stage trials must prove that selectivity translates into durable remission.

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