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Pharma & Biotech

Hanmi lands up to $2.3bn Genentech deal as non-incretin obesity drug HM17321 reaches its first human test

Genentech has licensed HM17321 outside South Korea for $190 million upfront and up to about $2.3 billion in total potential payments, betting on a UCN2 mechanism designed to reduce fat while preserving lean mass.

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Pharma & Biotech

RenovoRx pancreatic cancer data show targeted delivery changes gemcitabine exposure in TIGeR-PaC

RenovoRx reports 51% targeted gemcitabine extraction with TAMP in pancreatic cancer. See what the data mean ahead of TIGeR-PaC results.

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Pharma & Biotech

Japan approves pediatric ORLADEYO as BioCryst Pharmaceuticals expands hereditary angioedema reach

Japan expands ORLADEYO to children aged 2 to under 12 as BioCryst Pharmaceuticals builds its global HAE franchise. See what comes next.

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Pharma & Biotech

Ziihera moves into first-line HER2-positive cancer treatment after pivotal Phase 3 results

FDA expands Ziihera into first-line HER2-positive gastroesophageal cancer. See how the approval could reshape treatment and Zymeworks growth.

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Features & Analysis

Why the blood-brain barrier keeps powerful drugs out of the brain and how brain shuttles are starting to break through

The blood-brain barrier protects neurons by tightly controlling molecular traffic, but the same biology excludes many antibodies, enzymes and nucleic-acid medicines. Drug developers are increasingly hijacking the barrier’s own transport systems rather than trying simply to disrupt it.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

RenovoRx strengthens TAMP intellectual property as 21 cancer centers adopt RenovoCath

A new US patent allowance broadens protection around RenovoRx’s dual-occlusion drug-delivery catheter as commercial revenue grows and the separate TIGeR-PaC drug-device programme moves toward 2027 data.

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Pharma & Biotech

Why Johnson & Johnson’s IMAAVY FDA approval could reshape wAIHA treatment

Johnson & Johnson has secured FDA approval for IMAAVY in warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, giving eligible patients aged 12 and older the first treatment specifically approved in the United States for wAIHA.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

FDA clears Freyja’s second-generation VereSee miniature laparoscope with VisualEntry

FDA has cleared Freyja Healthcare’s second-generation VereSee, combining a 2 mm miniature laparoscope with visual entry technology intended to show anatomy during initial laparoscopic access.

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Pharma & Biotech

VarmX begins 800-patient Phase 3 trial of VMX-C001 for urgent surgery in Factor Xa inhibitor patients

The global EquilibriX-S trial will compare VMX-C001 with usual pharmacological care in approximately 800 patients taking Factor Xa inhibitors who require urgent high-bleeding-risk procedures.

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Pharma & Biotech

Abcuro raises $66m to retry ulviprubart after Phase 2/3 IBM trial misses

Abcuro will use a $66 million Series D to start another potentially registrational study after MUSCLE failed overall but showed a prespecified signal in patients with less severe disease.

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