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Steel Partners challenges InMode insider buyout with $16.75-a-share cash offer

Steel Partners Holdings L.P. has offered to acquire InMode Ltd. for $16.75 per share in cash, escalating a takeover contest surrounding the Israeli medical aesthetics company and placing additional pressure on its independent directors to determine whether shareholders are being offered sufficient value. InMode confirmed on July 10, 2026 that its board had received the

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Features & Analysis

Can early access programs reshape the approval arc for rare disease gene therapies?

GenSight Biologics S.A.’s early access rollout of GS010/LUMEVOQ in France and Israel has drawn new attention to how regulators are quietly repurposing compassionate use frameworks into strategic regulatory sandboxes for advanced therapies. As rare disease gene therapies edge closer to commercial viability, a patchwork of early access programs across key jurisdictions is beginning to influence

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Pharma & Biotech

GenSight Biologics gets green light for GS010 in Israel: What this means for LHON patients and regulators

GenSight Biologics S.A. has received approval from Israel’s Ministry of Health to provide early access treatment with its investigational gene therapy GS010/LUMEVOQ (lenadogene nolparvovec) for individual patients diagnosed with ND4-related Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON). This authorization permits bilateral intravitreal injections under compassionate use protocols, with treatments expected to begin in the first quarter of

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