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Altay Therapeutics closes $37m Series A for FSHD treatment DX5057

Altay Therapeutics has closed a $37 million Series A financing to advance DX5057, an investigational oral DUX4 inhibitor for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. The company expects to begin Phase 1 testing in early 2027, following preclinical evidence of reduced muscle injury and preserved function.

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Pharma & Biotech

Can Soufflé’s REMEDY platform solve RNA drug delivery challenges beyond the liver?

Soufflé secures $135 million as its FSHD RNA therapy trial recruits patients. Examine the REMEDY platform, Bayer partnership and clinical risks.

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Pharma & Biotech

Can TG Therapeutics establish BRIUMVI superiority without a head-to-head clinical trial?

A peer-reviewed five-year indirect comparison associates BRIUMVI with lower modeled disability progression risk than ocrelizumab and ofatumumab. The findings support TG Therapeutics' commercial evidence strategy but cannot establish head-to-head superiority.

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Pharma & Biotech

Bristol Myers Squibb’s $4.1bn RayzeBio acquisition delivers clinical milestone

Bristol Myers Squibb's RYZ101 meets its Phase 3 endpoint after lutetium-177 treatment, advancing alpha radiopharmaceutical development.

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Pharma & Biotech

Why GSK’s wet-lab validation gives Chai Discovery a stronger pharmaceutical industry foothold

GSK expands Chai Discovery AI collaboration after wet-lab success. See what the binding results establish and what remains unproven.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Why the Perceptive Discovery and Nucleus RadioPharma agreement matters for oncology drug development

Perceptive Discovery and Nucleus RadioPharma link imaging and manufacturing to address critical bottlenecks in radiopharmaceutical development.

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Features & Analysis

Rhapsido doubles complete hive response rate as Novartis secures new FDA indication

FDA approves Novartis Rhapsido as the first treatment specifically for symptomatic dermographism after positive Phase III RemIND results.

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Pharma & Biotech

Roche cuts MS relapses up to 58.5% with fenebrutinib as FDA weighs an oral rival to its own Ocrevus

The FDA has accepted Roche’s fenebrutinib filing under Priority Review for both relapsing and primary progressive multiple sclerosis, potentially creating a high-efficacy oral alternative across disease forms currently treated very differently.

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Pharma & Biotech

AstraZeneca turns COPD inhaler into asthma growth engine as Trixeo wins broader EU label

European regulators have approved AstraZeneca’s Trixeo Aerosphere for uncontrolled asthma from age 12 regardless of recent exacerbation history, potentially widening a respiratory franchise that generated $699 million in first-half 2026 sales.

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Pharma & Biotech

Roche reports positive Phase III sefaxersen results as factor B competition intensifies in IgA nephropathy

Roche’s sefaxersen hits its Phase III IgAN endpoint with significant proteinuria reduction. See what the result means for regulators and competitors.

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