Eli Lilly and Company has announced plans to acquire Ventyx Biosciences Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.2 billion, securing a portfolio of clinical-stage oral small molecule therapeutics focused on chronic inflammatory-mediated diseases. The deal includes NLRP3 inhibitors such as VTX2735 and VTX3232, alongside two Phase 2 programs for inflammatory bowel disease. The […]
Sinopia Biosciences receives NIH grant to expand its LEADS platform. Find out how AI and metabolomics could transform drug discovery.
Mercury Bio Inc., a biotechnology company focused on large-molecule therapeutics, has announced a strategic collaboration with Meta-Flux, a disease simulation company that leverages artificial intelligence, to advance drug discovery programs for Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. The partnership combines Mercury Bio’s proprietary yeast extracellular vesicle (yEV) delivery technology with Meta-Flux’s disease-scale computational modeling platform, with […]
Subsense, Inc. has raised an additional $10 million in funding to accelerate the development of its non-surgical, nanoparticle-based brain-computer interface (BCI), bringing its total funding to $27 million. The financing, led by Golden Falcon Capital, follows early successes in nanoparticle design, in vitro signal stimulation, and the construction of a bio-integrated hardware-software platform intended to […]
Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited has acquired the Staccato One Breath Technology platform and related assets from Alexza Pharmaceuticals, gaining exclusive rights to manufacture and license Staccato alprazolam under its global agreement with UCB. The transaction expands Lee’s Pharmaceutical’s inhalation drug delivery pipeline, deepens its foothold in central nervous system therapies, and positions the company to […]