Vyne Therapeutics will hand its Nasdaq spot to RTW’s Yarrow Bioscience in a reverse merger that will also bring a $200 million cash infusion into the biotech. The all-stock transaction
Novo Nordisk hit with FDA warning letter over acquired Catalent factory
The FDA wants Novo Nordisk to analyze all sites it bought from Catalent last year, according to a warning letter the agency sent to the drugmaker over its troubled factory in Bloomington, IN. The …
Vir licensing deal; Cytokinetics wins China nod; Vistagen’s social anxiety fail
Plus, news about Neurocrine, TargED, T-CURX, Immunome and Kodiak: 🤝 Vir Biotechnology’s licensing deal: An affiliate of Norgine Pharma will take the commercial rights to the experimental chronic hepatitis delta combo
"Fake Proof" and AI Slop Hobble Defenders
In the React2Shell saga, non-working and trivial proof-of-concept exploits led to confusion and perhaps a false sense of security. Can the onslaught of PoCs be tamed?
Padcev/Keytruda scores again in early bladder cancer
Pfizer and Astellas now have two studies supporting the use of Padcev with MSD’s Keytruda as perioperative therapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
AI biotech preview of 2026: Clinic takes center stage
Chris Bahl saw the writing on the wall for his new AI startup in the final weeks of 2022: Molecules would matter more than models. A pair of preprints had just come out, both showing …
Post-Hoc Live: Endpoints winners and losers list for 2025
The Endpoints Winners and Losers list is back — and we’re bringing it to Post-Hoc Live on Thursday (that’s tomorrow) at 12 p.m. ET. The list is our now-annual tradition, tracking who was up and who was down in biopharma and health tech, and we’ve debated our picks, checked our list twice, and on Thursday […]
DBV gets peanut allergy therapy programme back on track
Shares in DBV have shot up on phase 3 results that set up a US filing for its peanut allergy therapy. which could plug a looming hole in the market.
Addition Therapeutics raises $106.5M for all RNA ‘jumping gene’ therapies
The challenging and competitive field of gene insertion has another well-funded contender. Addition Therapeutics, a startup based on research from the University of California, Berkeley, has raised $106.5 million for a new way to install …
LIB takes aim at cholesterol market with new PCSK9 option
LIB Therapeutics has won FDA approval for a once-monthly cholesterol drug, Lerochol, that it says offers ease-of-use advantages over rivals.