The week in pharma: action, reaction and insight – week to July 4

6 July 2025

By Barbara Obstoj-Cardwell. Editor

US pharma major AbbVie announced it plan to acquire Capstan Therapeutics, along with its autoimmune disease candidate CPTX2309, for up to $2.1 billion. Organon posted disappointing mid-stage trial results for its investigational endometriosis pain drug, OG-6219. Also of note last week, the US Food and drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval for Regeneron’s multiple myeloma drug Lynozyfic.

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