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USA-based clinical-stage dermatology start-up Veradermics has announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering of 15,077,647 shares of its common stock at an initial public offering price of $17.00 per share. All of the shares are being offered by Veradermics. 5 February 2026
Biosimilars
Russian drugmaker Binnopharm Group together with China’s Mabwell announced plans to localize the production of a monoclonal antibody (MAb)-based drug for the treatment of asthma and atopic dermatitis in Russia. 4 February 2026
Biotechnology
Belgium’s largest drugmaker UCB today announced three-year data from the BE HEARD trials^ for Bimzelx (bimekizumab) in moderate to severe HS. 4 February 2026
Biotechnology
US clinical-stage biotech Sagimet Biosciences’ shares rose 10% to $6.23 after it announced that China-based partner Ascletis Pharma reported positive top-line results in the open-label Phase III trial evaluating the long-term safety of ASC-40 (denifanstat) tablets in patients with moderate to severe acne. 3 February 2026
Biotechnology
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week lifted the clinical hold on Intellia Therapeutics’ investigational new drug (IND) for its nexiguran ziclumeran (nex-z) for amyloidosis. The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the names of 15 more drugs for a third cycle of Medicare price negotiations. On the deal-making front, Moderna signed a commercialization collaboration with Italy’s Recordati on mRNA-3927, and Japan’s Kyowa Kirin revealed that its partner Amgen has terminated the collaboration on dermatology candidate rocatinlimab. 1 February 2026
Biotechnology
Japanese drugmaker Kyowa Kirin late Friday announced the termination of the current rocatinlimab development and commercialization collaboration with US biotech major Amgen. 31 January 2026
Biotechnology
US biotech major Regeneron has presented its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025. 30 January 2026
Pharmaceutical
French pharma major Sanofi reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year results for 2025 on Thursday. 29 January 2026
Pharmaceutical
Spanish dermatology specialist Almirall has announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Seysara (sarecycline hydrochloride). 29 January 2026
Biotechnology
US drugmakers Moderna and Merck & Co last week released new data on the former’s intismeran autogene and Merck’s Keytruda in the treatment of melanoma. UK pharma major GSK announced an agreement to acquire RAPT Therapeutics, along with its ozureprubart for $2.2 billion. Johnson & Johnson was the first big pharma to announce fourth quarter 2025 financials and forecast further growth. Also of note, Janux Therapeutics entered a collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb for its investigational oncology drug JANX007 that could earn the company $850 million. 25 January 2026
Biotechnology
Following the positive COAST 1 results in September 2025, two additional global Phase III studies – SHORE and COAST 2 of amlitelimab, a fully human non-T cell depleting monoclonal antibody that selectively targets OX40-ligand (OX40L), today delivered a robust body of evidence that supports amlitelimab’s potential in the treatment of patients 12 years and older with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD). 23 January 2026
Pharmaceutical
French drugmaker Ipsen announced that the Arbitral Tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has issued a final decision in favor of Ipsen, dismissing the claim initiated by Galderma in the arbitration proceedings related to Ipsen’s termination of the R&D agreement. 22 January 2026
Pharmaceutical
US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson has announced results for fourth-quarter and full-year 2025. 21 January 2026
Biotechnology
Californian biopharma Corvus Pharmaceuticals has announced positive results from cohort four of the randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled Phase I trial of soquelitinib in moderate to severe atopic dermatitis. 21 January 2026
Biotechnology
USA-based mRNA vaccines company Moderna’s shares were flat in pre-market activity, as the company announced awaited new clinical data on its investigational mRNA-based individualized neoantigen therapy (INT). 20 January 2026
Pharmaceutical
US commercial-stage biopharma Pelthos Therapeutics has secured a senior secured term loan facility of up to $50 million from Horizon Technology Finance (Nasdaq: HRZN), with $30 million funded at closing and up to $20 million available if certain milestones are met. 14 January 2026
Biotechnology
Spanish dermatology specialist Almirall is using its appearance at the 44th JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco to set out an active 2026 clinical agenda, leaning into proof-of-concept work across immune-driven skin diseases and pushing one bispecific antibody into first-in-human testing. 14 January 2026
Pharmaceutical
Royalty Pharma and the US affiliate of Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries have announced a funding agreement of up to $500 million to accelerate the clinical development of Teva’s anti-interleukin (IL)-15 antibody, TEV-'408. 12 January 2026
Biotechnology
The launch of USA-based Poplar Therapeutics has been announced, alongside a $50 million Series A financing led by SR One, Vida Ventures and Platanus. 8 January 2026
Biotechnology
Immune-mediated diseases specialist Alumis has announced positive top-line results from its Phase III ONWARD1 and ONWARD2 trials of envudeucitinib, a next-generation highly selective oral tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, in moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. 7 January 2026
Biotechnology
Sanofi and Regeneron’s all-conquering inflammatory diseases drug Dupixent (dupilumab) has shown its worth in another disease. 11 September 2024
Biotechnology
Danish clinical-stage techbio firm Evaxion Biotech, which is developing AI-Immunology powered vaccines, announced new clinical Phase II data for its lead compound EVX-01. 9 September 2024
Biotechnology
Danish dermatology specialist LEO Pharma has presented a range of new population-level and physician-reported data on the prevalence, severity and treatment of moderate to severe chronic hand eczema (CHE). 5 September 2024
Biosimilars
Biocon Biologics has signed a settlement and license agreement with Johnson & Johnson that clears the way to commercialize its Bmab 1200, a proposed biosimilar to Stelara (ustekinumab), in Europe, the UK, Canada, and Japan. 3 September 2024
Biosimilars
South Korea’s Celltrion yesterday announced the European Commission (EC) approval for the use of SteQeyma (CT-P43), an ustekinumab biosimilar referencing Stelara, for the treatment of multiple chronic inflammatory diseases. 27 August 2024
Pharmaceutical
Danish dermatology specialist LEO Pharma’s Timber Pharmaceuticals subsidiary has announced disappointing results for the randomized, double-blind 12-week period of the ASCEND trial. 23 August 2024
Biotechnology
San Diego, USA-based biotech AnaptysBio (Nasdaq: ANAB) yesterday announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of 2,750,498 shares of its common stock at a price of $36.50 per share, representing a premium of approximately 10% to Anaptys’ closing price on August 13, 2024. 15 August 2024
Pharmaceutical
Shares of American dermatology company Verrica Pharmaceuticals had a roller-coaster start to the day after announcing what it called positive trial results. 14 August 2024
Biotechnology
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Galderma’s Nemluvio (nemolizumab) as a pre-filled pen for subcutaneous injection for the treatment of adults with prurigo nodularis. 14 August 2024
Biosimilars
The US subsidiary of South Korea’s Celltrion announced its US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved biosimilar adalimumab-aaty has been added to the Costco member prescription program. 14 August 2024
Pharmaceutical
Crown Laboratories, a privately held skincare company, and Nashville, USA-based Revance Therapeutics have entered into an agreement whereby the companies seek to merge the two complementary organizations. 13 August 2024
Biotechnology
US biotech Regeneron Pharmaceuticals today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2024 that beat expectations. 1 August 2024
Biotechnology
BioNTech released positive top-line data from the ongoing Phase II clinical trial in patients with unresectable stage III or IV melanoma whose disease had progressed following anti-PD-(L)1-containing treatment. 30 July 2024
Pharmaceutical
California’s Arcutis Biotherapeutics, a biopharma developing innovations in immuno-dermatology, has announced the US commercial launch of Zoryve (roflumilast) cream 0.15% for the treatment of mild to moderate atopic dermatitis in adults and children down to age six years. 30 July 2024
Pharmaceutical
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved its Leqselvi (deuruxolitinib) 8mg tablets for the treatment of adults with severe 29 July 2024
Biosimilars
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) has adopted positive opinions for six biosimilar medicines. 27 July 2024
Pharmaceutical
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended seven novel medicines for approval at its July 2024 meeting. 26 July 2024
Biotechnology
“Circle of Goodness,” one of Russia’s largest public funds, specializing on procurements of drugs for children with rare diseases, will begin procurements of the US drug Vyjuvek (beremagen heperpavec), which is designed for patients with epidermolysis bullosa (butterfly syndrome), reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 25 July 2024
Biosimilars
Swiss generics and biosimilars major Sandoz announced the launch of Pyzchiva (ustekinumab) across Europe, starting today. 25 July 2024
Pharmaceutical
US companies Palvella Therapeutics and Pieris Pharmaceuticals have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction. 24 July 2024
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