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Notable research news last week included US biopharma Avidity Biosciences announcing a positive update on its muscular dystrophy candidate delpacibart braxlosiran (del-brax), and Dutch firm NewAmsterdam released new Phase III on its investigational Alzheimer’s drug obicetrapib. US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr announced he has dismissed an independent panel of vaccine experts in order to restore trust in vaccines. Also of note, Merck & Co gained US food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Enflonsia for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). 15 June 2025
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China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) held a meeting last week to conduct the 2024 annual review of the quality management system (QMS) in vaccine regulation and pharmaceutical manufacturing inspection. 16 June 2025
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Californian biotech Jasper Therapeutics presented data from the 180mg cohort of the company’s SPOTLIGHT Phase Ib/IIa study of subcutaneous briquilimab in adult participants with chronic inducible urticaria (CIndU) at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Annual Congress. 16 June 2025
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Notable research news last week included US biopharma Avidity Biosciences announcing a positive update on its muscular dystrophy candidate delpacibart braxlosiran (del-brax), and Dutch firm NewAmsterdam released new Phase III on its investigational Alzheimer’s drug obicetrapib. US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr announced he has dismissed an independent panel of vaccine experts in order to restore trust in vaccines. Also of note, Merck & Co gained US food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Enflonsia for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). 15 June 2025
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The International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm) has announced the settlement of its £300 million ($407 million), three-year 4.25% fixed-rate bond that was announced on June 3. 14 June 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration approved US pharma giant Merck & Co’s mega-blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for a new indication. 13 June 2025
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Germany’s Merck KGaA has presented detailed results from cohort B of the global Phase II WILLOW study of enpatoran, an investigational, oral, novel TLR7/8 inhibitor in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). 13 June 2025
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US mRNA specialist Moderna today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved mRESVIA (mRNA-1345), the company's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by RSV in individuals 18-59 years of age who are at increased risk for disease. 13 June 2025
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UK pharma major GSK today revealed that it has licensed its Shigella vaccine candidate, altSonflex1-2-3, to India’s Bharat Biotech International (BBIL). 13 June 2025
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued a draft guidance recommending GSK’s Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone (BVd) for second-line multiple myeloma treatment of adults who are refractory to or intolerant of lenalidomide. 13 June 2025
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The American medicines regulator has approved Zusduri (mitomycin), a hydrogel-based treatment developed by US biotech UroGen Pharma, for adults with recurrent low-grade, intermediate-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (LG-IR-NMIBC). 13 June 2025
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Caris Life Sciences shares ended trading at $28 per share on Wednesday, marking a 33% increase from its initial public offering (IPO) price of $21 per share. 19 June 2025
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