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France-based SparingVision, a genomic medicine company focused on the treatment of retinal disease, has announced the appointment of Kalliopi ‘Kali’ Stasi, as chief medical officer, effective immediately. 9 June 2025
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Shares of Avidity Biosciences were up almost 5% at $38.00 pre-market today, as it announced the accelerated approval regulatory pathway in the USA is open for delpacibart braxlosiran (del-brax) in the treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). 9 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
George Medicines, a late-stage UK-based biopharmaceutical company focused on addressing unmet needs in cardiometabolic disease, revealed a regulatory approval that it says could reshape hypertension treatment in the USA. 9 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
Canada-based Knight Therapeutics and the US subsidiary of Japan’s Sumitomo Pharma have entered into exclusive license and supply agreements to commercialize certain products. 9 June 2025
Biotechnology
Texas-based ImmunoPrecise Antibodies, a leader in AI-driven biotherapeutics, closed 22% higher Thursday. 6 June 2025
Biotechnology
US commercial-stage drugmaker Corcept Therapeutics has presented results from its DAZALS study of dazucorilant in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the European Network to Cure ALS (ENCALS) 2025 annual meeting. 6 June 2025
Biotechnology
US gene therapy company RegeNXBio yesterday announced new positive interim data from the Phase I/II AFFINITY DUCHENNE trial. Updates include positive functional, safety and biomarker data for RGX-202, RegeNXBio’s potential best-in-class, investigational gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 6 June 2025
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San Jose, USA-based biotech Allay Therapeutics today announced the completion of a $57.5 million Series D financing round with leading global investors. 5 June 2025
Biotechnology
German genetic medicine company ViGeneron has announced a rebrand to become VeonGen Therapeutics. 5 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
US biotech BioAge Labs is expanding its obesity pipeline just months after shelving its lead drug in the category due to liver toxicity. 4 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
Sweden’s Karolinska Development today revealed that its portfolio company OssDsign has carried out a directed share issue through an accelerated book-building procedure that brought the company approximately 158 million kronor ($16.5 million). 4 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
US pharma major Eli Lilly has struck a deal worth up to $870 million with Swedish biotech Camurus, securing global rights to apply the latter’s extended-release delivery platform to a set of its own metabolic disease compounds. 4 June 2025
Biotechnology
US pharma major Bristol Myers Squibb has entered into an agreement for the global co-development and co-commercialization of German biotech BioNTech’s (Nasdaq: BNTX) investigational bispecific antibody BNT327 across numerous solid tumor types. 2 June 2025
Biotechnology
Netherlands-based biotech VectorY Therapeutics, which is developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the appointment of Jessica Atkinson as Chief Business Officer (CBO). 2 June 2025
Biotechnology
French pharma major Sanofi today revealed an agreement to acquire, and Blueprint Medicines, a US company, specializing in systemic mastocytosis (SM), a rare immunological disease, and other KIT-driven diseases. Blueprint’s shares soared 26.80% to $101.35 in pre-market activity today. 2 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
Swiss biotech iOnctura has appointed Steven Sciuto as chief financial officer and Michelle Tsai as chief operating officer, marking a leadership shift as the company moves deeper into Phase II trials for its lead cancer candidate, roginolisib (IOA-244). 2 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
Philadelphia-based biotech Vivodyne has raised $40 million in series A funding to advance its fully robotic, AI-powered platform that tests drug candidates on lab-grown human tissues. 30 May 2025
Biotechnology
Shares in US biotech Intellia Therapeutics slid by a quarter on Thursday following a safety update from its late-stage trial of a CRISPR-based treatment for a rare heart disease. 30 May 2025
Biotechnology
Vima Therapeutics, a Cambridge, USA-based clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on oral therapies for movement disorders, has launched with a $60 million Series A financing. 30 May 2025
Pharmaceutical
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified a potential path forward for elamipretide for the treatment of Barth syndrome, Stealth BioTherapeutics revealed today. 29 May 2025
Biotechnology
France-based SparingVision, a genomic medicine company focused on the treatment of retinal disease, has announced the appointment of Kalliopi ‘Kali’ Stasi, as chief medical officer, effective immediately. 9 June 2025
Biotechnology
Shares of Avidity Biosciences were up almost 5% at $38.00 pre-market today, as it announced the accelerated approval regulatory pathway in the USA is open for delpacibart braxlosiran (del-brax) in the treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). 9 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
George Medicines, a late-stage UK-based biopharmaceutical company focused on addressing unmet needs in cardiometabolic disease, revealed a regulatory approval that it says could reshape hypertension treatment in the USA. 9 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
Canada-based Knight Therapeutics and the US subsidiary of Japan’s Sumitomo Pharma have entered into exclusive license and supply agreements to commercialize certain products. 9 June 2025
Biotechnology
Texas-based ImmunoPrecise Antibodies, a leader in AI-driven biotherapeutics, closed 22% higher Thursday. 6 June 2025
Biotechnology
US commercial-stage drugmaker Corcept Therapeutics has presented results from its DAZALS study of dazucorilant in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the European Network to Cure ALS (ENCALS) 2025 annual meeting. 6 June 2025
Biotechnology
US gene therapy company RegeNXBio yesterday announced new positive interim data from the Phase I/II AFFINITY DUCHENNE trial. Updates include positive functional, safety and biomarker data for RGX-202, RegeNXBio’s potential best-in-class, investigational gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 6 June 2025
Biotechnology
San Jose, USA-based biotech Allay Therapeutics today announced the completion of a $57.5 million Series D financing round with leading global investors. 5 June 2025
Biotechnology
German genetic medicine company ViGeneron has announced a rebrand to become VeonGen Therapeutics. 5 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
US biotech BioAge Labs is expanding its obesity pipeline just months after shelving its lead drug in the category due to liver toxicity. 4 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
Sweden’s Karolinska Development today revealed that its portfolio company OssDsign has carried out a directed share issue through an accelerated book-building procedure that brought the company approximately 158 million kronor ($16.5 million). 4 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
US pharma major Eli Lilly has struck a deal worth up to $870 million with Swedish biotech Camurus, securing global rights to apply the latter’s extended-release delivery platform to a set of its own metabolic disease compounds. 4 June 2025
Biotechnology
US pharma major Bristol Myers Squibb has entered into an agreement for the global co-development and co-commercialization of German biotech BioNTech’s (Nasdaq: BNTX) investigational bispecific antibody BNT327 across numerous solid tumor types. 2 June 2025
Biotechnology
Netherlands-based biotech VectorY Therapeutics, which is developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the appointment of Jessica Atkinson as Chief Business Officer (CBO). 2 June 2025
Biotechnology
French pharma major Sanofi today revealed an agreement to acquire, and Blueprint Medicines, a US company, specializing in systemic mastocytosis (SM), a rare immunological disease, and other KIT-driven diseases. Blueprint’s shares soared 26.80% to $101.35 in pre-market activity today. 2 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
Swiss biotech iOnctura has appointed Steven Sciuto as chief financial officer and Michelle Tsai as chief operating officer, marking a leadership shift as the company moves deeper into Phase II trials for its lead cancer candidate, roginolisib (IOA-244). 2 June 2025
Pharmaceutical
Philadelphia-based biotech Vivodyne has raised $40 million in series A funding to advance its fully robotic, AI-powered platform that tests drug candidates on lab-grown human tissues. 30 May 2025
Biotechnology
Shares in US biotech Intellia Therapeutics slid by a quarter on Thursday following a safety update from its late-stage trial of a CRISPR-based treatment for a rare heart disease. 30 May 2025
Biotechnology
Vima Therapeutics, a Cambridge, USA-based clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on oral therapies for movement disorders, has launched with a $60 million Series A financing. 30 May 2025
Pharmaceutical
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified a potential path forward for elamipretide for the treatment of Barth syndrome, Stealth BioTherapeutics revealed today. 29 May 2025
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