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Last week, a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee (AdCom) voted against approval of Danish drugmaker Lundbeck and Japan-based Otsuka’s Rexulti for post-traumatic stress disorder. France’s Sanofi announced it is expanding its respiratory vaccines pipeline with an up to $1.6 billion acquisition of UK biotech Vicebio. French biotech Abivax released new Phase III data on its investigational ulcerative colitis candidate obefazimod that saw its shares nearly quadruple. Also of note was the latest setback for Sarepta’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug Elevidys, when the European Medicines human health committee, the CHMP, declined partner Roche’s accelerated approval of the drug. 27 July 2025
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Last week, PureTech Health spun out a new company, Celea Therapeutics, which will develop its pulmonary fibrosis candidate deupirfenidone (LYT-100). The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for Insmed’s Brinsupri (brensocatib) for the treatment of a chronic inflammatory lung condition. Last week also saw US biotech Sarepta Therapeutics selling 9.3 million shares in Arrowhead, raising around $174 million, and transferring around $50 million to Arrowhead. Basilea in-licensed rights to Venatorx’ urinary tract infection candidate ceftibuten-ledaborbactam etzadroxil. 17 August 2025
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The Swiss government has met with senior executives from Roche and Novartis to discuss the outlook for the pharmaceutical industry amid escalating US trade measures. 15 August 2025
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Papzimeos (zopapogene imadenovec-drba) for the treatment of adults with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). 15 August 2025
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A first-of-its-kind study from UK pharm major AstraZeneca and Macmillan Cancer Support into the barriers around access to the latest biomarker testing for cancer in the UK has been published in Future Oncology. 15 August 2025
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Pilatus Biosciences, a US biopharmaceutical company developing novel metabolic checkpoint immunotherapies for liver and gastrointestinal cancers, today announced a clinical trial collaboration with Swiss pharma giant Roche. 14 August 2025
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China-based RNA therapeutics developer Ribopeutic has raised close to 100 million yuan ($13.9 million) in pre-A financing, with Tasly Holding Group and Pan-Lin Asset Management leading the round. 14 August 2025
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Maryland, USA-based biotech MacroGenics announced that effective as of August 13, 2025, Eric Risser has been appointed president, chief executive (CEO) and to the board of directors. 14 August 2025
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US biotech Vedanta Biosciences has abandoned development of its ulcerative colitis candidate VE202 after the bacterial cocktail failed to outperform placebo in a mid-stage trial. 14 August 2025
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Danish CNS specialist Lundbeck has reported revenue grew 14% at constant exchange rates (CER), plus 14% DKK, to 12,258 million kroner ($1,915 million) in the first six months of 2025. Growth in the USA and Europe was the driver of this strong performance. 14 August 2025
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Artificial intelligence is showing promise in improving the detection and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive lung disease that can lead to respiratory failure and severely limit quality of life, according to data and analytics group GlobalData. 13 August 2025
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German family-owned pharma major Boehringer Ingelheim announced that Hernexeos (zongertinib tablets) has been recommended as a preferred subsequent therapy option for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with ERBB2 (HER2) mutations who received prior systemic therapy in the latest NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for non-small cell lung cancer (Version 8), updated on August 15, 2025 16 August 2025
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Last week, PureTech Health spun out a new company, Celea Therapeutics, which will develop its pulmonary fibrosis candidate deupirfenidone (LYT-100). The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for Insmed’s Brinsupri (brensocatib) for the treatment of a chronic inflammatory lung condition. Last week also saw US biotech Sarepta Therapeutics selling 9.3 million shares in Arrowhead, raising around $174 million, and transferring around $50 million to Arrowhead. Basilea in-licensed rights to Venatorx’ urinary tract infection candidate ceftibuten-ledaborbactam etzadroxil. 17 August 2025
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