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Apr 30, 2026
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🧬 GSK's Shingrix strategy shift targeting comorbid patients drives $1.4B Q1 sales, beating analyst forecasts, Chiesi acquires KalVista Pharmaceuticals for $1.9B, gaining rare disease oral HAE treatment Ekterly, Avalyn Pharma raises $300M IPO to develop drugs for hard-to-treat lung diseases
Apr 29, 2026
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🧬 AbbVie gains exclusive right to acquire Kestrel Therapeutics for up to $1.45B - targeting oral pan-KRAS inhibitor, Coultreon Biopharma raises $125M Series A to advance oral SIK3 autoimmune drug, Rocket Pharmaceuticals sells rare pediatric disease priority review voucher for $180M, Eli Lilly + Profluent Bio partner on AI-designed DNA editing tools for genetic medicines - up to $2.25B milestones
Apr 28, 2026
🧬 Rejuvenate Bio launches crowdfunding campaign to advance gene therapy for aging + chronic diseases, Intellia Therapeutics' lonvo-z succeeds in Ph3 trial for hereditary angioedema - company begins rolling FDA submission, Thermo Fisher Scientific divests microbiology business to Astorg for $1.075B, UK biotech VC funding rises 17% in Q1 2026 - showing recovery signs but IPO activity remains stagnant
Apr 27, 2026
🧬 Sun Pharma to acquire Organon for $12.5B in largest-ever overseas deal by Indian company, FDA awards national priority vouchers to Compass Pathways + Transcend Therapeutics + Usona Institute for psychedelic treatments, Johnson & Johnson launches 4 prescription drugs on Trump administration's TrumpRx discounted pharmaceutical website, EMA recommends approval of Sanofi's tolebrutinib for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis after FDA rejection
Apr 24, 2026
🧬 Kurma Partners closes €215M ($251M) Biofund IV to back around 20 European biotechs, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' Otarmeni wins FDA approval for otoferlin-deficient congenital hearing loss following Ph1/2 success, Evonik invests €80M ($93.6M) in Slovakia facility to boost fermentation capabilities - adding 50 jobs, Novo Nordisk's Rybelsus (semaglutide) meets Ph3 goals in pediatric type 2 diabetes + supporting label expansion filings
Apr 23, 2026
🧬 Merck & Co. + Google Cloud partner on enterprise-wide agentic AI transformation, investment valued up to $1B, AbbVie invests $1.4B to build 185-acre Durham NC production hub - creating 730-plus jobs, Amneal acquires Kashiv BioSciences for $1.1B to expand biosimilars pipeline amid market growth, Moderna's mCOMBRIAX (mRNA-1010/mNEXSPIKE) wins European Commission approval for influenza and COVID-19 combination immunization in adults 50 and older
Apr 22, 2026
🧬 Ray Therapeutics raises $125M Series B for genetic retinal degeneration gene therapy, Flagship Pioneering launches Serif Biomedicines with $50M to develop novel modified DNA genetic medicines, AstraZeneca's Ultomiris (ravulizumab) meets primary endpoint in Ph3 trial for immunoglobulin A nephropathy, Merck & Co.'s Idvynso (doravirine/islatravir) wins FDA approval for virologically suppressed adults with human immunodeficiency virus following Ph3 success
Apr 21, 2026
🧬 Eli Lilly acquires Kelonia Therapeutics for up to $7B to expand in vivo CAR-T capabilities, AstraZeneca's (tozorakimab) meets primary endpoint in Ph3 trial for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Biogen + TJ Biopharma expand partnership for China rights to felzartamab - $100M upfront + $850M biobucks
Apr 20, 2026
🧬 Former Genentech leader unveils Synthetic Design Lab - developing adaptive "smart" ADC cancer drugs, UCB to acquire Neurona Therapeutics for up to $1.2B - expanding into seizure cell therapy, Merck & Co. unveils Ph1/Ph2 data for MK-2010 (MK-2010) - PD-1xVEGF bispecific in non-small cell lung cancer