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Biotech & Pharma Updates | February 18 - 19, 2026

🧬 Insmed CEO defends "audacious" $1B Brinsupri 2026 sales projection after strong Q4 launch performance, Altesa BioSciences raises $75M Series B - advancing lung drug vapendavir, Merck & Co.'s Enflonsia (clesrovimab) shows positive Ph3 results for second-season respiratory syncytial virus prevention

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✅ The Good News ✅ 

THE GOOD
Approvals & Labels

Mikrobiomik secures Spain approval for EUTEGRA (MBK-01) gut microbiota therapy targeting Clostridioides difficile infection
Microbiota therapy, infectious disease, fecal microbiota transplant, Clostridioides difficile infection, gut microbiome - Read more

THE GOOD
Business Development & Partnerships

Manus Bio secures $15M US government contract for domestic flu drug component supply
Manufacturing agreement, infectious disease, synthetic biology, domestic supply chain - Read more

IBA, Shreeji sign multi-site agreement for four cyclotrons to expand PET radiopharmaceutical manufacturing, €5-7M ($5.88 - 8.24M)
Manufacturing agreement, diagnostics, radiopharmaceuticals, milestone payments - Read more

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 More Good News 

THE GOOD
Clinical Trials

Merck & Co.'s Enflonsia (clesrovimab) shows positive Ph3 results for second-season respiratory syncytial virus prevention
Antibody, infectious disease, monoclonal antibody, RSV, pediatric population, prevention - Read more

ViiV Healthcare's Cabenuva (cabotegravir/rilpivirine) demonstrates superiority over daily antiretroviral therapy in Ph3 human immunodeficiency virus study
Combination therapy, infectious disease, injectable, HIV, cabotegravir, rilpivirine - Read more

Brenus Pharma presents preclinical data for STC-1010 targeting microsatellite stable colorectal cancer at AACR conference
Immunotherapy, cancer, colorectal cancer, MSS tumors, dendritic cell activation, T cell priming - Read more

Takeda's ENTYVIO (vedolizumab) shows positive Ph3 results for pediatric moderate to severe ulcerative colitis
Antibody, autoimmune, monoclonal antibody, ulcerative colitis, integrin inhibitor, pediatric population - Read more

THE GOOD
Earnings & Finances

Insmed CEO defends "audacious" $1B Brinsupri 2026 sales projection after strong Q4 launch performance
Small molecule, respiratory, financial, strategic - Read more

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals reports Rezdiffra sales of $958.4M in 2025, narrowly missing $1B milestone amid Novo competition
Small molecule, metabolic disease, competitive, revenue impact - Read more

THE GOOD
Fundraises

Altesa BioSciences raises $75M Series B, advancing lung drug vapendavir
Small molecule, respiratory disease, antiviral, clinical-stage - Read more

Lario Therapeutics awarded $2.4M grants, advancing calcium channel neurological platform
Neurological, small molecule, calcium channel platform, precision medicine - Read more

Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals raises $55M public offering, advancing EP-104GI gastrointestinal treatments
Clinical-stage, controlled drug delivery, gastrointestinal, platform technology - Read more

Sift Biosciences raises $3.7M Pre-Seed, peptide-based immunotherapy platform for oncology
Peptide-based immunotherapy, oncology, autoimmune, AI-driven, platform technology - Read more

Step Pharma raises €2.5M ($2.9M) grant, targeted cancer therapies for CTPS2 null tumors
Cancer, small molecule, precision oncology, clinical-stage - Read more

Ten63 Therapeutics closes strategic financing, bringing total funding over $45M for AI drug discovery
AI/ML platform, drug discovery, oncology, small molecule, platform technology, undruggable targets - Read more

THE GOOD
Product Launches

Zydus Lifesciences launches India's first indigenous Aflibercept biosimilar ANYRA for retinal diseases
Biosimilar, ophthalmology, strategic, market access - Read more

THE GOOD
Regulatory

FDA announces one pivotal trial will be default standard for drug approvals, ending two-trial requirement
Regulatory, strategic, operational, financial - Read more

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❌ The Bad News

THE BAD
Clinical Trials

Novartis discontinues QEQ278 Ph1 trial in advanced solid tumors after lacking efficacy in 30 patients
Protein therapy, cancer, solid tumors, advanced malignancies - Read more

J&J halts enrollment in Ph2 trial of AC Immune-partnered ACI-35.030 (JNJ-2056) for Alzheimer's disease
Immunotherapy, neurological, anti-tau antibody, Alzheimer's disease, presymptomatic population - Read more

Biogen terminates BIIB091 (BTK inhibitor) Ph2 study for relapsing multiple sclerosis after enrolling 127 patients
Small molecule, neurological, BTK inhibitor, multiple sclerosis, combination therapy - Read more

THE BAD
Regulatory

CDC postpones key vaccine advisory panel meeting amid policy upheaval and leadership changes
mRNA vaccine, infectious disease, regulatory, operational - Read more

FDA issues untitled letter criticizing J&J's Tremfya ad for misleading efficacy claims in ulcerative colitis
Monoclonal antibody, autoimmune, regulatory, operational - Read more

👹 The Ugly News 👹

THE UGLY
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