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The Good News

THE GOOD
Approvals & Labels

Eli Lilly's Foundayo (oral orforglipron) wins FDA approval for obesity treatment following Ph3 success
Small molecule, metabolic, obesity, GLP-1 receptor agonist, orforglipron - Read more

THE GOOD
Business Development & Partnerships

Axsome Therapeutics, Takeda partner on schizophrenia asset balipodect with undisclosed upfront, milestone payments
Licensing deal, neurological, small molecule, milestone payments - Read more

Zai Lab, Amgen collaborate on global Phase 1b trial combining zocilurtatug pelitecan with IMDELLTRA for small cell lung cancer
Research collaboration, oncology, antibody-drug conjugate, bispecific T-cell engager - Read more

Janux Therapeutics, Bristol Myers Squibb achieve development candidate milestone, triggering $35 million payment
Research collaboration, oncology, milestone payments, immunotherapy - Read more

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More Good News

THE GOOD
Clinical Trials

Alphamab Oncology's anbenitamab hits Ph3 primary endpoint targeting HER2 in neoadjuvant breast cancer treatment
Antibody, cancer, bispecific antibody, breast cancer, HER2, neoadjuvant therapy - Read more

Oric Pharmaceuticals advances rinzimetostat PRC2 inhibitor into Ph3 trial for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
Small molecule, cancer, PRC2 inhibitor, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, combination therapy - Read more

THE GOOD
Fundraises

Syneron Bio raises $150M Series B, advancing macrocyclic peptide drug discovery platform
Macrocyclic peptide, drug discovery, oncology, autoimmune, platform technology - Read more

TippingPoint Biosciences raises $4.5M Seed, chromatin-targeted drug discovery platform
Epigenetic platform, cancer, neurological, chromatin targeting, drug discovery, preclinical - Read more

Semarion raises $3.8M funding, drug screening solutions with SemaCyte platform
Drug screening, platform technology, biotechnology services, materials engineering - Read more

Apollomics raises $2M bridge financing for clinical development programs
Clinical-stage, oncology - Read more

Celldex Therapeutics raises $300M public offering, commercial launch and pipeline development
Antibody, bispecific antibody platform, autoimmune, clinical-stage - Read more

INOVIO Pharmaceuticals announces proposed public offering, developing DNA medicines for diseases
DNA medicines, cancer, infectious disease, HPV-related diseases - Read more

THE GOOD
Lawsuits

Brussels court orders Poland, Romania to pay nearly €2B ($2.31B) to Pfizer and BioNTech for undelivered Covid vaccines
mRNA vaccine, infectious disease, regulatory, major transaction - Read more

THE GOOD
Mergers & Acquisitions

Korsana Biosciences to go public via Cyclerion Therapeutics reverse merger with $380M funding
Monoclonal antibody, neurological, strategic, major transaction - Read more

CapVest completes majority acquisition of STADA, a leading healthcare and pharmaceuticals company
Generics, consumer healthcare, strategic, major transaction - Read more

THE GOOD
Regulatory

NHS expands Wegovy access to 1.2M high cardiovascular risk patients following NICE recommendation
GLP-1 agonist, cardiovascular, strategic, major transaction - Read more

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The Bad News

THE BAD
Clinical Trials

Pfizer and BioNTech halt US Ph3 trial for Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine due to recruitment challenges
Vaccine, infectious disease, mRNA vaccine, COVID-19, booster, clinical trial recruitment - Read more

Alto Neuroscience reports mixed Ph2 results for ALTO-101 targeting cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia
Small molecule, neurological, PDE4 inhibitor, schizophrenia, cognitive impairment, modified-release formulation - Read more

THE BAD
Regulatory

FDA delays Orca Bio's Orca-T allogeneic T-cell therapy approval decision to July for hematologic malignancies
Cell therapy, cancer, allogeneic T-cell therapy, hematologic malignancies, graft-versus-host disease - Read more

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THE UGLY
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