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✅ The Good News ✅
THE GOOD
Approvals & Labels
AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo's Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) plus Roche's Perjeta wins EU approval for first-line HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
Antibody-drug conjugate, cancer, monoclonal antibody, breast cancer, HER2, combination therapy - Read more
THE GOOD
Business Development & Partnerships
Novartis licenses Alteogen ALT-B4 hyaluronidase tech for subcutaneous drug formulations, up to $3.2B
Licensing deal, drug delivery, biologics, milestone payments, royalties - Read more
NewBiologix, Synastra Biotechnology partner to develop stable rAAV cell line for DMD gene therapy
Manufacturing agreement, rare disease, gene therapy, cell therapy, drug discovery - Read more
Novacyt, Illumina enter five-year master collaboration agreement for diagnostics and DNA sequencing partnership
Research collaboration, diagnostics, DNA sequencing, genomics - Read more
Ono Pharmaceutical, Aitia partner on drug discovery for neurological diseases using causal AI technology
Drug discovery, neurological, AI/ML, target identification, research collaboration - Read more
Evotec, Plectonic Biotech collaborate to explore next-generation T-cell-engaging immunotherapy for solid tumors
Research collaboration, oncology, immunotherapy, antibody, drug discovery - Read more
Styx Biotechnologies, ZoeNCure Therapeutics partner to advance next-generation ADC pipeline to first-in-human trials
Co-development, oncology, antibody-drug conjugate, milestone payments, rare disease - Read more
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✅ More Good News ✅
THE GOOD
Clinical Trials
Teva Pharmaceutical's TEV-408 (anti-interleukin-15 antibody) hits primary endpoint in Ph2 celiac disease trial
Antibody, autoimmune, monoclonal antibody, celiac disease, IL-15 pathway - Read more
AstraZeneca, HUTCHMED's Tagrisso (osimertinib) plus Orpathys (savolitinib) shows Ph3 win in first-line MET-overexpressing non-small-cell lung cancer
Small molecule, cancer, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, non-small cell lung cancer, EGFR mutation, MET overexpression - Read more
Hengrui Pharmaceuticals' (Trastuzumab Rezetecan) meets primary endpoint in Ph3 trial for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
Antibody-drug conjugate, cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer, HER2, trastuzumab rezetecan - Read more
THE GOOD
Fundraises
Simnova Biotech raises $59.5M Series B to advance off-the-shelf CAR-NK cell therapies
Cell therapy, CAR-NK, autoimmune, off-the-shelf, clinical-stage - Read more
NovaGo Therapeutics raises $30M Series B to advance spinal cord injury clinical study
Neurological, antibody, spinal cord injury, nerve regeneration, clinical-stage - Read more
Senticell raises $7M Seed funding to advance RBC-based liquid biopsy platform in oncology
Liquid biopsy, oncology, biomarker discovery, nucleic acids, clinical-stage - Read more
THE GOOD
Investments
ARPA-H allocates $125M to five groups to build automated, distributed RNA therapy manufacturing infrastructure
RNA therapy, rare disease, biomanufacturing, regulatory - Read more
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❌ The Bad News ❌
THE BAD
Layoffs
Cellares cuts 168 U.S. jobs, downsizes operations after losing Bristol Myers Squibb cell therapy contract
Cell therapy, oncology, layoffs, operational, cost reduction - Read more
TScan Therapeutics cuts 75% of workforce, pausing blood cancer programs to prioritize solid tumor pipeline
TCR-T cell therapy, oncology, strategic, cost reduction - Read more
THE BAD
Regulatory
MHRA suspends Amgen's Tavneos for new UK patients amid pivotal trial data integrity concerns
Small molecule, autoimmune, regulatory, competitive - Read more
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