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Mediar Therapeutics has signed a collaboration and option agreement with Ono Pharmaceutical to co-develop novel antibody therapeutics targeting myofibroblast biology in fibro-inflammatory diseases, building on Mediar's existing three-program antifibrotic antibody pipeline.

Backed by an 84.3% drop in RSV hospitalizations, Enflonsia could extend protection to high-risk infants still vulnerable in their second season.

Nonhealing wounds precede 80% of diabetes-related amputations, and BIOxHEAL is now cleared to test whether it can change that in a controlled trial.

Alteogen has licensed its ALT-B4 subcutaneous platform to an undisclosed global pharmaceutical company in a deal worth up to $365 million.

Kyverna Therapeutics and ElevateBio have entered a commercial manufacturing and supply agreement for miv-cel, Kyverna's autologous CD19-targeting CAR T-cell therapy, securing scalable production ahead of a planned launch in stiff person syndrome.

Dash Bio has raised $30 million in Series A financing led by Oak HC/FT to scale its automated, GLP-compliant bioanalysis platform, bringing total funding to $47.5 million as the company works to compress preclinical and clinical sample-testing timelines.

Under the deal, Pathos gains ex-China rights and will fund development of the bispecific ADC, already in phase 3 testing for triple-negative breast cancer.

Oblenio Bio has dosed the first patients in a phase 1a trial of tri-specific T-cell engager LBL-051 for refractory autoimmune disease.

Rocket Pharmaceuticals has reported a positive safety update for RP-A501 from the first 3 patients treated under a modified phase 2 protocol in Danon disease.

FDA has granted fast track designation to Aravax's PVX108, a peptide immunotherapy for peanut allergy, ahead of phase 2 data.

Precision analytics and flexible manufacturing are helping to advance safer, scalable bispecific antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, and central nervous system monoclonal antibodies from development to patients.

Novo Nordisk's ziltivekimab failed to reduce cardiovascular events in the phase 3 ZEUS trial despite confirmed IL-6 target engagement.

The EC has approved AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s datopotamab deruxtecan ADC for 1st-line metastatic TNBC, which showed a 5.0-month overall survival benefit over chemotherapy.

Polpharma Biologics and Fresenius Kabi announced that the FDA and EMA have accepted for review PB016, a proposed biosimilar to Takeda's Entyvio (vedolizumab), with Fresenius Kabi holding exclusive global commercialization rights outside the Middle East and North Africa.

Kelun-Biotech's sac-TMT has gained NMPA acceptance for a new first-line indication application in advanced triple-negative breast cancer.

FDA has granted priority review to Johnson & Johnson's Rybrevant Faspro for head and neck cancer, backed by 42% ORR in the OrigAMI-4 trial.

Aprea Therapeutics CEO Dr Oren Gilad discusses ASCO 2026 data for WEE1 inhibitor APR-1051 and the company's precision oncology strategy while at BIO 2026.

Allogene's cema-cel has received FDA RMAT and fast track designations for first-line consolidation therapy in high-risk large B-cell lymphoma.

FDA staff have questioned RP1's melanoma trial data ahead of a July 30, 2026 advisory committee vote, causing Replimune shares to fall 30%.

AbelZeta has received FDA RMAT clearance for a registrational phase 2 trial of its bispecific CAR-T therapy, C-CAR168, in refractory lupus nephritis.

GSK will invest £400 million (US$532 million) in a new Cambridge, UK, R&D center, relocating from Stevenage amid second quarter earnings and a cost-savings plan.

Harbour BioMed and Sinopharm have formed a strategic Innovation Consortium to co-develop biologics in oncology and immune-mediated inflammatory disease.

argenx will acquire Forte Biosciences for $2.2 billion, which will add first-in-class anti-CD122 antibody, FB102, to its immunology pipeline.

Johnson & Johnson reported that phase 3 MonumenTAL-6 data show Tecvayli plus Talvey cut the risk of progression or death by 89% in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Sanofi announced it has discontinued amlitelimab in atopic dermatitis, forgoing global regulatory submissions despite positive long-term phase 3 data.