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India's First: Curapod wearable gets Class II nod for drug-free musculoskeletal pain relief
India's First: Curapod wearable gets Class II nod for drug-free musculoskeletal pain relief

By IPP Bureau - December 24, 2025

Provides pain relief for more than 30 conditions, including chronic back pain, arthritis, and sports injuries

Ipsen acquires Simcere Zaiming’s innovative ADC SIM0613
Ipsen acquires Simcere Zaiming’s innovative ADC SIM0613

By IPP Bureau - December 24, 2025

The therapy targets the LRRC15 protein and is designed for enhanced tumor penetration and differentiated anti-tumor activity in solid tumors with the highest unmet needs.

FDA nod to Boehringer Ingelheim’s JASCAYD for progressive pulmonary fibrosis in adults
FDA nod to Boehringer Ingelheim’s JASCAYD for progressive pulmonary fibrosis in adults

By IPP Bureau - December 24, 2025

The study found that nerandomilast effectively slowed lung function decline in patients, with discontinuation rates similar to placebo

Gilead licenses Assembly Bio's investigational Herpes drugs after positive phase 1b data
Gilead licenses Assembly Bio's investigational Herpes drugs after positive phase 1b data

By IPP Bureau - December 24, 2025

Under the 2023 collaboration agreement, Assembly Bio will receive $35 million for Gilead’s exercise of the HSV program option

Niagen Bioscience secures full ownership of key NAD+ patents in major IP move
Niagen Bioscience secures full ownership of key NAD+ patents in major IP move

By IPP Bureau - December 24, 2025

The portfolio includes foundational patents on the production, composition, and commercial use of NR

Hansa Biopharma submits FDA application for kidney transplant desensitization treatment
Hansa Biopharma submits FDA application for kidney transplant desensitization treatment

By IPP Bureau - December 24, 2025

If approved, imlifidase has the potential to transform the kidney transplant landscape by enabling highly sensitized patients to also have access to a potentially life-changing kidney transplant

Abbott’s Volt PFA System gets FDA nod
Abbott’s Volt PFA System gets FDA nod

By IPP Bureau - December 24, 2025

AFib is a progressive condition where timely intervention is critical to disease management and, ultimately, the patient's quality of life

Enveda launches Phase 1 trial for first-in-class Oral IBD therapy
Enveda launches Phase 1 trial for first-in-class Oral IBD therapy

By IPP Bureau - December 24, 2025

The Phase 1 study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of ENV-6946 in healthy volunteers

Asahi Kasei Pharma to move R&D hub to Shonan iPark in 2027
Asahi Kasei Pharma to move R&D hub to Shonan iPark in 2027

By IPP Bureau - December 24, 2025

Shonan iPark was chosen for its globally connected life-science ecosystem, which unites pharmaceutical firms, next-generation medicine developers, AI and digital health innovators, venture capital, and academia

Neurocrine’s Valbenazine fails to show benefit in largest dyskinetic cerebral palsy trial
Neurocrine’s Valbenazine fails to show benefit in largest dyskinetic cerebral palsy trial

By IPP Bureau - December 24, 2025

Adverse events were consistent with valbenazine’s established safety profile

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy pill approved in US as first oral GLP-1 for weight management
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy pill approved in US as first oral GLP-1 for weight management

By IPP Bureau - December 23, 2025

Wegovy pill showed a mean weight loss of 16.6% in the OASIS 4 trial

Bayer wins Japan nod for finerenone in broad heart failure population
Bayer wins Japan nod for finerenone in broad heart failure population

By IPP Bureau - December 23, 2025

Finerenone is the first therapy targeting the mineralocorticoid receptor pathway to demonstrate cardiovascular benefits in heart failure patients

China approves first-in-class TGCT drug, marking global first for pimicotinib
China approves first-in-class TGCT drug, marking global first for pimicotinib

By IPP Bureau - December 23, 2025

FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to Enhertu for high-risk early breast cancer
FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to Enhertu for high-risk early breast cancer

By IPP Bureau - December 23, 2025

This Breakthrough Therapy Designation highlights the impressive clinical benefit of Enhertu over the current standard of care

SRM Global Hospitals performs Tamil Nadu’s first TactiFlex radiofrequency ablation to save 80-yr-old patient
SRM Global Hospitals performs Tamil Nadu’s first TactiFlex radiofrequency ablation to save 80-yr-old patient

By IPP Bureau - December 23, 2025

TactiFlex, the world’s first catheter with a flexible tip and contact?force sensing, allows doctors to deliver energy precisely and safely.

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