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News | 11 January 2026

Johnson & Johnson strikes deal With Trump admn to cut drug costs, expand manufacturing

The agreement responds directly to President Trump’s demands that drugmakers cut costs for US patients

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News | 11 January 2026

Nxera secures exclusive APAC rights to DMD drug Vamorolone in deal with Santhera

Nxera will take full responsibility for regulatory approvals, clinical development where required, manufacturing and commercialization in the licensed territories

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News | 11 January 2026

Halozyme and Takeda team up to transform Crohn’s and Colitis Therapy

The agreement, signed in December 2025, grants Takeda an exclusive worldwide license to use Halozyme’s proprietary recombinant human hyaluronidase PH20 enzyme (rHuPH20) with vedolizumab

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News | 11 January 2026

Pulmocide halts Phase 3 trial of Opelconazole in severe lung infection

The decision follows an interim analysis conducted when roughly half of the patients had completed their Day 84 visit

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News | 09 January 2026

Shilpa Medicare aims for US approval of chemo nausea drug

Phase 3 study met all primary and secondary endpoints, demonstrating superior convenience, strong efficacy, and excellent safety versus conventional ondansetron injections

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News | 09 January 2026

Alkem launches innovative hair growth support therapy kit

The supplements are made using only vegetarian-sourced ingredients

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News | 09 January 2026

GSK secures European nod for easier-to-use Shingrix prefilled syringe

The current two-vial format requires healthcare professionals to mix a lyophilised antigen with a liquid adjuvant before administration

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News | 09 January 2026

WHO unveils updated HIV guidelines to boost treatment & save lives

The guidelines also support reusing tenofovir and abacavir in later regimens for improved outcomes, cost savings, and programmatic efficiency

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News | 09 January 2026

Nimbus Therapeutics and Eli Lilly team up on novel obesity therapy

The partnership builds on a prior collaboration between Nimbus and Lilly targeting AMPK in cardiometabolic diseases

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News | 09 January 2026

Oculis’ Privosegtor wins FDA breakthrough therapy status for Optic Neuritis

The FDA designation follows visual-function results from the Phase 2 ACUITY trial

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News | 08 January 2026

Lilly to buy Ventyx Biosciences for $1.2 billion

Ventyx's clinical pipeline includes multiple small molecules with potential for oral therapies addressing chronic inflammation

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News | 08 January 2026

Biocon Biologics to introduce three new oncology biosimilars, eyes $75 billion market opportunity

The new assets expand Biocon Biologics’ already robust oncology portfolio, which now includes 17 cancer therapies

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News | 08 January 2026

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals gets green light for first-of-its-kind FCS therapy

REDEMPLO is the first and only Health Canada-approved siRNA therapy for FCS

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News | 08 January 2026

Wockhardt files marketing authorisation application for WCK 5222 with EMA

WCK 5222 is the first New Chemical Entity (NCE) discovered and developed in India to be submitted for pan-European marketing authorisation

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News | 07 January 2026

Dr. Reddy's launches novel recombinant Hepatitis E vaccine ‘Hevaxin’ in India

It is currently the only vaccine authorized by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for active immunization against HEV in adults aged 18 to 65

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News | 07 January 2026

Dr. Lal PathLabs launches tech-driven personalized wellness center 'Sovaaka'

Sovaaka offers a deeply personalised diagnostics-led wellness experience that goes beyond routine health checks

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News | 07 January 2026

Incyte eyes first-line nod for Tafasitamab in aggressive lymphoma

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in adults, represents 40% of all cases worldwide

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News | 07 January 2026

Merck completes acquisition of Cidara Therapeutics

Cidara will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck and the common stock of Cidara will no longer be listed or traded on the Nasdaq Global Market

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News | 06 January 2026

Wegovy pill marks first GLP-1 weight-loss medicine in oral form

The approval introduces a needle-free alternative to injectable GLP-1 therapies

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News | 06 January 2026

PHARMEXCIL holds high-level talks with government to boost India’s pharma exports

India’s pharmaceutical sector stands at a pivotal inflection point

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