Merck’s KEYTRUDA & WELIREG combo shows breakthrough results in kidney cancer trial

Merck emphasized the broader significance of the findings

FDA nod to YUVIWEL, first once-weekly treatment for kids with achondroplasia

Achondroplasia, a rare genetic disorder, causes skeletal dysplasia and often increases the risk of muscular, neurological, and cardiorespiratory complications

Caplin Steriles gets FDA approval for desmopressin

Desmopressin Acetate Injection is primarily used to treat central diabetes insipidus, haemophilia A, and von Willebrand disease

Merck India signs MoU with JSS AHER to strengthen healthcare research and capacity building

Iza-bren delivers dual survival win in phase III trial for hard-to-treat breast cancer

Iza-bren met both dual primary endpoints, delivering statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in progression-free survival

IRLAB Therapeutics doses first patient in pivotal apathy trial

The LIFT-PD study will enroll 75 Parkinson’s patients experiencing apathy across 16 sites in Germany, Bulgaria, Poland and Spain

Roche’s Fenebrutinib moves closer to being first BTK inhibitor for relapsing and progressive MS

Fenebrutinib has the potential to become the first and only high-efficacy oral, brain-penetrant treatment for both RMS and PPMS, showing a profound benefit on relapsing and progressive disease biology

Merck’s KEYTRUDA shows significant survival boost in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer

KEYTRUDA had previously met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival in all patients

Eli Lilly and Incyte score key win for teens with severe alopecia areata in Europe

AA, a chronic immune disease, can cause extensive and unpredictable hair loss

Eli Lilly’s orforglipron outshines oral semaglutide in landmark diabetes trial

The results, published in The Lancet, showed orforglipron delivered significantly greater reductions in both A1C and body weight across primary and key secondary endpoints