Merck appoints David Weinreich as new Global Head of R&D and CMO for Healthcare Business

He has successfully led the development of 15 approved drugs worldwide across various therapeutic areas over his more than 20-year career

Fortis takes over 200-bed Greater Noida hospital on long term lease

Fortis will assume complete operational and financial control, allowing it to consolidate the hospital's performance within its network

Roche, Alnylam to initiate Phase 3 cardiovascular outcomes trial of zilebesiran

Zilebesiran, a potential best-in-disease RNAi anti-hypertensive with twice-yearly subcutaneous dosing, demonstrated encouraging safety when combined with two or more antihypertensives

Lilly's oral GLP-1 orforglipron succeeds in Phase 3 trial

Triggering global regulatory submissions this year for the treatment of obesity

Sai Life Sciences completes Phase II of production block 11 at Bidar

With the addition of Phase II (~91 KL) in Q1 FY26, the combined capacity of the block now stands at ~200 KL

Zydus Therapeutics reports positive phase-3 results in rare liver disease

Saroglitazar was generally well tolerated, with overall adverse events generally balanced between Saroglitazar-treated and placebo-treated patients

AbbVie to acquire Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals’ bretisilocin for $1.2 billion

Lighthouse receives $49.2 million NIA grant to advance phase 2 study of Alzheimer’s disease

LHP588 is an oral, brain-penetrant lysine-gingipain (Kgp) inhibitor designed to block the key virulence factor of P. gingivalis

Gilead’s Yeytuo approved in EU for HIV prevention

This authorization follows FDA approval in June and WHO’s July recommendation adding twice-yearly lenacapavir as a PrEP option

GST rejig may impact competitiveness of medical devices: AiMeD

AiMeD noted that proposed GST changes—to either 5% or 18%—both present significant risks requiring carefully nuanced consideration