World First: Heart bypass without opening the chest achieved by NIH and Emory Team

Addex spin-out Neurosterix launches Phase 1 trial for novel schizophrenia drug

NTX-253 is a potent, selective, orally available positive allosteric modulator (PAM) of the muscarinic M4 receptor

Acesion Pharma launches Phase 2 trial for groundbreaking atrial fibrillation therapy

The trial aims to measure AF burden—the percentage of time patients spend in arrhythmia—as its primary efficacy endpoint

Briefs: Medicamen Biotech and Gland Pharma

Gland Pharma receives approval for Olopatadine Hydrochloride Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.7% (OTC)

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

Amgen snaps up UK biotech Dark Blue Therapeutics in up to $840m oncology deal

The privately held biotech brings a first-in-class oncology program focused on small molecule–targeted protein degradation

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

GSK’s Exdensur wins Japanese nod for severe asthma

The approval follows robust data from the SWIFT and ANCHOR Phase III trials

Cellenkos scores FDA orphan drug designation for CK0804 in rare blood cancer

Receiving Orphan Drug Designation is an important milestone in the clinical development of CK0804 for myelofibrosis

Alumis reports breakthrough Phase 3 results for oral psoriasis therapy

The therapy was well tolerated through Week 24, with a safety profile consistent with Alumis’ Phase 2 data