Novartis to acquire Tourmaline Bio for $1.4 billion

Tourmaline Bio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing pacibekitug, an anti-IL-6 mAb, as a treatment option for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Sanofi’s amlitelimab met all primary and key secondary endpoints in the COAST 1 phase 3 study in adults and adolescents with atopic dermatitis

Merck’s oral PCSK9 inhibitor Enlicitide shows promising results in phase 3 CORALreef lipids study

Enlicitide achieved all primary and key secondary endpoints, demonstrating statistically significant and clinically meaningful reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

FDA suspends Valneva’s license of chikungunya vaccine IXCHIQ in US

The sudden subsequent decision to suspend IXCHIQ is based on updated VAERS data

Accro Bioscience and Fosun Pharma ink agreement for TYK2/JAK1 Inhibitor in Greater China

Accro will retain global rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize AC-201 (excluding Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong SAR, and Macau SAR)

FDA approves first immunotherapy for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

Vertex faces regulatory delays for Journavx and reports VX-993 Phase 2 trial failure

Treatment with the selective NaV1.8 pain signal inhibitor VX-993 after bunionectomy surgery did not meet the primary endpoint

Teva and Sanofi present new outcome from Phase 2b study of duvakitug

Findings to form the basis for a Phase 3 program, anticipated to start in H2 2025

Merck announces pivotal phase 3 ZENITH trial evaluating WINREVAIR

WINREVAIR met primary endpoint of time to first morbidity or mortality event for the treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) functional class III or IV at high risk of mortality

Finerenone showed statistically significant improvement in cardiovascular outcomes in adults with common form of heart failure

Finerenone is the first mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonist to demonstrate definitive cardiovascular benefits in a Phase III study in patients with heart failure (HF) with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ?40%