Roche’s Gazyva shows breakthrough results in Lupus phase III trial

Gazyva/Gazyvaro outperformed placebo across all key and secondary endpoints

Liberate Bio bags key CAR-M patents, eyes first clinical trials in 2026

The licensed intellectual property covers methods and designs for CAR constructs engineered to function in myeloid cell populations

MGM Hospitals deliver life-saving CAR-T therapy to elderly cancer patients in Chennai

A next-generation, cell-based immunotherapy, CAR-T therapy engineers a patient’s own immune cells to detect and destroy cancer

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

Asahi Kasei secures global rights to novel Alchemedicine preclinical compounds

Asahi Kasei Pharma receives worldwide exclusive rights for the research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of the active ingredients

Asahi Kasei to acquire German biopharmaceutical company Aicuris for €780 million

Asahi Kasei is consistently pursuing its strategy of building a focused, sustainable specialty pharmaceutical platform for immunocompromised and medically complex patient groups

CStone Pharmaceuticals’ Sugemalimab bags UK nods for Stage III NSCLC

Sugemalimab, developed using CStone’s OmniRat transgenic platform, is a fully human IgG4 monoclonal antibody designed to minimize immunogenicity and toxicity

Roche’s Gazyva hits major milestone in rare kidney disease

Primary membranous nephropathy is a chronic autoimmune disease that attacks the kidneys’ filtering units

Novartis’ Vanrafia shows promise in slowing kidney decline in IgA nephropathy

Vanrafia, a potent endothelin A receptor antagonist, received accelerated approval in the US and China in 2025 for reducing proteinuria in adults with IgAN

STADA & Bio-Thera bag European nod for Gotenfia