GSK strikes deal with US to lower prescription drug costs & boost respiratory medicine access

GSK will make most of its inhaled respiratory portfolio and other products available on a direct purchasing platform, offering savings of up to 66%

Emcure Pharma launches weight loss drug Poviztra in India

Emcure becomes the first Indian company to exclusively distribute and commercialise Poviztra, a second brand of Novo Nordisk’s Semaglutide injection for weight management

Merck strikes historic deal with Trump admin to lower drug costs for Americans

Takeda posts strong Phase 3 win for oral psoriasis drug

Takeda said zasocitinib was generally well tolerated, with a safety profile consistent with earlier studies

EMA grants orphan drug status to Sanofi’s Efdoralprin Alfa for rare lung disease

Efdoralprin alfa, a recombinant human alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT)-Fc fusion protein, showed superior efficacy to standard plasma-derived therapy in adults with AATD

SandboxAQ, MapLight team up to target novel CNS therapy with AI-driven drug discovery

SandboxAQ will receive an upfront payment and could earn up to $200 million in milestone payments tied to preclinical, development, regulatory, and commercial achievements

Eli Lilly reports positive Phase 3 results for oral obesity drug Orforglipron

At one year, the drug met its primary and all key secondary endpoints, delivering significantly better weight maintenance than placebo

Novo Nordisk files FDA application for once-weekly obesity drug CagriSema

If cleared by regulators, CagriSema would become the first treatment to combine a GLP-1 receptor agonist and a long-acting amylin analogue in a single injection

AstraZeneca wins EU nod for self-administered lupus drug Saphnelo

Convenient subcutaneous option has potential to reach more patients with same clinical benefits as Saphnelo IV infusion

Vanda Pharmaceuticals seeks FDA nod for breakthrough psoriasis drug

Imsidolimab, an IgG4 IL-36 receptor antagonist, works by inhibiting IL-36 receptor signaling, directly addressing the deficiency in the IL-36RA regulator common in GPP patients