Gilead licenses Assembly Bio's investigational Herpes drugs after positive phase 1b data

Under the 2023 collaboration agreement, Assembly Bio will receive $35 million for Gilead’s exercise of the HSV program option

Zambon Biotech launches European Phase 3b trial for innovative Parkinson’s drug

The trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of IPX203 versus immediate-release levodopa/carbidopa

Xeureka & UBE launch joint cancer drug discovery program

Xeureka will receive an upfront payment from UBE and will be eligible for milestone payments tied to future research progress

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

Soligenix publishes promising Phase 2a data for SGX945 in Behcet's Disease

SGX945 delivered beneficial effects in 7 of 8 patients suffering from painful oral ulcers

Qihan Biotech launches first-in-human trial of off-the-shelf CAR-T therapy for refractory lupus

The study is being conducted under a USFDA IND, has received U.S. Fast Track Designation for SLE-ITP, and has obtained IND approval from China’s Center for Drug Evaluation

Gilead’s new HIV therapy shows promising Phase 3 results

The study found BIC/LEN to be statistically non-inferior to BIKTARVY, Gilead’s current standard-of-care therapy

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

FDA nod to Johnson & Johnson’s AKEEGA for aggressive prostate cancer

Patients with BRCA mutations often face aggressive disease and poor prognosis

Ascletis Pharma reports positive Phase I results for oral IL-17 inhibitor

The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled single ascending dose (SAD) study evaluated safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and target engagement in 46 healthy participants