News Character raises $93m for eye drugs, plus other financings Recent financings in the biotech space include rounds for Character Bio, Tempero, Epicrispr, Hillstar Bio, and Ampersand Biomedicines.
News End of the line for Cassava's troubled Alzheimer's programme The saga of Cassava Sciences' development of Alzheimer's disease therapy simufilam has come to its dismal end.
News Senate confirms Trump picks for FDA and NIH The Senate has endorsed Martin Makary as FDA Commissioner and Jay Bhattacharya as NIH director, while Mehmet Oz moves closer to leading the CMS.
News MSD licenses Lp(a) heart drug from Hengrui in $2bn deal MSD has fleshed out its cardiovascular disease pipeline by licensing an oral Lp(a) inhibitor from China's Jiangsu Hengrui Pharma for $200m upfront.
News GSK taps into UK health data for dementia study GSK joins with two UK research organisations to explore a possible link between its shingles vaccine Shingrix and a reduced risk of dementia.
News AbbVie sues Genmab, claiming trade secrets theft A multibillion-dollar partnership between AbbVie and Genmab risks being soured by a lawsuit claiming misappropriation of trade secrets.
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