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Roche, Viking, and Syntis showcase obesity drug candidates

A flurry of clinical readouts for new weight-loss therapies has seen Roche, Viking, and Syntis all showing off new drug candidates.

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Roche's IgAN hopeful sefaxersen passes phase 3 test

Roche has staked a claim to the increasingly crowded IgA nephropathy (IgAN) category with phase 3 data for Ionis-partnered sefaxersen.

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Amgen's Horizon buyout delivers Sjögren's disease win

Amgen's anti-CD40L drug dazodalibep has shown efficacy in Sjögren's in a phase 3 trial, raising hopes for a disease-modifying drug for the disorder.

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How AI simulation could help de-risk obesity and cardiometab...

AI life sciences models allow researchers to explore different patient populations, protocols, and development strategies before a study starts.

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Iambic files IPO after signing up AbbVie as new partner

In the space of a day, Iambic has filed an IPO, released the latest version of its AI platform, and signed a multi-year alliance with AbbVie.

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Advances in immunosuppression research may bring transplant ...

There has been little innovation in immunosuppression therapy for organ transplant patients over the past 30 years.

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Merck taps Caris’ AI expertise in ADC-focused alliance

Germany’s Merck KGaA has partnered with techbio company Caris Discovery in a $1.4 billion alliance that will apply artificial intelligence to the design of antibody-drug c

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Aardvark said to be planning IPO, plus other bio financings

Our regular round-up of financings in the biotech sector is headed by rumours of a $150 to $200 million initial public offering (IPO) for Aardvark Therapeutics, an emergin

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Synthetic control arms in clinical trials: Making it happen

Across the industry, pharma companies are turning to AI and real-world data to address many of the challenges of running clinical trials.

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How synthetic control arms are changing clinical trials

Clinical trials are involved, expensive, and have been done largely the same way for decades but with today’s technology all that can change. With drawn-out timelines and billions

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Roche, Viking, and Syntis showcase obesity drug candidates

A flurry of clinical readouts for new weight-loss therapies has seen Roche, Viking, and Syntis all showing off new drug candidates.

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Roche's IgAN hopeful sefaxersen passes phase 3 test

Roche has staked a claim to the increasingly crowded IgA nephropathy (IgAN) category with phase 3 data for Ionis-partnered sefaxersen.

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PHARMAP 2027 Addresses the Future of Pharmaceutical Manufact...

Senior pharma professionals gather in Berlin on 19-20 April for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Packaging Congress (PHARMAP) 2027

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The Evolution Summit Announces September 2026 Program for Cl...

Marcus Evans announces The Evolution Summit, taking place September 28-29, 2026 at Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club & Spa, San Diego, CA.

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How AI simulation could help de-risk obesity and cardiometab...

AI life sciences models allow researchers to explore different patient populations, protocols, and development strategies before a study starts.

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Alzheimer's research is moving toward more selective targets

As we mark World Alzheimer’s Day, it is worth reflecting on the progress made in recent years.

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Changing Faces: Board of Director and Advisory Board hires, ...

Boardrooms, Advisory Boards, and governance teams saw plenty of activity in August.

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Cancer misinformation is a trust problem, not just an inform...

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The GLP-1 Reckoning

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Designing obesity trials around real lives: How patient cent...

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The future of cardiometabolic trials: From obesity to outcom...

Gain practical insight into how leading experts are designing the next generation of cardiometabolic trials in an upcoming webinar from hVIVO

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Exploring the future: Opportunities and challenges in cell a...

Rare disease treatment poses distinct challenges for physicians, patients, caregivers, and pharma companies.

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Beyond clinical: Boosting recruitment and retention with SDO...

The success of clinical trials hinges on a complex array of factors, many of which extend beyond traditional clinical care.

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Understanding Operation Trialblazer, with Dr Harpreet Singh

Dr Harpreet Singh, CMO at Precision for Medicine, brings both an insider and outsider perspective to discussing Operation TRIALBLAZER.

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Prevent-Stop-Cure: Diagnostics & chronic liver disease, with...

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CAMP4 on a new class of ASO in gene under expression

CAMP4 Therapeutics CFO Kelly Gold discusses developments in antisense oligonucleotides and CAMP4’s CMP-002 study

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Decentralisation by design: Bringing the trial closer withou...

In the third episode of the IQVIA-sponsored PSCS leadership video series, Sinead Callinan, Head of Patient Centred Delivery, discusses DCTs.

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Patient population first: the strategy behind country decisi...

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IQVIA on reducing complexity and workload for clinical trial...

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From Alzheimer’s disease research to the real-world setting:...

In a new white paper, Lucid Strategy Consulting suggests three key themes for pharma strategists seeking market leadership in the Alzheimer's space.

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A data-driven guide to small molecule drug discovery and dev...

A new white paper from Excelra takes a closer look at how discovery teams actually experience the small molecule development journey.

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A New Framework to Engineer Breakthrough Value for Medicines

A new white paper from Lumanity – ‘A New Framework to Engineer Breakthrough Value for Medicines: Value Inflection Points Across the Development Path’.