Alimentary/Metabolic


Cagrisema Leads The Charge For 2025

 

2030 sales forecasts for Novo’s obesity hope are an order of magnitude larger than its closest rival among 2025’s expected debutantes.  

Evidence Growing For GLP-1s To Treat Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s

 

GLP-1 receptor agonists could play a big role in tackling neurodegeneration and a new academic study has raised expectations of Novo Nordisk’s latest semaglutide Phase III results

As More DLL3 Bispecifics Advance, Doctors Are Adjusting To CRS, ICANS

 
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Amgen’s Imdelltra for small-cell lung cancer is one of two bispecific T-cell engagers approved for solid tumors, but data at the WCLC meeting show other DLL3-targeting BiTEs may be on the way.

Novo Nordisk’s Semaglutide Shows Promise In Hidradenitis Suppurativa

 

An academic study of GLP-1 agonist showed promise in patients with the painful skin condition but with no signs that the Danish drugmaker will pursue the indication, smaller players in the space may be interested.

Anti-infective


In Brief: PolyPid’s D-PLEX100 Aces Phase III Trial, US Partner, Submission Eyed

 

PolyPid's D-PLEX100 meets Phase III endpoints this time around, significantly reducing surgical point infections in abdominal colorectal surgery, and is set for a US approval submission early next year.

Bavarian Nordic Well Placed To Meet Mpox Vaccine Demand

 

The company will ramp up manufacturing of its Jynneos vaccine to meet demand in worst-affected African countries and stockpiling richer nations.  

Cagrisema Leads The Charge For 2025

 

2030 sales forecasts for Novo’s obesity hope are an order of magnitude larger than its closest rival among 2025’s expected debutantes.  

Small But Mitey: Tarsus To Amp Up Strong Xdemvy Launch

 

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals is putting more sales and marketing heft behind its novel eyelid disease therapy, Xdemvy, to capitalize on a solid start in a previously untapped market.    

Anticancer


Allarity Hopes To Breathe New Life Into Ixempra In Breast Cancer

The US precision medicine company hopes its drug response predictor technology will enhance responses to the chemotherapy Ixempra on the basis of promising data from a handful of breast cancer patients in a Phase II trial, marking a positive turn in its journey to date.  

Innovent/GenFleet Score China’s First KRAS G12C Inhibitor Approval

 

The nod will help unlock a national market for the partners’ Dupert (fulzerasib) in which roughly 50,000 people are expected to be newly diagnosed with lung cancer harboring the KRAS G12C mutation in 2025. Meanwhile, two other homegrown rivals are also closing in on marketing clearances in China.

Cagrisema Leads The Charge For 2025

 

2030 sales forecasts for Novo’s obesity hope are an order of magnitude larger than its closest rival among 2025’s expected debutantes.  

Ordspono Will Be Regeneron’s First Independent European Launch

 

Ordspono, a bispecific antibody newly approved in the EU to treat follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, joins Libtayo in Regeneron’s growing oncology portfolio.

Antiparasitic


Blood and Clotting


Cardiovascular


Aerovate Tanks On Trial Catastrophe

 

A disastrous Phase II miss for the pulmonary arterial hypertension candidate AV-101 leaves Aerovate drifting. Could Gossamer stand to benefit?    

Cagrisema Leads The Charge For 2025

 

2030 sales forecasts for Novo’s obesity hope are an order of magnitude larger than its closest rival among 2025’s expected debutantes.  

Evidence Growing For GLP-1s To Treat Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s

 

GLP-1 receptor agonists could play a big role in tackling neurodegeneration and a new academic study has raised expectations of Novo Nordisk’s latest semaglutide Phase III results

Kerendia Could Be Next Jewel In Bayer's Pharma Crown

 
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CEO Bill Anderson would not be drawn on whether the drug, currently approved for chronic kidney disease associated with type 2 diabetes, will hit a previous forecast of €3bn peak sales, but expansion into heart failure may make that figure look conservative.