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Tracker10 clinical trials to watch in the first half of 2026
After a lengthy downturn, the biotech industry finally gathered momentum in 2025. Key readouts in obesity, infectious disease and many rare conditions could help it continue.
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Sponsored by ProBio CDMOSmall and mighty: single-domain antibodies pack a biological punch
VHH antibodies, they’re not just small, they're modular engineering platforms, capable of powerful biological activity. But with great power comes great challenges!
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Trump administrationCDC moves to cut $600M in grants to Democrat-led states
The cut grants, which were viewed by Healthcare Dive, fund a wide swath of areas including workforce initiatives, STI prevention measures, health equity proposals, pediatric clinician training and others in California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota.
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Nektar, continuing comeback, says eczema drug’s effects hold up in follow-up study
The results vaulted Nektar’s market value to over $1 billion amid expectations the drug might prove a challenger to widely used medications like Dupixent.
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Obesity drugsHengrui, Kailera tout positive results for dual-acting obesity pill
Kailera CEO Ron Renaud claimed the weight loss effects and safety profile observed in the study suggest its therapy could eventually become a “differentiated treatment option” compared to other obesity pills.
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Emerging biotechTakeda, Iambic partner in latest pharma AI push
“The winners over the next five years” will be the companies that “fully integrate” artificial intelligence into drug development, said Takeda research chief Andy Plump.
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Immune resetLilly buys ‘in vivo’ CAR-T maker Orna, extending streak of genetic medicine deals
Worth up to $2.4 billion, the acquisition is also the latest in a series of buyouts involving startups with technologies that modify immune cells inside the body.
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China competitionDrugs from China are reshaping biotech. Track the licensing deals here.
Lilly’s latest collaboration with Innovent Biologics marks the partners’ seventh alliance and Innovent’s third with a major drugmaker since the start of 2025.
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Trump administrationWhite House’s online service for drug sales debuts with limited impact on prices
Select products from Pfizer, Eli Lilly and others will be sold at a discount, although the lower costs won’t be felt by many Americans whose medications are covered by insurance.
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News roundupLilly bets again on China drugs; Roche showcases MS data
Lilly could pay Innovent Biologics up to $9 billion in a new alliance. Elsewhere, Roche tried to assuage investor concerns about its new multiple sclerosis drug and Roivant shares surged.
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News roundupEarnings roundup: AbbVie angst, a bifurcated vaccine market and Bristol Myers’ waiting game
Vaccine makers are seeing sales declines in the U.S. and upswings in Europe. Elsewhere, investors fretted over an AbbVie franchise and Bristol Myers pointed to a trio of narrative-changing trials.
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IPO windowEikon Therapeutics nets a $381M IPO amid burst of biotech offerings
Eikon’s offering ranks as the largest new biotech stock issuance since Acelyin’s $540 million haul nearly three years ago.
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IPO windowAgomab, SpyGlass bank a combined $350M in biotech IPOs
The two offerings capped off the busiest week for new biotech stock issuances in a year.
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Obesity drugsNovo, Lilly sputter as Hims launches knockoff GLP-1 pill
Novo is threatening litigation in response, while FDA head Martin Makary, without naming specific companies, said the agency would take “swift action” against those “mass-marketing illegal copycat drugs.”
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Bayer details anticipated stroke prevention data for new blood-thinner
Asundexian cut the risk of an additional stroke by 26% in a large Phase 3 trial without accompanying safety issues, boosting the commercial outlook for an emerging class of anti-clotting drugs.
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Deep DiveBiotech M&A is accelerating. Track the deals that are happening here.
The roughly $30 billion deal Merck had been discussing with Revolution Medicines before talks reportedly fell apart would’ve ranked as the largest drug company acquisition since Pfizer’s buyout of Seagen.
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News roundupEarnings roundup: Amgen vs. FDA, Pfizer’s defense and Merck’s $70B-in-sales plan
Amgen is refusing U.S. regulators’ request to withdraw an inflammatory disease drug. Elsewhere, Pfizer battled skepticism on new obesity drug data, and Merck laid out its post-Keytruda future.
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IPO windowGenerate, an AI-driven Flagship startup, pitches an IPO
The biotech, which raised more than $800 million privately on the promise of artificial intelligence-aided drug discovery, is developing a potential competitor to the asthma treatment Tezspire.
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Obesity drugsLilly soars again as fast-selling weight loss drugs top Wall Street projections
Despite some angst over pricing pressure for GLP-1 drugs, Lilly’s bullish projections surpassed consensus estimates, while combined 2025 sales of Zepbound and Mounjaro eclipsed $36 billion.
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Deep Dive // IPO windowBiotech IPOs are the industry’s lifeblood. Track how they’re performing.
Veradermics, Eikon Therapeutics, Agomab Therapeutics and SpyGlass Pharma collectively raised more than $1.2 billion over the course of three days, and all either met or exceeded their offering targets.
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Novo shares tumble by double digits on grim sales outlook
In contrast to Lilly’s optimistic forecasts, Novo cited pricing constraints and competitive pressure in predicting up to a 13% decline in 2026 profits.
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Express Scripts reaches ‘landmark’ settlement with FTC in insulin suit
The agreement announced Wednesday includes sweeping changes to the Cigna PBM’s business practices, including no longer preferring expensive drugs over cheaper equivalents on standard formularies and reshoring its controversial rebate aggregator.
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Trump signs funding bill with PBM reforms, hospital-at-home and telehealth extensions
The funding package ends a partial government shutdown and enacts several healthcare policies, including preserving telehealth flexibilities in Medicare through 2027.
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Deep Dive // Emerging biotechBiotech startups are built on venture capital. Track funding rounds here.
Sanofi’s venture arm co-led an $85 million round for QuantX Biosciences, a company that’s developing a drug aimed at an increasingly popular immunological target known as STAT6.
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Obesity drugsPfizer dips on new data for obesity drug acquired in $10B deal
A long-acting shot Pfizer got through a buyout of Metsera appeared “slightly inferior” to Lilly’s market-leading Zepbound in a Phase 2 trial, one analyst said.
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FDA launches ‘PreCheck’ program; AstraZeneca, Acadia drugs set back
The agency’s program will be open to pharmaceutical facilities that align with “national priorities.” Elsewhere, a self-administered lupus drug was turned back and MeiraGTx picked up another gene therapy.
