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    Antares gets $105M from Novartis for new cancer drugs

    Adam Friedman, CEO of the Scorpion Therapeutics spinout, said the deal helps both companies accelerate research "faster than either of us could alone."

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    Ollin refuels with $330M to back pivotal tests of Vabysmo challenger

    One of the year’s largest venture funding rounds comes just after a head-to-head study showed Ollin’s drug — licensed from a China-based developer — had certain advantages over Roche’s eye treatment.

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    Investors pour $115M into RQ Bio in search of a preventive flu drug

    The startup claims to have a “differentiated” antibody that can provide long-lasting protection against a variety of influenza strains.

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    Deep Dive

    Biotech M&A is accelerating. Track the deals that are happening here.

    AbbVie’s $10.9 billion acquisition of Apogee Therapeutics is the year’s second-largest biotech buyout and the company’s biggest since its $63 billion takeover of Allergan in 2019.

    Updated June 22, 2026
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    Sangamo holds a bankruptcy sale; VCs back a China-linked Beam competitor

    Eli Lilly and Astellas will be the lead bidders at an auction for Sangamo assets. Elsewhere, an investor syndicate committed $230 million to a gene editing startup and Merck KGaA struck a “build-to-buy” deal.

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    China competition

    HHS, responding to China’s rise, moves to fast-track early drug research

    A series of newly planned reforms are designed to entice companies to start early trials in the U.S. rather than overseas.

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    Pfizer drug acquired in Seagen deal disappoints in lung cancer study

    The setback dims the outlook for a medicine Pfizer sees as an important contributor going forward, though some analysts are optimistic about the drug’s chances in another trial.

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    Deep Dive // IPO window

    Biotech IPOs are the industry’s lifeblood. Track how they’re performing.

    This year’s IPO class has already accounted for five of the six largest new biotech stock offerings since the start of 2022, according to BioPharma Dive data.

    Updated June 17, 2026
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    AbbVie to acquire Apogee, staking nearly $11B on long-acting autoimmune drugs

    AbbVie’s largest deal in more than half a decade adds a group of immune disease medications — among them a Dupixent competitor — the company believes to have “mega-blockbuster” sales potential.

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    Sanofi swaps R&D leaders; Merck’s Prometheus deal pays dividends

    Houman Ashrafian is leaving Sanofi to pursue a new opportunity. Elsewhere, one of Merck’s prized immune drugs succeeded in a pivotal study and a psychedelics biotech’s shares surged.

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    Regenxbio to resubmit gene therapy as FDA backtracks on another drug rejection

    The agency took another step toward clearing a backlog of Makary-era rejections that appeared to contradict earlier agreements with drugmakers.

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    Deep Dive // Emerging biotech

    Biotech startups are built on venture capital. Track funding rounds here.

    Since Monday, five privately held biotech companies have announced a total of $450 million in venture funding, one of the busiest weeks for fundraising since April.

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    Bionyra brings in $165M for next-generation immune drugs

    The biotech, co-founded by Sofinnova Partners and a former Sanofi immunology R&D head, is testing new biologics against common immune conditions.

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    Hospitals irate after Eli Lilly follows through on 340B ultimatum

    The drugmaker stopped paying 340B discounts to hospitals that didn’t comply with its new paperwork requirements late last week. Hospitals are urging HRSA to step in.

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    Vaccines

    Moderna flu vaccine wins unanimous support from FDA panel

    The endorsement of an advisory committee positions Moderna to complete a dramatic turnaround for a shot the FDA declined to review earlier this year.

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    China competition

    Drugs from China are reshaping biotech. Track the licensing deals here.

    AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Bristol Myers Squibb have each allocated more than $16 billion to collaborations with Chinese drugmakers since the start of 2025 — surpassing all of their pharmaceutical peers over that timeframe.

    Updated June 1, 2026
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    UniQure to file gene therapy for approval, reflecting major shifts at FDA

    The decision marks another regulatory U-turn following the exits of Marty Makary and Vinay Prasad, suggesting to some analysts that current FDA leadership may be more flexible in certain cases. 

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    Biogen adds more immune drugs in $1B buyout of secretive startup RayThera

    The companies didn’t specify the drugs Biogen is acquiring in the deal, though patents RayThera secured provide important clues. 

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    cAMPfield lands $180M to build gut disease drug

    The biotech is advancing an anti-inflammatory drug that originated with vTv for inflammatory bowel diseases, leaning on a better side effect profile.

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    Pfizer CFO to step down; Denali sells a regulatory fast-pass

    A search is underway for a successor to Dave Denton, who took a job outside the pharmaceutical industry. Elsewhere, a new kind of Duchenne gene therapy got venture backing and a GSK deal paid dividends.

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    IPO window

    Kardigan extends biotech’s streak of big IPOs with $400M haul

    Including the heart drug developer’s offering, four biotechs in 2026 have raised at least $400 million in IPO proceeds — the most in a single year since 2021, according to BioPharma Dive data.

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    A new Westlake-backed biotech takes aim at migraines

    Vedana Therapeutics emerged from stealth Wednesday with $46 million to support its mission of developing “anti-PACAP” therapies, an increasingly popular strategy for migraine prevention. 

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    Jazz zeroes in on next-gen T cell engagers with AbCellera deal

    The potentially $4 billion collaboration is the latest example of drugmakers working to broaden the use of T cell engagers, which, so far, have had limited success outside of certain blood cancers.

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    FDA staff scrutinizes evidence supporting Moderna’s flu vaccine

    Ahead of a Thursday advisory panel meeting, agency scientists highlighted shortcomings in data accrued for a vaccine the FDA controversially refused to even review earlier this year. 

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    Q&A

    Rapport ‘fully prepared’ to launch seizure drug solo, CEO says

    In a wide-ranging interview, Abe Ceesay detailed how Rapport built an investor syndicate and why the company is confident it can join the ranks of successful, commercial-stage brain drugmakers.