Crystalys debuts with $205M and plans for a better gout drug

The biotech is starting up with partial rights to a drug that’s approved in multiple Asian countries and its executives see as a superior version of the now-withdrawn gout medication Zurampic.

By Gwendolyn Wu • Sept. 30, 2025

Star raises another $125M for its blood disease drug

Star hopes its drug, which is currently in late-stage testing, might prove a more convenient, longer-lasting alternative to standard therapies for Von Willebrand disease.

By Gwendolyn Wu • Sept. 30, 2025

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Cell therapy

The continued emergence of CAR-T therapy has fueled research into next-generation approaches and new applications, such as its use in autoimmune diseases or in reprogramming cells inside the body.

By BioPharma Dive staff

Genmab to acquire closely watched cancer drug in $8B Merus buyout

The deal hands Genmab a drug that showed the potential in earlier testing to extend survival in head and neck cancer when added to Merck’s widely used immunotherapy Keytruda.

By Delilah Alvarado • Sept. 29, 2025

Moonlake shares crash on mixed study results for immune drug

Anticipated late-stage results in the skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa were described by analysts as “disappointing” and “undifferentiated,” erasing more than four-fifths of the company’s market value.

By Ben Fidler • Sept. 29, 2025

Crinetics drug to challenge pharma ‘Goliaths’; FDA, ARPA move to speed gene therapies

Crinetics’ acromegaly treatment will go up against several entrenched medicines. Elsewhere, Bristol Myers moved to sell Sotyktu online at a discount and regulators rejected a new version of Biogen’s Spinraza.

By BioPharma Dive staff • Sept. 26, 2025

UniQure to seek approval of Huntington’s gene therapy after trial win

New study data showed treatment slowed signs of disease progression by 75% after three years, a finding that could have “massive effects on patients’ lives,” an investigator said.

By Jonathan Gardner • Sept. 24, 2025

Pharma’s next generation of antibodies takes a ‘more is better’ approach

A recent report from Back Bay Life Science Advisors shows a surge in testing of, and investment in, multifunctional antibodies that can hit two or more targets at once.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Sept. 24, 2025

Sanofi Ventures banks $625M to back young biotechs, digital health startups

The French pharma’s venture arm will use the funds to back companies working in immunology, neurology, rare diseases and vaccines.

By Gwendolyn Wu • Sept. 24, 2025

Scholar Rock SMA drug rejected by FDA over manufacturing concerns

The denial sets back a drug Scholar Rock hopes to become part of a new standard of care for spinal muscular atrophy, treatment for which has changed dramatically over the last decade.

By Ben Fidler • Sept. 23, 2025

FDA clears under-the-skin Keytruda; MBX shares double on study data

The clearance of Keytruda QLEX follows similar approvals for Bristol Myers and Roche. Elsewhere, MBX’s parathyroidism drug impressed investors and Roche claimed success in a breast cancer study.

By Ben Fidler • Sept. 23, 2025

Why Xoma, a drug royalty firm, is hunting biotech ‘zombies’

The collapse in value of many biotechs over the past few years has created an opportunity for specialists like Xoma to “do the right thing” for the ecosystem and liquidate them, its executives say.

By Gwendolyn Wu • Sept. 23, 2025

MapLight lines up an IPO in bid to challenge Bristol Myers schizophrenia drug

The company, which is developing a competitor to Cobenfy, aims to become one of rare biotechs to price a large IPO of late.

By Gwendolyn Wu • Sept. 22, 2025

Pfizer buys back into obesity drug chase with $4.9B Metsera deal

The deal ends a short run as a publicly traded company for Metsera, which is being sold for more than double its IPO price amid enthusiasm for its weight loss medicines.

By Jonathan Gardner • Sept. 22, 2025

Arvinas reboots, cuts more staff; Porges joins Lazard

Pfizer and Arvinas plan to out-license their partnered drug vepdegestrant. Elsewhere, Novo shared more data for oral Wegovy and Vertex reached a deal in Italy for coverage of its gene editing medicine Casgevy. 

By BioPharma Dive staff • Sept. 19, 2025

A new biotech venture firm emerges, led by Bob Langer’s son

T.Rx Capital was co-founded by Michael Langer, former Pear Therapeutics CEO Corey McCann and Eli Lilly veteran Kwesi Frimpong-Boateng, and raised just shy of $80 million for its first fund.

By Gwendolyn Wu • Sept. 18, 2025

Roivant pill succeeds in rare inflammatory disease trial

A drug licensed from Pfizer will be submitted to the FDA next year after study results showed it reduced dermatomyositis symptoms and steroid use.

By Jonathan Gardner • Sept. 17, 2025

Lilly, Novo showcase new obesity drug data; Fasenra falls short in COPD

Lilly claimed success in a head-to-head trial of oral GLP-1 drugs. Elsewhere, Novo planned a new weight loss trial and an AI-focused startup raised its second “megaround.”

By BioPharma Dive staff • Sept. 17, 2025

Ollin debuts with $100M and plans to challenge top-selling eye drugs

Backed by a trio of top venture firms, Ollin is working on a pair of medicines it believes can one-up Roche’s Vabysmo and Amgen’s Tepezza.

By Gwendolyn Wu • Sept. 17, 2025

Former CinCor execs reunite to helm new biotech startup

Led by former founders of a biotech AstraZeneca acquired in 2023, AllRock Bio is starting out with a drug licensed from Sanofi that’ll be tested against pulmonary arterial hypertension.

By Gwendolyn Wu • Sept. 16, 2025

ATyr shares plunge on trial miss in inflammatory lung disease

The company’s market value was largely wiped out after a therapy it’s been developing for pulmonary sarcoidosis missed its main study goal.

By Jonathan Gardner • Sept. 15, 2025

Novartis dives deeper into protein degraders with second Monte Rosa deal

The company’s new partnership with the "molecular glue” drug developer is broad, focused on immunology and could be worth up to $5.7 billion.

By Ben Fidler • Sept. 15, 2025

Foundation models are medtech’s newest trend. But what are they?

The AI models, which are built on massive datasets and can be adapted to multiple tasks, have become a part of medtech companies’ lexicon in the past few years.

By Elise Reuter • Sept. 15, 2025

Reaching more patients: How AI and data drive better representation in clinical trials

New AI tools are finally helping medical researchers include the diverse patients they've missed for decades.

Sept. 15, 2025

Takeda poaches top Lilly exec; Maze soars on early PKU drug data

Rhonda Pacheco, who oversaw Zepbound’s launch, will run Takeda’s U.S. business. Elsewhere, early data suggested Maze might have a “best-in-class” rare disease drug and Arrowhead challenged Ionis in court.

By BioPharma Dive staff • Sept. 12, 2025

Ozempic for cancer? Signs point to potential benefits of GLP-1s in oncology

Early academic research suggests various ways weight loss drugs could have an impact in cancer care.

By Michael Gibney • Sept. 12, 2025