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Your daily pharmaceutical news briefing — FDA decisions, clinical trial results, biotech M&A, and drug pipeline updates in under 15 minutes, every weekday. Hosted by Alex Mercer and Maya Patel. Plus a Weekend Edition every Sunday synthesizing the week's biggest moves in pharma and biotech. Covering drug approvals, pharma industry deals, biopharma investing, and healthcare market intelligence. Smart, fast, and built for professionals who need to stay ahead.Hosts voices are AI created
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Novo Nordisk sued Eli Lilly in federal court over "deceptive" ads comparing high-dose Zepbound and Mounjaro to lower-dose Wegovy and Ozempic. Also: Gilead and Merck back the first weekly oral HIV pill (islatravir/lenacap
Tempus AI is buying Personalis for $1.5 billion, betting on cancer monitoring before reimbursement catches up. Plus Samsung Biologics' $1.8B all-cash bid for Swiss peptide maker PolyPeptide and its GLP-1 push, Legend Bio
GSK wrote off most of a $2 billion bet as camlipixantbecomes the third P2X3 antagonist to fail in chronic cough. Plus Lilly's $2.8B AtaiBeckley deal and July's IPO wave, Novartis Fabhalta's full approval in IgAN, Celcuit
GSK shelved camlipixant after mixed Phase 3 data — the thirdP2X3 chronic cough drug to fail and a blow to its ~$2B Bellus Health deal. Plus Jasper Therapeutics' lifeline merger with Kira and a $132M raise, Novartis Fabha
Merck's sac-TMT beat chemotherapy in first-line PD-L1-negative lung cancer — the emerging answer to Keytruda's patent cliff. Plus: Europe approves Novo Nordisk's oral Wegovy ahead of Eli Lilly, Sanofi sues Pfizer and Mod
Celcuity's Revtorpyk (gedatolisib) wins FDA approval in HR+/HER2- breast cancer on a 0.24 hazard ratio — and the stock jumped to $111. Plus AstraZeneca's up-to-$1.5B Zegfrovy license from spinoff Dizal, Biogen's diraners
GSK will file Jemperli with the FDA for dMMR rectal cancer after a Phase 2 win, extending its PD-1 franchise into curative-intent oncology. Plus Q32 Bio's bempikibart hits its alopecia areata goal, the FDA finalizes psyc
AstraZeneca's Wainua missed in cardiomyopathy — one of three clinical setbacks in five days even as pharma dealmaking stayed red-hot with Vertex's ~$10B Crinetics buy and GSK's biggest oncology bet in a decade. Webreak d
GSK walked away from its $2.2 billion Alector alliance,ending its neuroscience re-entry as clinical setbacks piled up. Plus: the FDA resumes releasing rejection letters with fourteen new CRLs, Hengrui and Elevar's PD-1 l
AstraZeneca and Ionis's Wainua missed its Phase 3 ATTR-CMendpoint — Ionis fell ~20% while BridgeBio surged ~17%. We break down the CARDIO-T Transform failure and what it means for Alnylam's Amvuttra and BridgeBio's Attru
The FDA quietly paused publishing complete response letters after a citizen petition — reversing the Makary-era transparency push and closing a live window into rival drug failures. Plus: Sino Biopharmaceutical's dual re
Vera Therapeutics wins FDA accelerated approval for TRUTAKNA (atacicept) in IgA nephropathy on a 42% placebo-adjusted proteinuria cut — setting up a head-to-head with Otsuka's VOYXACT. Plus Oberland Capital's up-to-$400M
Vertex pays $10B cash for Crinetics Pharmaceuticals — its largest deal ever — betting on acromegaly drug Palsonify and Phase 3 CAH candidate atumelnant. Also: Novartis acquires ADC platform Myricx Bio for up to $1.5B; HS
Federal court blocks Colorado's 70% price cap on Enbrel — ruling could shut down state drug pricing laws nationwide. Plus: Casgevy label expansion to age 2 for SCD/TDT sends CRISPR Therapeutics surging 8%. Moderna mFLUSI
Roche's divarasib beats both KRAS G12C rivals on PFS and OS in head-to-head Phase 3, hitting survival significance at interim. AstraZeneca returns to CSPC in a $1.7B siRNA kidney disease deal; Abivax surges on $920M rais
FDA approves Orca Bio's Tregzi — the first precision-engineered cell therapy for allogeneic transplant, sparking IPO speculation. Plus BridgeBio secures $1B from Sixth Street and KKR at a 100%+ conversion premium, Ipsen'
NEJM retracts Amgen's ADVOCATE study after FDA findsendpoint data for 9 patients re-evaluated post-unblinding. Plus: Ionis faces the Tryngolza sNDA PDUFA in severe hypertriglyceridemia, AbbVie's Epkinly delivers chemo-fr
Lilly at $1,230 — trading above analyst consensus — as orforglipron faces its FDA verdict tomorrow. Three label items to watch beyond the headline, plus healthcare's dramatic sub-sector bifurcation: drug makers up 25% YT
FDA breaks Amgen's Tepezza monopoly with Viridian's Lumvoa approval in thyroid eye disease. Plus Merck KGaA's $11.3B Bio-Techne acquisition, Biogen gutting the Apellis pipeline post-$5.6B deal, CHMP moves to revoke Tavne
FDA approves Ionis Tryngolza as first treatment to reduce pancreatitis risk in severe hypertriglyceridemia — a potential blockbuster expansion. Merck KGaA acquires Bio-Techne for $11.3B in largest deal in a decade. SCOTU
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