June 26, 2026 -- NS Pharma, Inc. (NS Pharma; Headquarters, Paramus, NJ; President, Yukiteru Sugiyama) announced today that its parent company, Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. (Nippon Shinyaku; Headquarters, Kyoto, Japan; President, Toru Nakai) has entered into an option agreement with Elixirgen Therapeutics, Inc. (Elixirgen; Headquarters, Baltimore, MD; CEO, Aki Ko) under which Nippon Shinyaku may obtain the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize EXG-7001 for the treatment of Duchenne

The positive opinion is based on results from the Phase 3 BRUIN CLL-313 and BRUIN CLL-314 trials, previously presented at the 2025 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology BRUIN CLL-313 is the first Phase 3 study to evaluate a non-covalent BTK inhibitor exclusively in patients with treatment-naïve CLL and BRUIN CLL-314 is the first Phase 3 CLL trial to compare non-covalent and covalent BTK inhibitors, as well as the first to compare any BTK

Imagion Biosystems, Ltd. (ASX: IBX) announced that it has secured firm commitments for AU$3.75M (US$2.59M) in new capital following the FDA’s clearance of the company’s IND application for a Phase 2 clinical trial. The raise will fund the commencement of the clinical trial of the MagSense® imaging agent in HER2+ breast cancer. The company has already begun trial activation activities and expects to begin patient recruitment later this year. “We are very pleased with the strong demand we saw fro

Deramiocel demonstrates durable skeletal and cardiac muscle benefit over five years in the HOPE-2 OLE study PUL 2.0 year-over-year decline attenuated to approximately 1 point Findings to be presented alongside previously reported HOPE-3 Phase 3 results, which met its primary and key secondary endpoints with statistical significance Deramiocel maintains a favorable safety pro both studies, with no new safety signals HOPE-2 OLE data featured in a late-breaking session; HOPE-3 in a cardiac care ses

The company is “especially excited” about an immune cell therapy manufacturing technology included in the deal, a Merck KGaA executive said. Merck KGaA has agreed to buy Bio-Techne for $11.3 billion to acquire consumables and equipment used in activities including the production of advanced therapeutics. Bio-Techne provides products for use across drug discovery, development and manufacturing, as well as for diagnostics. The development and manufacturing of advanced therapeutics is the smallest

June 25, 2026 -- GRAIL, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRAL), a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, today announced the closing of its previously announced equity financing with Samsung affiliates including Samsung C&T Corporation. Pursuant to the definitive agreement, the Samsung entities invested $110 million in GRAIL through the purchase of shares of GRAIL common stock at a price of $70.05 per share, representing a long-term investment in support of GRAIL's growth

June 26, 2026 -- Recently, the NDA for Sumecigrel Capsule (formerly known as Vicagrel), a Class 1 innovative antiplatelet drug developed by Jiangsu Vcare PharmaTech Co.,Ltd. (Vcare PharmaTech), has been officially accepted by the NMPA. The drug has now entered the NDA stage. As a global pioneer in novel antiplatelet agents, Sumecigrel is expected to provide a new and improved treatment option to tens of millions of patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Sumecigrel Capsule is

Lead oral compounds demonstrated up to 25% body weight reduction with preferential fat loss, preserved lean mass, and broad metabolic improvements in DIO models June 25, 2026 -- Mwyngil Therapeutics, a biotech company focused on developing innovative small molecule therapeutics for cardiometabolic disease, today announced positive in vivo proof-of-concept results from its GPR75 inverse agonist program, supporting the potential of GPR75 modulation as a differentiated therapeutic approach for obe

June 25, 2026 -- Innovative Molecules GmbH, a late-stage clinical biotechnology company focused on the development of differentiated antiviral therapies, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in its Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating adibelivir (IM-250) for the treatment of recurrent genital herpes. The initiation of patient dosing marks a significant value-inflection point for the company and advances its lead program into proof-of-concept development. The Phase 2a study is des

Novartis will pay biotechnology startup Antares Therapeutics $105 million as part of a multi-target research collaboration to find the Swiss pharmaceutical giant new cancer medicines. According to the terms of the dealannounced Wednesday, Antares stands to gain as much as $1.8 billion in additional payments if it discovers worthwhile targets and hits certain development and commercialization milestones. It’s also eligible for tiered royalties in “the low double-digit range” on resulting products