Viatris will acquire the rights to Exparel and Zilretta if this acquisition goes ahead. Credit: Dragana Gordic / Shutterstock.com. California-based healthcare company Viatris has inked a billion-dollar deal to acquire Pacira BioSciences and its non-opioid pain management therapies – allowing the company to enter a market attracting growing attention amid the ongoing effects from the opioid crisis in the US. Through this deal, Viatris will pay $36.50 in cash per share for Pacira’s remaining stock

About six months after Japanese drugmaker Asahi Kasei bought Aicuris for about €780 million, the treatment at the centre of the takeout has won FDA approval. The US regulator on Friday cleared Hovilpri (pritelivir), a helicase primase inhibitor, to treat immunocompromised patients who have mucocutaneous lesions caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) that don't respond to standard-of-care therapies like acyclovir, valacyclovir or famciclovir. Asahi Kasei had proposed to acquire Aicuris in February,

Oct. 12, 2026 -- T-MAXIMUM PHARMACEUTICAL ("T-MAXIMUM") today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company to initiate a Phase 2 clinical study of MT027, its internally developed, B7-H3-targeted universal (allogeneic) CAR-T therapy, for the treatment of patients with brain metastases from lung cancer and breast cancer. This is the second Phase 2 study of MT027 to receive FDA clearance. MT027 was previously cleared by the FDA to proceed with a Phase 2 study

New data show favorable outcomes with subcutaneous infliximab following intravenous infliximab interruption, regardless of prior antibody status, in adult patients with moderate to severely active Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis Late-breaking analysis shows significantly higher rates of clinical remission and improved endoscopic outcomes with subcutaneous versus intravenous infliximab in patients with ileum-dominant Crohn's disease Oct. 11, 2026 -- Celltrion USA, Inc. today announced t

Iambic Therapeutics, a biotech that has won favour not just with investors but has also garnered support from pharma companies, is aiming for a $135m initial public offering (IPO) to fund clinical development of its AI-powered oncology pipeline. Adding financial flavour to its initial listing plans announced last month, Iambic is offering 9.4 million shares priced between $15 and $17 apiece. If the offering falls in the middle of this range, the biotech will raise $135m following deductions. Thi

vTv Therapeutics Announces Oral Presentation at Breakthrough T1D Clinical and Research Congress 2026 New research spotlights hypoglycemia-related burdens in adults with type 1 diabetes using automated insulin delivery systems Oct. 10, 2026 -- vTv Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: VTVT), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing cadisegliatin, a novel oral investigational therapy for type 1 diabetes (T1D), today announced that Chief Medical Officer Thomas Strack, M.D., Ph.D., presented researc

Oct. 9, 2026 -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) today announced it will present new data from 13 studies at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2026 Annual Meeting (ASBMR) in Boston, including results from studies of VOXZOGO® (vosoritide) in children with achondroplasia and hypochondroplasia. The company will also share data from studies of the investigational long-acting medicine BMN 333. The data include encouraging new imaging results from a post-hoc analysis of a

Oct. 11, 2026 -- InnoCare Pharma (HKEX: 09969; SSE: 688428), a leading biopharmaceutical company focusing on the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, announced today that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for ICP-B161, a bispecific antibody targeting TL1A and IL-23p19, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). ICP-B161 is In

With TRex Bio and Retension Pharmaceuticals through the IPO window, City Therapeutics is gearing up for its own public debut, about four months after raising a $99.5-million series B The drugmaker on Friday proposed to sell 9.7 million shares at a range of $17 to $19 apiece. At the midpoint, City would raise $175 million; if the offering prices at the high end, its market valuation could near $1 billion. Two other biotechs are waiting in the wings with City: Iambic Therapeutics, which is eyein

Oct 10, 2026 In the MEERKAT and SANDCAT studies, vamikibart demonstrated sustained improvements in vision and reductions in macular thickness in patients with UME at 52 weeks UME is the leading cause of moderate and severe vision loss in patients with uveitis, posing a significant risk of blindness if left untreated The FDA has accepted Genentech’s Biologics License Application (BLA), with an approval decision expected by July 2027 October 10, 2026 -- Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SI