-Topline data from the Phase II study for the treatment of diabetes are expected in the third quarter of 2026. -ASC30 demonstrated placebo-adjusted weight loss of up to 7.7% in a recently completed 13-week U.S. Phase II study in participants with obesity or overweight, with better gastrointestinal tolerability. No hepatic safety signal was observed. Jan. 25, 2026 -- Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX: 1672, "Ascletis") announces today that the first participants have been dosed in a U.S. 13-week Phase

Jan. 22, 2026 -- Anteris Technologies Global Corp. (Anteris or the Company) (NASDAQ: AVR, ASX: AVR) a global structural heart company committed to designing, developing, and commercializing cutting-edge medical devices to restore healthy heart function, announced today it has completed a $90 million strategic investment from Medtronic, plc (Galway, Ireland) (NASDAQ: MDT) (Medtronic), the world’s largest medical technology company. The investment closed immediately following Anteris’ underwritten

Merz Therapeutics, a leading player in neurology-focused specialty pharma, today announced that it has completed the regulatory submission for XEOMIN® (incobotulinumtoxinA) for the treatment of spasticity of the lower and upper limb in children and adolescents aged 2–17 years in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA). If approved, the indication would expand access to an established botulinum neurotoxin therapy for some of the youngest and most vulnerable patients across Europe

Genezen, a gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) headquartered in Indianapolis, and Atsena Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company based in Durham, North Carolina, announced a manufacturing partnership to support the clinical development and potential commercialization of Atsena’s adeno-associated virus gene therapy programs. Under the agreement, Genezen will provide viral vector manufacturing services to support Atsena’s existing AAV platform for b

Jan. 23, 2026 -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Astria Therapeutics, Inc., initially announced on October 14, 2025. The transaction strengthens its position as a leader in hereditary angioedema (HAE) and enhances the company’s long-term growth trajectory. BioCryst adds navenibart, a late-stage, long-acting plasma kallikrein inhibitor currently in Phase 3 clinical development, to its HAE portfolio. The potential to be the f

Jan. 22, 2026 -- CVRx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVRX), a medical device company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing innovative neuromodulation solutions for patients with cardiovascular diseases, today announced initiation of the BENEFIT-HF clinical trial, a landmark randomized study supported by CMS Category B IDE coverage and designed to evaluate the impact of Barostim™ in a significantly expanded heart failure population. Barostim™ is an implantable device that delivers electrical

Corxel will use the fundraising proceeds to advance the oral GLP-1 therapy CX11 through mid-stage development in the U.S., as well as prepare for its Phase III studies. Corxel Pharmaceuticals has brought in $287 million from its series D1 fundraising push, giving it enough money to advance its oral GLP-1 drug CX11, among other pipeline candidates. In particular, Corxel, which has offices in New Jersey, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, will use the proceeds to complete Phase II testing for CX11

Sanofi's amlitelimab confirms its potential in atopic dermatitis In the SHORE phase 3 study, amlitelimab in combination with topical therapies met all primary and key secondary endpoints at Week 24 with efficacy progressively increasing throughout the treatment period with some patients improving as early as Week 2 In the COAST 2 phase 3 study, amlitelimab demonstrated statistically significant efficacy on vIGA-AD 0/1, the primary endpoint as assessed for the US and US reference countries, and

Statistically-significant reduction in the relative change from baseline in 24-hour objective cough frequency observed across all dose groups of nalbuphine ER at Week 6 with statistically-significant cough reduction as early as Week 2, the first time point measured Over 60% of nalbuphine ER-treated patients achieved at least a 50% reduction in 24-hour cough frequency at Week 6 vs baseline Patient-reported outcome measure of cough frequency was consistent with reduction observed with objective

Jan. 22, 2026 -- Protara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TARA), a clinical-stage company developing transformative therapies for the treatment of cancer and rare diseases, today announced that updated interim data from the cohort of BCG-Unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients in the ongoing Phase 2 ADVANCED-2 trial of TARA-002 will be featured at the upcoming American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary (GU) Cancers Symposium, taking place from February 26, 20