July 7, 2026 -- Helix, the leading enterprise genomics company, today announced a multi-year relationship with AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company. Under this agreement AstraZeneca will gain access to Helix's continuously growing, deeply phenotyped GenoSphere™ cohorts that cover a wide range of disease areas. GenoSphere cohorts consist of comprehensive Exome+® genomic and rich longitudinal clinical data, designed to accelerate Life Sciences research across the development cycle. The

Partnership to leverage Pharma.AI platform for novel drug candidates across Takeda's therapeutic areas July 1, 2026 -- Insilico Medicine ("Insilico" HKEX:3696), a leader in clinical-stage generative AI for drug discovery, today announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Takeda to use its proprietary end-to-end platform, Pharma.AI, to advance drug candidates across the company's therapeutic areas. The collaboration is designed to identify clinically differentiated drug candidates for pr

United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR) announced today it has acquired Thymmune Therapeutics, Inc. (Thymmune), a privately held, preclinical stage biotechnology company developing scalable, regenerative thymic cell therapies for the potential treatment of post-transplant organ tolerance, immunodeficiencies, and autoimmune diseases. The thymus is a critical organ for the development and proper function of key parts of the immune system, including training T-cells, which are essential for

June 30, 2026 -- Aptose Biosciences Inc. (“Aptose” or the “Company”) (TSX: APS and OTC: APTOF), a clinical-stage precision oncology company developing a tuspetinib (TUS)-based triple drug frontline therapy to treat patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), today announced the closing of the plan of arrangement (announced on November 19, 2025 and February 24, 2026) pursuant to which HS North America Ltd. (the “Purchaser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Lt

Oversubscribed $225 million concurrent private investment in public equity ("PIPE") with available cash to the combined company at closing anticipated to fund TALA-125 through a Phase 2b proof-of-concept study data readout in the second half of 2028 Talawar, the first company formed to develop and commercialize assets discovered by Khanda Therapeutics, L.P. ("Khanda"), is developing TALA-125, a novel anti-IL-13 × anti-IL-18 bispecific antibody for atopic dermatitis, with clinical entry expected

Acquisition adds YUPELRI® (revefenacin), the first and only approved nebulized long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) for the maintenance treatment of COPD to Zymeworks' portfolio Acquisition of Theravance Biopharma at $17 per share is supported by an innovative non-recourse financing structure that enhances shareholder value by minimizing Zymeworks’ net capital at risk Transaction expected to be accretive to earnings and cash flow upon closing. YUPELR® U.S. profit share and ex-U.S. royalti

Acquisition adds navtemadlin, a late-stage rare blood cancer asset in Phase III. This hemato-oncology program in myelofibrosis expands Ipsen’s growing Oncology portfolio Navtemadlin, an oral MDM2 inhibitor, has the potential, through disease modifying activity, to transform suboptimal responses to standard of care ruxolitinib into clinically meaningful responses in patients with myelofibrosis Top-line data from the ongoing Phase III registrational trial POIESIS is expected in 2027 29 JUNE 2026

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 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 -- Nanjing Leads Biolabs Co., Ltd. (“Leads Biolabs” or the “Company,” Stock Code: 9887.HK) today announced that its partner company with Aditum Bio, Oblenio Bio (“Oblenio”), has successfully closed an oversubscribed $62 million Series B financing round. The round was led by Pfizer Ventures, with participation from Deep Track Capital, GV, and founding investor Aditum Bio. This milestone significantly advances the clinical development of LBL‑051, Oblenio’s sole asset – a CD19×BCMA×CD