Asahi Kasei has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all issued shares of German-based Aicuris Anti-infective Cures for approximately €780m ($920.7m). The acquisition will expand the company’s speciality pharmaceutical platform into severe infectious diseases. Completion is expected in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, subject to customary conditions. The company anticipates the deal to positively impact operating income from fiscal 2028 onwards, after amortisation of goodwill and intangib

Quotient Sciences has extended its commercial partnership with Ipsen, focusing on the production of Sohonos (Palovarotene) for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) FOP is an ultra-rare condition, impacting fewer than 1,000 people worldwide. The collaboration involves containment, specialised handling, and sustained supply of this highly potent molecule. The agreement includes Ipsen’s investment in additional equipment at Quotient Sciences’ facility in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania, US. This

Feb. 23, 2026 -- Elephas Biosciences Corporation (Elephas), a private company that has developed an innovative live tissue platform for immunotherapy response prediction, announced today a new research partnership with the University of Louisville that will evaluate the impact of a combination therapy of surgical intervention and immunotherapy in three different cancers, including colorectal, liver, and pancreatic. As part of the collaboration, the University of Louisville will be analyzing live

Feb. 25, 2026 -- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Vanda) (Nasdaq: VNDA) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the filing of its Biologics License Application (BLA) for imsidolimab for the treatment of Generalized Pustular Psoriasis (GPP), with a target action date of December 12, 2026. GPP is a rare, chronic, life-threatening autoinflammatory skin disorder characterized by sudden flares of widespread pustules, erythema, and systemic symptoms such as fever and

GSK said it will acquire a 100% equity stake in Canadian clinical-stage biotech 35Pharma for $950 million in cash, securing rights to the latter's lead asset — an activin signalling inhibitor (ASI) being developed for pulmonary hypertension (PH). "We're delighted to add HS235 to our pipeline, a potential best-in-class medicine with a differentiated profile to reduce risk of bleeding and provide potential metabolic benefits clinically relevant to PH patients," said Tony Wood, chief scientific of

February 24, 2026 – Jnana Therapeutics,a clinical-stage biotechnology company leveraging its next-generation RAPID chemoproteomics platform, announces the achievement of a second pre-clinical milestone from its first collaboration agreement with Roche (SIX:RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY).Jnana has advanced a Roche-partnered immune program to an additional pre-clinical milestone, triggering a milestone payment to Jnana and handover to Roche. This is a first-in-class small molecule that uniquely inhibits a

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced positive top-line results from the ongoing, ex-US, Phase 2 registrational study (NCT05664737) evaluating Reblozyl® (luspatercept-aamt) versus placebo for anemia in adults with Alpha (α)-Thalassemia. The non‑transfusion‑dependent (NTD) and transfusion‑dependent (TD) cohorts of the study met their respective primary endpoints, with Reblozyl demonstrating a statistically significant and clinically meaningful increase in hemoglobin levels in NTD patie

Feb. 24, 2026 -- Antengene Corporation Limited ( "Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK) , a leading innovative, commercial-stage global biotech company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class and/or best-in-class medicines for autoimmune diseases, solid tumors and hematological malignancies, announced that it has entered into a clinical collaboration agreement with Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd ("Junshi Biosciences", SEHK: 1877.HK; SSE: 688180). Under the collaborati

The first two China-to-West licensing deals of the Chinese New Year have landed. GSK will again return to the world’s most bustling biopharma dealmaking region with a two-siRNA pact with Frontier Biotechnologies for undisclosed immunological diseases. Meanwhile, a new UK and US biotech called Solstice Oncology has been formed around an anti-CTLA-4 asset from Harbour BioMed, a multinational biotech that has done deals with AstraZeneca and a handful of other drugmakers. Each deal could be worth

Gilead is buying the global rights to an oral cancer drug from Genhouse Bio, a China-based biotech that filed for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last month. The California drugmaker is dishing out $80 million upfront for GH31, a MAT2A-targeted synthetic lethality drug for select solid tumors. MAT2A plays a role in metabolic regulation and can be overexpressed in cancer cells. Genhouse could get up to $1.45 billion in biobucks, the company announced Friday on WeChat. A Gilead spokespers