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Tue, Sep 29, 9:33 PM ET
Novo Nordisk to pay China's Hengrui up to $2.6B for rights to once-weekly oral obesity drug HRS-1596
The out-licensing of a preclinical GLP-1/GIP dual agonist hands Novo a pipeline asset as rival Eli Lilly leads the branded obesity market and oral options resha
BioPharma Dive · +14 outlets
US details exemptions for 0% and 100% tariffs on patented and specialty pharmaceuticals
Companies and trade partners including India are parsing the exemption rules for the new branded drug tariffs, which could raise prices on imported medicines.
Fierce Pharma · +14 outlets
Most potent obesity drug yet cuts up to 25% of body weight in trial, topping Zepbound's active ingredient
A new candidate's weight loss exceeds that of existing branded incretins, intensifying the race for more effective obesity treatments.
Ars Technica · +14 outlets
Kodiak Sciences stock more than doubles as two eye disease candidates match Eylea in Phase 3
Positive late-stage readouts revive a program that had been deprioritized, and provide the company a shot at the large anti-VEGF retinal market.
Fierce Biotech · +7 outlets
uniQure stock crashes as 48-month Huntington's gene therapy data weaken despite solid three-year filing data
Investor reaction to the longer-term AMT-130 results raises questions about durability of the gene therapy as uniQure approaches regulatory filing.
Fierce Biotech · +4 outlets
India's Supreme Court flags 10-fold markups on cancer drugs, seeks uniform 16% margin
The court's intervention targets retail pricing power of pharmaceutical companies in a market where cancer medicine costs are a major access issue.
Telangana Today · +5 outlets
Roche drops muscle-preserving obesity drug after mid-stage miss, returns it to Chugai
The setback removes one myostatin-based approach from a crowded obesity pipeline that still has many entrants from large drugmakers.
Endpoints News · +4 outlets
Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug beats Novo's in cross-trial analysis
The comparison adds to the evidence gap between the two leading incretin franchises as they compete for market share.
medwatch.com · +14 outlets
DBV Technologies submits BLA to FDA for Viaskin peanut patch in children aged 4 to 7
The filing moves a needle-free immunotherapy for peanut allergy closer to a potential US approval.
markets.businessinsider.com · +8 outlets
Fake and unapproved obesity drugs mar India's weight-loss boom, Bloomberg reports
Counterfeit incretins and unapproved products are spreading in a large market where branded GLP-1 supply remains constrained.
Bloomberg.com · +2 outlets
Eli Lilly's Olumiant wins FDA expansion for adolescents with severe alopecia areata
The label expansion broadens the first approved medicine for a condition that previously had limited treatment options in younger patients.
benzinga.com · +8 outlets
Novo taps Nanexa for long-acting obesity injectables in a pact worth up to about 1.17 billion euros
The deal gives Novo access to extended-release drug delivery technology as injectable obesity competition intensifies.
MassDevice · +3 outlets
Eli Lilly to expand GLP-1 access in lower-income countries through new initiative
The program aims to widen access to incretin medicines beyond wealthy markets where they are largely used today.
Fierce Pharma · +13 outlets
GLP-1s increasingly marketed as lifestyle drugs for 'customers' rather than patients, STAT reports
The shift in framing reflects widening use of incretins beyond obesity and diabetes treatment.
STAT · +14 outlets
Half of new US-approved drugs remain unavailable to Japanese patients, Nikkei finds
The gap highlights regulatory and reimbursement lags that delay access to new medicines in Japan, one of the world's largest drug markets.
Nikkei Asia
Fate Therapeutics stock jumps as FDA clears cell therapy to enter clinical trials
The clearance advances an off-the-shelf cell therapy candidate into human testing, a key step for the platform.
Stocktwits · +1 outlets
Merck pulls an antibiotic as STAT's Pharmalittle flags a setback for Merck and Daiichi
The withdrawal removes a product from Merck's anti-infective portfolio amid broader pipeline reshuffling at large drugmakers.
STAT · +1 outlets
Invivyd stock falls after trial data compare its COVID-19 antibody with an mRNA vaccine
Event and adverse reaction rates from a 210-person study drew investor scrutiny of the antibody's competitive position.
Stock Titan · +1 outlets

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