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Tracker
10 clinical trials to watch in the second half of 2026
The biotechnology sector’s upswing accelerated in the first half. Positive results from anticipated trials in lung cancer, Alzheimer’s and multiple autoimmune conditions could add to the momentum.
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Pfizer expands multibillion-dollar cost-cutting plan
Hatched three years ago, the restructuring is now expected to deliver $1 billion in new cost reductions and save Pfizer another $1.5 billion by streamlining drug production.
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Deep Dive // Patent thickets
Drug patents protect pharma profits. Track when they’ll expire.
BioPharma Dive has refreshed its annual list of the expected patent expirations for the world’s best-selling medicines. Many of the top 10 will lose exclusivity this decade.
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Deep Dive // IPO window
Biotech IPOs are the industry’s lifeblood. Track how they’re performing.
Attovia Therapeutics banked $289 million in yet another upsized offering for a young biotech. Four others, including Braveheart Bio and Latigo Biotherapeutics, could price IPOs this week.
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News roundup
J&J pharma leader to retire; Krystal slumps on gene therapy miss
Jennifer Taubert will step down after a lengthy run leading J&J’s pharmaceutical business. Elsewhere, pricing issues hampered what Wall Street analysts view as an otherwise strong gene therapy launch.
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Alnylam plunges as earnings deliver ‘one-two punch’
The RNA-focused biotech shed 30% of its market value — or close to $12 billion — amid growing investor concerns about its main drug business.
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Supernus, Indivior merge to beef up brain drug portfolio
The transaction combines two companies marketing nearly a dozen neurological drugs that bring in steady, but not blockbuster sales for conditions such as opioid use disorder and Parkinson's.
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BioNTech taps Sobi executive Oelkers as its next CEO
Guido Oelkers will guide BioNTech’s ongoing transition into an oncology-focused biotech, while co-founder and longtime leader Ugur Sahin prepares to join a fledgling mRNA startup.
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Novo setback casts doubt on a new way to treat heart disease
Ziltivekimab's failure in a key trial spurred share sell-offs for Novo and other biotechs, as it suggested trouble for different cardiovascular drugs that also target inflammation.
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Trump administration tries again to institute rebates in 340B
The Health Resources and Services Administration is again pushing to include rebates in the drug discount program after a failed attempt earlier this year. Hospitals railed against the announcement, saying it would burden already strapped providers.
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Resilience and Lilly invest $750M to boost Cincinnati drug production
The expansion will create 400 jobs dedicated to making GLP-1 injectables across Resilience’s contract manufacturing facilities.
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Replimune melanoma drug wins support of FDA panel
The positive vote came despite persistent concerns from FDA scientists and positions the company to bounce back from two earlier rejections.
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News roundup
Sanofi to ‘rebuild trust’ with Regeneron; Apnimed adds to string of ‘upsized’ biotech IPOs
Sanofi wants to broaden the company’s productive partnership with Regeneron, its CEOs said. Elsewhere, Bristol Myers delayed two anticipated study readouts and a Shionogi-backed startup went public.
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Emerging biotech
J&J nabs option to buy ‘in vivo’ CAR-T maker Sail for nearly $2.6B
The deal with the buzzy Flagship Pioneering-backed startup makes J&J the latest large drugmaker to bet that the technology might be able to treat autoimmune conditions.
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Earnings roundup: Biogen’s ‘resiliency,’ AstraZeneca’s growth pitch and GSK’s oncology push
Better-than-expected sales helped Biogen regain the support of investors, while AstraZeneca and GSK worked to convince Wall Street that they can hit ambitious revenue targets.
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Q&A
MapLight CEO on what investors missed in the biotech’s schizophrenia data
Though positive, mid-stage study results erased about two-thirds of the biotech's market value this week. But Christopher Kroeger sees MapLight's drug as competitive based on the "totality of data."
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Capricor Duchenne cell therapy voted down by FDA panel
At a contentious meeting with possible implications for other rare disease drugmakers, outside experts ultimately determined that Capricor didn't prove deramiocel's benefits in Duchenne-related cardiomyopathy.
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Trump administration
5 FDA decisions to watch in the third quarter of 2026
A group of coming decisions could provide important insights into how flexible the agency is willing to be under new leadership.
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FTC sues Hims & Hers over alleged privacy violations, deceptive billing practices
Regulators say the telehealth company illegally shared patients’ health data with advertisers and misled its customers. Hims & Hers hit back, calling the claims “baseless.”
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Emerging biotech
Caldera, Vidya add to recent flurry of biotech mergers
The startups are part of a surge of young companies equipped with advanced drug prospects and quickly pivoting to the public markets.
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The FDA was all in on AI. Will that change?
High-level turnover has introduced uncertainty about how quickly the FDA’s agency-wide AI strategy will move forward.
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GSK prepares for patent cliff with $2.5B cost-cutting plan
The pharma hasn’t yet revealed what kind of job cuts might be involved in the plan, which will help it absorb the coming loss of patents important to its HIV drug franchise.
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News roundup
FDA reviewers criticize Replimune drug; ProMIS climbs on Alzheimer’s data
Replimune shares plummeted 40% on concerns FDA scientists are still skeptical of its melanoma drug. Elsewhere, investors had a muted reaction to a first-of-its-kind study result.
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AbCellera, Vertex partner on next-gen T-cell engagers
The deal adds to a growing streak of partnerships involving new types of T cell engagers and gives Vertex another chance to broaden a business still reliant on cystic fibrosis medicines.
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Emerging biotech
An eye drug biotech banks $118M and stocks its executive suite
Claris Bio has appointed veteran CEO Stephen Brady to lead advanced development of what it hopes to be the first drug therapy for a blinding condition called limbal stem cell deficiency.