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    Startup launches

    Flagship blends three biotech startups to form Etcelera

    Etiome, Cellarity and Empress Therapeutics are being combined into one new AI-aided drugmaker claiming to possess the ability to better predict the way new medicines will fare in humans.

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    Sponsored by Azurity Pharmaceuticals

    The molecule was fine. The moment wasn’t.

    Some overlooked medicines aren’t failures. They just arrived before the market was ready.

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    Trump administration

    HHS to allow compounders to make 6 unapproved peptides

    RFK Jr. has given notice that the agency won’t take enforcement action on six peptides that controversially won a contested recommendation from outside advisers to the FDA in July.

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    Gene editing

    FDA unveils guidance for ‘plug and play’ gene therapies

    The plan builds on recent FDA moves to speed "personalized" treatments by offering an approval framework for therapies benefiting different subsets of patients with the same disease.

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    Genmab soars to record highs after cancer drug succeeds in key trial

    The drugmaker’s market value swelled by more than $7 billion on findings suggesting a recently-acquired medicine could become a new treatment standard for a form of head and neck cancer.

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    ESMO ‘26: A cancer vaccine debate, Roche’s KRAS progress and Amgen’s ‘unprecedented’ data

    At one of the year’s premiere meetings for cancer research, melanoma vaccine data hailed by scientists sparked a share sell-off on Wall Street, while a lung drug received a standing ovation.

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    Lilly’s ‘triple-G’ drug tops Novo’s Ozempic in diabetes trial

    The highest dose of retatrutide beat Ozempic on measures of blood sugar and weight loss, but was also associated with higher side effect rates and treatment discontinuations.

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    Immune reset

    Artiva to quit autoimmune cell therapy work, cut staff after patient deaths

    The disclosure makes Artiva the third company to recently report fatal events in an autoimmune cell therapy trial, following announcements from Novartis and Bristol Myers Squibb.

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    Ferring to acquire next-gen IVF startup Gameto for up to $1.4B

    The buyout hands Ferring rights to a technology capable of simplifying the lengthy and burdensome process of in vitro fertilization.

    Updated Oct. 28, 2026
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    News roundup

    Lilly shuffles business structure; Novartis writes off part of Avidity deal

    Lilly intends to merge its U.S. and international divisions when a top executive retires. Elsewhere, Astellas closed in on what it believes to be a “best-in-class” cancer immunotherapy prospect.

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    Obesity drugs

    Court rejects Novo bid to block Lilly obesity drug ads

    Novo failed to prove that Lilly’s campaign — which featured claims of obesity drug superiority — meaningfully harmed the Danish company’s sales, a federal judge ruled.

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    Obesity drugs

    Corxel, an obesity drugmaker, to go public via SPAC deal

    Armed with a $300 million financing and two GLP-1 and amylin-targeting medicines, Corxel is set to become the latest weight loss-focused company to join the public markets. 

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    Moderna, Merck shares fall on eagerly anticipated cancer vaccine results

    A combination of the shot and the immunotherapy Keytruda cut the risk of relapse or death by 42% in a landmark melanoma study that met Wall Street expectations but triggered a “sell-the-news reaction,” one analyst wrote.

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    News roundup

    Another autoimmune CAR-T death; Treasury zeroes in on China deals

    A patient who received Bristol Myers’ zola-cel died 44 days later. Elsewhere, Gilead paid nearly $1.3 billion for a potential threat to J&J’s newly approved psoriasis pill.

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    This week in charts: a big year for RNAi developers

    The latest installment in BioPharma Dive’s data visualization series features a look at the emerging popularity of RNAi developers, and the funding that came with it.

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    BioNTech, DualityBio say ADC had ‘modest’ benefit in breast cancer study

    The companies said the findings suggest the treatment has a “limited” impact in HER2-low breast cancer, an area where AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu has already set a high bar.

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    Deep Dive // IPO window

    Biotech IPOs are the industry’s lifeblood. Track how they’re performing.

    Aspen Neuroscience and Bambusa Therapeutics could on Thursday evening price what would be the sector’s 28th and 29th IPOs, respectively, this year, according to BioPharma Dive data.

    Updated Oct. 29, 2026
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    Star adds $200M after spinout successes

    Following exits for its subsidiaries Electra Therapeutics and Vega Therapeutics, Star is now mining for a new drug prospect.

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    IPO window

    Protein degrader specialist Lycia prices $318M IPO

    Funds from the upsized offering will support a trio of protein-degrading medicines in development for allergic conditions as well as the autoimmune disorder Graves’ disease.

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    Roche affirms sales outlook amid doubts about its future

    Lower-than-expected sales of Xolair stood out as the Swiss drugmaker readies for an onslaught of generic competition for top products. 

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    Biohaven’s previously rejected rare disease drug to get fresh FDA review

    U.S. regulators have accepted a new submission for Vyglxia, offering the chance at a turnaround for another rare disease medicine spurned by previous FDA leadership.

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    GSK, Ionis win US approval for first-of-its-kind hepatitis B drug

    Hibsago is viewed as a potential “functional cure” for chronic infections and an important part of the British drugmaker’s goal of reaching £40 billion in annual revenue by 2031.

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    Most new drugs are still too costly at launch, ICER says

    A new analysis from the non-profit group found that net launch prices for new medicines spiked significantly between 2022 and 2025, and the majority were well above its cost-effectiveness guidelines.  

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    Deep Dive

    Biotech M&A is accelerating. Track the deals that are happening here.

    The 130% premium in Merck KGaA’s buyout of Silence Therapeutics is the second-highest paid in a biopharmaceutical company purchase this year, according to BioPharma Dive data.

    Updated Oct. 19, 2026
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    Obesity drugs

    GLP-1 compounder issues recall for copycat Zepbound

    The notice adds to growing concerns about the safety of knockoff weight loss drugs, which have remained popular despite FDA warnings and legal pressure from Eli Lilly and Novo.

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    Roivant, continuing ascent, claims another victory for rare disease drug

    Shortly after winning a clearance in the skin disease dermatomyositis, brepocitinib posted results suggesting it might also be a “best-in-disease” medicine for an inflammatory eye condition, one analyst said.