Nicholas Jacobus

FDA grants accelerated approval to INOVIO’s Voceryq for reducing surgery frequency in adults with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.

Dr. Jay Lalezari, CytoDyn’s CEO and CMO, discusses his path from HIV clinician to drug developer.

Bristol Myers Squibb discloses a patient death in its Phase I CAR-T multiple sclerosis trial, Pathos AI launches multi-year collaborations with Bristol Myers Squibb and Tempus AI to advance Alzheimer’s drug development, and health economist Dr. Nadine Zawadzki speaks with The Ron Lanton Report on how value is defined across healthcare.

Bristol Myers Squibb discloses results from it's Phase I Breakfree-2 trial of CAR-T therapy zola-cel for multiple sclerosis.

Pathos AI launches multi-year collaborations to build an AI-driven dataset for Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.

Pharmaceutical and health economist Dr. Nadine Zawadzki, Senior Director, FTI Consulting joins the Ron Lanton Report to discuss how value is defined and measured across healthcare.

Treasury proposes adding biotechnology to its Outbound Investment Security Program, a pharma funding roundup covers Gilead’s $1.275 billion acquisition of an oral IL-23R inhibitor from PepStar and Zymeworks’ licensing deal with Roche, and Incubate’s John Stanford on why MFN is an offer pharma can’t refuse.

The Treasury Department is proposing rules to add biotechnology to its Outbound Investment Security Program under the COINS Act.

Gilead agrees to acquire an oral IL-23R inhibitor from PepStar, while Zymeworks licenses its DLL3-targeting T cell engager ZW209 to Roche.

FDA grants Ultomiris accelerated approval for primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy, a pharma funding roundup covers Alcon’s $550 million acquisition of Neurotech and AI Proteins’ collaboration with Astellas, and Incubate’s John Stanford on which therapeutic areas MFN deals might hit hardest.

Alcon is acquiring Neurotech Pharmaceuticals to add the only FDA-approved MacTel cell therapy to its retina portfolio, while AI Proteins has enters a collaboration with Astellas to design novel miniprotein therapeutics.

FDA has granted accelerated approval to Ultomiris based on Phase III data showing a 43.4% placebo-adjusted reduction at 34 weeks.

A new ICER and West Health report finds median drug launch prices climbed to $257,000, the FDA approves GSK’s Hibsago as the first functional-cure therapy for chronic hepatitis B, and CSL names Deborah Waterhouse as CEO and managing director.

Median net launch prices for new drugs climbed between 2022 and 2025 to $257,000, according to a new ICER and West Health report that also found persistent coverage and access barriers for patients.

Deborah Waterhouse is leaving ViiV Healthcare to become CEO and managing director of CSL.

METiS TechBio and Eli Lilly collaborate on next-generation LNP delivery technology, Incubate’s John Stanford on how MFN deals may shape future pharma decisions, and the FDA grants accelerated approval to GSK’s Jemperli for MSI-H/dMMR locally advanced rectal cancer.

METiS TechBio enters a collaboration with Eli Lilly to develop next-generation, tissue-specific lipid nanoparticle delivery technologies using METiS’s AI-driven lipid discovery platform.

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, acquires Silence Therapeutics for $1.3 billion, Hansoh Pharma and Roche expand their ADC partnership in a deal worth over $15 billion, and an EMA panel backs Lilly’s Foundayo for obesity and type 2 diabetes in Europe.

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, agrees to acquire Silence Therapeutics for roughly $1.3 billion, gaining a siRNA asset, divesiran.

Hansoh Pharma enters a collaboration and license agreement with Roche covering a broad portfolio of antibody-drug conjugate programs.

FDA is launching the Rare Disease Framework Initiative, aiming to tailor drug development and review requirements to the realities of small patient populations.

Gilead and Vir Biotechnology strike a $1.87 billion T-cell engager collaboration, and Fox Rothschild’s Marc Wagner examines what slows manufacturers’ response to rising drug demand and how compounding pharmacies help fill the resulting gaps.

Gilead and Vir Biotechnology Enter a $1.87 billion collaboration to discover three PRO-XTEN dual-masked T-cell engagers aimed at solid tumors.

Experts warn prediction markets are exposing gaps in pharma vendor confidentiality agreements, Roche licenses Rona Therapeutics’ obesity RNAi candidate while Pfizer partners with Enodia Therapeutics on Sec61 inhibitors, and PaxSafe’s Mark Talens makes the case for acting on imperfect supply chain data.

Roche licenses Rona Therapeutics’ ALK7-targeting RNAi candidate for obesity, while Pfizer partners with Enodia Therapeutics on Sec61 inhibitor discovery.

As CROs, labs, and other outside partners gain early access to trial and FDA data that sponsor employees have, experts say closing the gap starts with rewriting confidentiality language.

Thomas Appio has been named interim CEO of Bausch + Lomb, a move coinciding with an expected upward revision to the company’s full-year guidance.

The FDA approves Roche’s Tecentriq for a subset of colon cancer patients, TRexBio and Retension Pharmaceuticals price new IPOs, and a Pharmaceutical Executive feature examines what it takes to turn precision medicine’s biological gains into deliverable therapies.

TRexBio and Retension Pharmaceuticals priced IPOs, raising a combined $161.7 million to advance their immunology and hypertension pipelines ahead of their Nasdaq debuts.

Ultragenyx sells a rare pediatric disease priority review voucher for $210 million, Viatris acquires Pacira BioSciences for $1.65 billion, and Peter Young surveys a steadying biopharma outlook.