Nicholas Jacobus

FDA approves Ultragenyx's Fayuvi as the first treatment for Sanfilippo syndrome type A, Lisata Therapeutics acquires Marea Therapeutics as mAbxience partners with Sandoz on a hemophilia A biosimilar, and Joe Cunningham argues that executive drug-pricing deals alone won't fix costs.

Lisata Therapeutics acquires Marea Therapeutics and secures $225 million in concurrent financing, while mAbxience and Sandoz partner to develop and globally commercialize an emicizumab biosimilar.

FDA approved Ultragenyx's Fayuvi (rebisufligene etisparvovec-hopf) as the first treatment for MPS IIIA Sanfilippo syndrome type A.

Former Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-SC), now spokesperson for the Pharmaceutical Reform Alliance, argues that codifying Most-Favored-Nation pricing into law is the real fix for drug costs.

Former U.S. Representative Joe Cunningham (D-SC), spokesperson, Pharmaceutical Reform Alliance. dismisses the pharmaceutical industry's innovation argument against MFN pricing.

FDA approves Kerendia as the first new treatment for kidney disease in type 1 diabetes in decades, Novo, Roche, and Aethlon Medical strike major deals and mergers with Orbis Medicines, Dualitas Therapeutics, and North Immunology, and Thani Jambulingam of Saint Joseph's University examines the fight to control the GLP-1 patient journey.

Orbis Medicines strikes a partnership with Novo, Dualitas Therapeutics enters collaboration with Roche, and Aethlon Medical has agreed to merge with North Immunology.

FDA has approved Bayer's Kerendia to reduce disease progression risk in adults with chronic kidney disease associated with type 1 diabetes.

Former U.S. Representative Joe Cunningham (D-SC), spokesperson, Pharmaceutical Reform Alliance, touches on what he sees as the most realistic path to making MFN pricing permanent.

Novo teams up with Anthropic on AI-driven drug discovery, Sling Therapeutics and Circle Pharma close major financing rounds, and IQVIA's Phil Ford makes the case for reimagining medical content as a loop rather than a pipeline.

Novo partners with Anthropic to deploy Claude for targeted drug discovery workflows and AI-driven software development.

Sling Therapeutics closes a $123 million Series C to advance linsitinib, while Circle Pharma raises an oversubscribed $92.5 million Series E to move CID-165, into clinical development for ER-positive breast cancer.

Joe Cunningham argues that the most-favored-nation drug pricing agreements carry no legislative weight and discusses what the program actually locks in.

GSK is acquiring a trispecific T-cell engager from Chimagen Biosciences and Sanofi expanding its manufacturing partnership with Cheplapharm, Stewart Gandolf discusses why pharma marketing now has to write for both people and AI, and Dr. Elena Christofides explains why cortisol dysregulation may be the hidden reason some diabetes patients fail to respond to incretin therapies.

GSK agrees to acquire a trispecific T cell engager for multiple myeloma from Chimagen Biosciences, while Sanofi is offloading 20 mature medicines and three manufacturing sites to Cheplapharm.

Cellectis pivots from CAR-T to in vivo gene editing, Novo Nordisk rebrands as "Novo" to sharpen its competitive edge in obesity and diabetes care, and Wendy Short Bartie of Bristol Myers Squibb makes the case for reputation as a strategic currency.

Cellectis is pivoting from allogeneic CAR-T development to become an in vivo gene editing company, discontinuing its lasme-cel and eti-cel programs.

Novo Nordisk rebrands as "Novo" under it's "Lasting health starts now" tagline, pairing both with a new cultural framework called "The Novo Way."

Novartis investors intensify pressure on the company's M&A strategy after a string of trial failures, Michelle Carnahan argues health care needs an orchestration layer rather than more point solutions, and Nacho Quinones and Aisling O'Loughlin make the case for synthetic advisory boards in biopharma decision-making.

Novartis shareholders share deepened trust issues around the company's dealmaking strategy.

Artisan Partners' David Samra calls for a board shake-up at Novartis after costly deal failures, Kura Oncology spins out Caspian Therapeutics to pursue menin inhibition for diabetes, and Ira Studin examines how payers are redefining unmet need for orphan products.

Artisan Partners' David Samra is publicly calling for Novartis to overhaul its board and compensation structure following back-to-back trial failures.

Aptar Pharma and Aceso Therapeutics team up to advance an inhaled cystic fibrosis therapy, Moonwalk Biosciences raises a $70 million Series B for its fat-targeted obesity platform, and Sebastian Arana of MilliporeSigma talks through the real cost of manufacturing flexibility.

Aptar Pharma and Aceso Therapeutics have partnered to advance ACT-101, an antisense oligonucleotide targeting the underlying mechanisms of cystic fibrosis.

Moonwalk Biosciences has closed a $70 million Series B to advance its adipose-targeted RNAi platform toward first-in-human studies.

Sebastian Arana, head of process solutions at MilliporeSigma, discusses the operational tradeoffs facilities face as they move toward multi-modality production and the persistent cost and scale-up challenges shaping cell and gene therapy, mRNA, and ADC manufacturing.

Ionis wins FDA approval for Zanvastro, the first disease-modifying treatment for Alexander disease, Pharmaceutical Executive’s weekly biotech roundup gathers analyst reaction to the week's biggest stories, and Nate Hill of Strive Pharmacy talks through the regulatory uncertainty around compounded peptides.

FDA has approved Ionis Pharmaceuticals' Zanvastro (zilganersen) as the first disease-modifying treatment for Alexander disease.

Nate Hill, co-founder & CEO, Strive Pharmacy, breaks down looming questions around the completed FDA PCAC hearing on peptides.

Ultragenyx shares plunge after apazunersen fails its Phase III trial in Angelman syndrome, Mark Cziraky of Carelon Research talks through the mechanics of analyzing linked real-world data sets, and Melanie Whittington joins The Ron Lanton Report to argue biopharma policy needs to stay tethered to patients, not abstractions.