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.

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.

Foundayo’s EU backing, Enspryng for TED, Gilead’s masked TCE deal, FDA’s rare disease reset, and Bausch + Lomb’s new interim CEO — explained.

Lilly’s Foundayo receives a positive CHMP opinion for obesity and type 2 diabetes — putting the oral GLP-1 pill on course for EU approval.

European regulators are increasing pressure on clinical trial sponsors to report study results on time, rolling out new monitoring, reminders and guidance as patient advocates welcome the progress but question whether stronger oversight and enforcement will follow.