Finance

Seed, Series C, and Series D rounds announced by Violet Therapeutics, Full-Life Technologies, and Accro Bioscience highlight continued appetite for differentiated science tied to high unmet-need indications and platform scalability.

Toragen’s partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation highlights how global health priorities and commercial biotech strategy can align around one of the world’s deadliest HPV-driven cancers.

Author Jeremy Levin discusses how various factors are impacting the biotech industry in a negative way by pushing investment and politics over science.

Dr. Jeremy Levin discusses the mismatch between capital markets and biotech and how the industry doesn’t provide the results that investors are often looking for.

Boehringer Ingelheim has licensed a preclinical antibody program from Immunitas Therapeutics for inflammatory diseases, signaling continued demand for earlier-stage immunology assets.

Gibb Witham, president at Hack The Box, discusses how persistence, sector-specific expertise, and practical execution skills can help candidates break into venture capital despite the industry’s highly competitive and relationship-driven hiring landscape.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Cellenkos announces FDA clearance of its investigational new drug application for CK0802, BioNTech releases its first quarter 2026 financial results, and Peter Harbin argues that biopharma's longstanding deciling-based sales targeting model is overdue for a fundamental rethink.

BioNTech reports its first quarter finical results, including losses and declining Covid-19 revenue as the company accelerates its oncology investments and restructures its manufacturing footprint.

A report from American Society of Health-System Pharmacists projects U.S. prescription drug spending to surpass $1T in 2026, driven largely by surging demand for GLP-1 weight-loss therapies.

Rocket Pharmaceuticals sells it's priority review voucher for $180M, securing non-dilutive funding to extend runway and advance gene therapy pipeline.

At Asembia AXS26, Clarivate’s Dee Chaudhary outlined how U.S. drug pricing policy is rapidly shifting, driving more aggressive payer utilization management, tightening access controls, and increasing volatility in pharmaceutical pricing and forecasting.

Sun Pharma is set to acquire Organon in a $11.75 billion deal, while IMG Pharma enters a definitive agreement to purchase Matsumoto, signaling continued global consolidation and portfolio expansion across the pharmaceutical industry.

UnitedHealth Group reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings and raised its full-year outlook, signaling improving cost control and early progress in stabilizing performance.

Samsung Bioepis’ SVP and head of US commercial discusses the pricing, regulatory, and broader issues impacting the biosimilars market.

Biotech financing activity this week underscores strong investor backing for platform-driven innovation, with capital flowing into ADC development, precision immunology, multi-cancer diagnostics, and non-invasive oncology technologies aimed at addressing persistent gaps in care.

Our April issue's feature profile offers a reminder that, increasingly, the CFO role in pharma is not just about stewardship but about shaping direction.

In becoming the first CFO to be named HBA Woman of the Year, AstraZeneca's Aradhana Sarin highlights how financial leadership now sits at the center of innovation, access and strategic transformation.

The U.S. government’s contract with Shionogi highlights renewed public-private investment in antimicrobial resistance and biodefense, aiming to strengthen domestic manufacturing and expand the role of novel antibiotics against high-priority threats.

Shah Capital escalates its pressure campaign against Novavax leadership, requesting changes and strategic overhauls amid ongoing performance concerns.

Merck is acquiring Terns Pharmaceuticals for $6.7 billion to bolster its oncology pipeline, while Shionogi is set to purchase 50% of Apnimed's ownership of SASS.

In today's Pharmaceutical Executive Daily, Bayer shares briefly dip after activist investor Inclusive Capital offloads its remaining stake at a loss, Quotient Therapeutics enters a multi-year research collaboration with Merck to discover novel drug targets in inflammatory bowel disease, and Gilead Sciences agrees to acquire privately held Ouro Medicines in a deal valued at up to $2.18 billion.

Inclusive Capital Partners sold a stake worth about 0.9 % of the company.

Pfizer urges shareholders to reject an unsolicited mini-tender offer from Tutanota LLC, who is seeking to purchase up to 1 million Pfizer shares at $32.00-per-share.

Matthew Turner, President of Patient Affordability, Paysign, discusses Paysign's approach to measuring copay program value in an effort to move beyond simple redemption counts toward a more complete picture of patient adherence.

The funding rounds are part of a broader effort to advance next-generation T-cell engager platforms targeting cancers.