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As deal-making rebounds in a…

November 4th, 2025|FierceBiotech|

As deal-making rebounds in a volatile year, Waterhouse Brands urges biotech firms to prioritize storytelling, credibility and long-term strategy.

After its cannabidiol gel…

November 4th, 2025|FierceBiotech|

After its cannabidiol gel candidate failed a phase 3 trial in fragile X syndrome, Harmony Biosciences has now paused development of the asset in a different genetic disease.

Pfizer may have launched a…

November 4th, 2025|FierceBiotech|

Pfizer may have launched a multifront legal battle to prevent Metsera from heading to Novo Nordisk, but, behind the scenes, the U.S. pharma has shown some willingness to rework its own deal.

Merck & Co. began Tuesday with…

November 4th, 2025|FierceBiotech|

Merck & Co. began Tuesday with back-to-back deals, revealing separate agreements to pay $150 million upfront for full control of an early-phase asset and pocket $700 million to support an expansive pivotal oncology push.

Nuvation Bio has backed off from…

November 4th, 2025|FierceBiotech|

Nuvation Bio has backed off from its plans to directly compare its brain cancer drug to Servier's Voranigo, instead opting to focus on patients who aren’t covered by the approved competitor.

Korean biosimilar specialist…

November 4th, 2025|FierceBiotech|

Korean biosimilar specialist Celltrion has penned a deal worth more than $740 million biobucks for two preclinical autoimmune assets from U.S. biotech Kaigene.

A new West Coast biotech has…

November 3rd, 2025|FierceBiotech|

A new West Coast biotech has emerged into the busy in vivo cell therapy space, this time with the backing of Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D. Azalea Therapeutics has bloomed with $82 million

FDA is said to be making a U-turn…

November 3rd, 2025|FierceBiotech|

FDA is said to be making a U-turn on uniQure’s one-time gene therapy candidate for Huntington’s disease despite the treatment being hailed as a game changer.

Roche may have been exploring ways…

November 3rd, 2025|FierceBiotech|

Roche may have been exploring ways to shuttle drugs to the brain for well over a decade, but that's not stopping the pharma from handing $55 million to Manifold Bio for a fresh route through

TScan Therapeutics is laying off…

November 3rd, 2025|FierceBiotech|

TScan Therapeutics is laying off 30% of its workforce as the T-cell receptor therapy biotech abandons a phase 1 solid tumor trial and focuses on patients with blood cancers.

Neurocrine Biosciences has penned…

November 3rd, 2025|FierceBiotech|

Neurocrine Biosciences has penned a deal with China’s TransThera Sciences potentially worth more than $880 million in biobucks for inhibitors aimed at a red-hot inflammation target.