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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.

Pfizer has lived up to its threat…

November 3rd, 2025|FierceBiotech|

Pfizer has lived up to its threat of taking legal action to prevent Metsera from slipping out of its grasp, but the obesity biotech also seems up for the fight.

Boehringer Ingelheim’s busy year…

October 31st, 2025|FierceBiotech|

Boehringer Ingelheim’s busy year of dealmaking is showing no signs of slowing, with the German pharma now turning to established partner CDR-Life for a new trispecific autoimmune antibody.

Rich Segal highlights the…

October 31st, 2025|FierceBiotech|

Rich Segal highlights the importance of early IPO preparation for companies in the biotech sector and underscores how Chinese biotech companies are increasingly shaping the global biotech landscape.

4DMT has sold the Asia-Pacific…

October 31st, 2025|FierceBiotech|

4DMT has sold the Asia-Pacific rights to its eye gene therapy to Otsuka Pharmaceutical, securing $85 million in cash to fund the asset’s phase 3 development.

Gilead has chosen a partner for…

October 30th, 2025|FierceBiotech|

Gilead has chosen a partner for lenacapavir in the race to develop low-frequency treatments for HIV. After comparing two phase 1 integrase strand transfer inhibitors, the Bay Area pharma has elected to pair GS-3242 with