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Abstract illustration of a PCSK9 inhibitor antibody and LDL cholesterol particles in a blood vessel, contrasting plaque buildup with a clear healthy artery
2 Sep 2026

Repatha Is the First PCSK9 Drug Shown to Cut Death in Primary Prevention

A pre-specified VESALIUS-CV analysis found evolocumab cut all-cause death by 20% in high-risk primary prevention, with the benefit appearing only after 1.5 years and a 1.8-point absolute gap at five years.

Alpha Tau Medical Alpha DaRT pancreatic cancer local treatment
Wall Street Wire 1 Sep 2026

Alpha Tau Is Building the Local Answer to Pancreatic Cancer’s Systemic Breakthrough

After encouraging early pancreatic data, demand for Alpha DaRT helped quadruple its IMPACT study from 12 patients to 48 as the company moves toward a pivotal trial.

Antibody molecule binding a glowing pathogenic particle against a dark molecular backdrop
1 Sep 2026

Why Is Lilly Paying Nearly $3 Billion for a Phase 1 Graves' Drug?

Lilly is buying Merida for up to $2.875 billion, betting a Phase 1 autoantibody degrader can treat Graves' without broad immune suppression.

Molecular oncology laboratory visualization representing RAS protein targeted precision oncology discovery
31 Aug 2026

Daraxonrasib Approval Shifts Pancreatic Oncology from Cytotoxic Care to RAS-Targeted Precision

The FDA's landmark approval of Revolution Medicines' daraxonrasib (Rasonque) introduces the first multi-selective RAS(ON) tri-complex inhibitor for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, doubling overall survival over standard chemotherapy.

Biopharmaceutical manufacturing bioreactors and peptide bioconjugation facility
30 Aug 2026

Why Amgen's GIP Blockade Still Trades at a Discount to Dual Agonists

MariTide delivered up to about 20% mean weight loss at 52 weeks without a plateau, then Amgen lost about $7 billion in market value. The remaining fight is GIP direction, first-dose gut burden, and conjugate manufacturing cost.

Peripheral sensory nerve fibers and voltage-gated sodium channel molecular signaling
30 Aug 2026

Why Bone Trauma Still Favors Hydrocodone Over Suzetrigine

Suzetrigine beat placebo on SPID48 in both pivotal acute-pain trials, then failed the superiority test against hydrocodone/acetaminophen, including a statistically significant loss in bunionectomy.

Cellular muscle fiber research and metabolic peptide signaling visualization
30 Aug 2026

Roche Bets $190 Million Upfront on Hanmi's Muscle-Sparing Obesity Peptide

The $2.3 billion licensing deal for Phase 1 asset HM17321 targets a core drawback of current GLP-1 therapies: the loss of lean skeletal muscle alongside fat.

Molecular shuttle mechanism crossing blood-brain barrier
26 Aug 2026

Brain Shuttle Platforms Tackle the Blood-Brain Barrier for Genetic Medicines

Conjugating antisense oligonucleotides to transferrin receptor transport vehicles achieves fifty-fold deeper brain penetration, challenging the standard of invasive spinal punctures.

Coronal brain section at a resection cavity with neurons and residual tumour in contrasting colours, synaptic puncta on the cavity rim, and a hydrogel lining the void
25 Aug 2026

What tumour-neuron synapses mean for glioblastoma - and why a local siRNA gel is the proposed answer

A 25 August Nature Biomedical Engineering paper shows malignant synapses concentrated at the GBM-brain interface, then tests an intracavitary TrkB-silencing hydrogel that more than doubled median survival in a mouse resection model.

Editorial diagram of a Y-shaped bispecific antibody docking two HER2 epitopes against a muted endoscopic still of the gastroesophageal junction
25 Aug 2026

What Jazz’s Ziihera approval means for trastuzumab - and for PD-1 - in first-line HER2+ gastroesophageal cancer

FDA cleared two zanidatamab regimens on 25 August, including a bispecific-plus-PD-1 combination for all HER2+ advanced GEA regardless of PD-L1 status, on Phase 3 data already in NEJM.

European institutional building representing health technology assessment
22 Aug 2026

European Joint Clinical Assessments Squeeze Biopharma Market Access Timelines

The EU's centralized health technology assessment harmonizes clinical efficacy reviews across 27 member states, forcing drug developers to confront disparate national standards in Phase 3 trial design.

Muscarinic neurotransmitter receptor signaling in human brain tissue
21 Aug 2026

Bristol Myers Squibb Gambles $14 Billion on Cobenfy's Non-Dopamine Mechanism

The first new pharmacological class for schizophrenia in over seventy years relies on muscarinic receptor agonism, trading dopamine motor side effects for gastrointestinal titration challenges.

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