Nine pharma giants will cut US drug prices up to 90 % via TrumpRx and direct channels, following previous Pfizer and AstraZeneca MFN deals.

The Trump administration has tabled a new Biosecure Act, prompting industry concern over oversight shift, regulatory uncertainty and need for stronger US biotech strategy.

On Friday, the EU committee of Permanent Representatives of EU Member States backed the deregulation of new genomic plant breeding techniques, easing regulation for NGT1 crops.

Egetis Therapeutics has submitted a rolling NDA for Tiratricol to treat rare MCT8 transporter deficiency. The application for priority review is based on positive ReTRIACt study results.

Swiss cancer specialist FoRx Therapeutics AG has secured US$50m Series A to fund Phase I development of FORX-428, supporting IND, trial execution and clinical data readout by mid-2026.

Following a €55m (US$64m) Series B financing in September, Ghent-based MRM Health today announced a strategic collaboration with the research group of Professor Emile Voest, Senior Group Leader at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) and Senior Investigator at Oncode Institute.

The European Commission has unveiled the first part of its draft  for a Biotech Act, focusing on health and medical biotechnology. The proposal has won strong support from industry stakeholders, who say it addresses the urgent need for faster innovation processes to retain and develop biotech in Europe.

With the promise of transformative treatments, cell therapies are rising across oncology, regenerative medicine, and stem cell applications. PL BioScience supports this evolution with Human Platelet Lysate (HPL) and soon, the first artificial HPL, while expanding production in Aachen to continue to deliver this high-quality cell culture supplement worldwide.

Sobi AB has completed the US$1.5bn acquisition of Chinese Arthrosi Therapeutics Ltd. Its lead candidate, pozdeutinurad, a URAT1 inhibitor for gout, is in pivotal global Phase-III trials, with China licensing targeting approval by 2028.

Sanofi’s tolebrutinib fails Phase III in PPMS, while FDA postpones decision on targeted therapy approval for nrSPMS.