Novo, Photys pen $186M cardiometabolic partnership

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Dec 18, 2024

Merck & Co. boosts GLP-1 portfolio by paying $112M upfront for Hansoh's preclinical drug


Novartis and BioAge take on age-related diseases in new $550M pact


Novo Nordisk taps Photys for $186M cardiometabolic collab


Novo Holdings leads SiteOne's $100M series C for non-opioid pain treatments


Fibrosis-focused Tvardi to go public via merger with cash-strapped Cara


Cognition's phase 2 SHIMMER results finally allow dementia drug to shine


Aurion's regenerative eye disease med improves vision in phase 1/2 trial

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Merck & Co. boosts GLP-1 portfolio by paying $112M upfront for Hansoh's preclinical drug

Merck & Co. has added a second GLP-1 candidate to its pipeline, paying China’s Hansoh Pharma $112 million upfront for a preclinical drug.
 

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Novartis, BioAge take on age-related diseases in $550M pact

Freshly public BioAge Labs has secured a multi-year partnership with Novartis that focuses on age-related diseases and includes the possibility of up to $550 million biobucks.

Novo Nordisk taps Photys for $186M cardiometabolic collab

Under a new research collaboration unveiled Wednesday, Novo will pay Photys up to $186 million in upfront, development and commercial milestone payments to help develop proximity-based therapeutics for an unnamed cardiometabolic disease target.

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Novo Holdings leads SiteOne's $100M series C for non-opioid pain treatments

SiteOne Therapeutics is powering up with $100 million to advance its early pipeline of non-opioid therapeutics that target the peripheral nervous system instead of the central nervous system.

Where is AI winning in drug discovery? 4 use cases to know

Even though AI-designed drugs aren’t yet a household term for FDA-approved, commercially available therapies, they are a reality in clinical development pipelines.

Fibrosis-focused Tvardi to go public via merger with cash-strapped Cara

Pruritus drug developer Cara Therapeutics kicked off the year halving its headcount, and it has now found a new home via a merger with fibrosis disease-focused Tvardi Therapeutics.

Cognition's phase 2 SHIMMER results finally allow dementia drug to shine

The failure of Cognition Therapeutics’ Alzheimer’s disease candidate CT1812 in the SHINE trial earlier this year may have rubbed off some of the drug’s luster, but today’s win in the SHIMMER study should give the oral sigma-2 antagonist back its glow.

Aurion's regenerative eye disease med improves vision in phase 1/2 trial

The highest dose of Aurion Biotech’s cell therapy, the main component of which recently received approval in Japan, has improved vision in a phase 1/2 trial for a type of eye disease, leading the company to set its sights on phase 3.

After studies flag possible link between Novo's Ozempic and rare eye disorder, Danish agency calls for probe

After the recent release of two independent studies from the University of Southern Denmark suggested the use of Ozempic increases patients' chances of developing a rare eye disorder, the Danish Medicines Agency has asked European officials to investigate.

CMS sunsets Medicare Advantage value-based model, citing billions in costs

The Value-Based Insurance Design model for Medicare Advantage plans will be terminated at the end of next year.
 
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