Positive efficacy results led to Praxis Precision Medicines Inc.’s phase II Embold study in developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) being halted early, propelling the company’s shares dramatically upward.

Shares of Cosmo Pharmaceuticals NV rose sharply on Dec. 3 following top-line pivotal phase III data showing a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in male androgenetic alopecia patients receiving clascoterone 5%, the first topical androgen receptor inhibitor, which uses the same active ingredient as the company’s acne treatment, Winlevi.

Pharvaris NV looks to start filing marketing applications in the first half of 2026 on the back of positive phase III data showing oral bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist deucrictibant hit all primary and secondary endpoints as an on-demand treatment for hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks.

Australian researchers have found a drug combination that can bypass the cellular defenses in neuroblastoma that lead to relapse, and the discovery could lead to better treatment strategies for children whose cancers have stopped responding to standard chemotherapy.

With phase I/II data in hand, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Cullinan Therapeutics Inc. began filing a rolling NDA to the U.S. FDA for accelerated approval of zipalertinib to treat patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor exon 20 insertion mutations who previously received platinum-based chemotherapy.

Detailed data will be forthcoming at a scientific congress, but Bayer AG’s positive top-line readout from its phase III study testing oral factor XIa (FXIa) inhibitor asundexian in reducing the risk of ischemic stroke offered a much-needed win for the FXIa space, which encountered its latest stumble just over a week ago.

Contineum Therapeutics Inc.’s midstage study of its multiple sclerosis drug, PIPE-307, missed its primary and secondary endpoints, dropping the stock on Nov. 21. Top-line phase II results from the Vista study of the M1 receptor agonist PIPE-307 for treating relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis saw no significant changes in binocular 2.5% low contrast letter acuity in the treatment arms, a key efficacy measure.

With phase I/II data in hand, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Cullinan Therapeutics Inc. began filing a rolling NDA to the U.S. FDA for accelerated approval of zipalertinib to treat patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor exon 20 insertion mutations who previously received platinum-based chemotherapy.

Sandoz Inc. came out the big winner Nov. 18 when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit wiped out $39 million in infringement damages a jury had awarded to Allergan plc. Sandoz overcame “the doubly high burden of persuading us to overturn a jury verdict of no invalidity,” the appellate court said in its precedential opinion.