On top of prison sentences, loss of assets and a $2.6 million restitution order issued several years ago, Li Chen and Yu Zhou had their naturalized U.S. citizenship revoked March 30 as a consequence of stealing exosome-related trade secrets from Nationwide Children's Hospital's Research Institute in Ohio – the hospital that had sponsored them when they first came to the U.S. from China on H-1B Specialty Occupation visas.
Deep molecular advances are enabling precision medicine for the field of hematology, Wyndham Wilson said during a plenary session at the 2026 Korean Society of Hematology International Conference March 26.
Once again, Amgen Inc.’s Tavneos (avacopan) is under U.S. FDA scrutiny, as the agency alerted patients and doctors March 31 about 76 cases of drug-induced liver injury, including eight deaths, with “reasonable evidence of a causal association” with the drug.
Just over a month after emerging from stealth and disclosing a $150 million series A, Korsana Biosciences Inc. is making the leap to the public market via a merger with Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc. The agreement, which is backed by a $370 million private placement from Korsana’s investors, solidly positions the newly merged company as it heads toward the clinic with KRSA-028, a next-generation shuttled antibody targeting amyloid beta for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and builds out a pipeline of neurodegenerative disease candidates.
Eli Lilly and Co. anticipates shipping newly approved Foundayo (orforglipron) within the next week, as the drug becomes the second oral weight-loss glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist to enter the U.S. market following December’s approval of Novo Nordisk A/S’ Wegovy (semaglutide) pill.
Seeking to increase their understanding of the opportunities and challenges of using digital health technologies (DHTs) in drug trials, the U.S. FDA’s CBER and CDER are requesting public feedback to help inform new guidance as the technologies continue to advance.
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is taking a neuroplastogen approach to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through its planned $1.22 billion acquisition of Transcend Therapeutics Inc. The deal gives Tokyo-headquartered Otsuka access to Transcend’s lead asset, TSND-201, an oral neuroplastogen that has begun patient recruitment for a phase III study in the U.S.
Braveheart Bio Inc. reported positive results from an open-label randomized phase II dose-ranging study of BHB-1893 (HRS-1893) in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Results presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session and Expo in New Orleans showed BHB-1893 treatment was associated with rapid and substantial reductions in left ventricular outflow tract gradient, the primary endpoint of the study.
The U.S. path forward is narrowing for Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s tradipitant as a treatment for gastroparesis, a serious disorder for which there’s been no new treatment in several decades.
Whoop Inc. secured $575 million in a series G funding round at a $10.1 billion valuation to advance its AI-powered wearable platform for personalized and preventive health care. Abbott Laboratories joined the round as a strategic investor, backing the company’s push to expand access to its device amid growing demand.
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