Eye disease specialist Oculis SA is laying plans to branch out into multiple sclerosis (MS) after the phase II trials of its acute optic neuritis (AON) drug, privosegtor, showed it reduced levels of neurofilament release, a key biomarker of neuronal damage and neurodegeneration.
It doesn’t take a meteorologist to predict another stormy year for the biopharma sector, not just in the U.S., but also in Europe. Lurking within those storms, though, could be a few silver linings.
Biopharma industry zeal for obesity therapeutics does not appear to be dying down any time soon, with Eli Lilly and Co. entering a $1.3 billion deal with Nimbus Therapeutics LLC for a new small molecule, and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. rolling out phase I/IIa data of its RNAi therapeutics used in combination with Lilly’s GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist tirzepatide.
Stereotaxis Inc. secured U.S. FDA approval for its Magic magnetic interventional ablation catheter, marking a key step in the company’s effort to evolve from a niche robotics supplier into a more vertically integrated electrophysiology technology provider. The approval positions Magic as Stereotaxis’ first proprietary robotic ablation catheter in the U.S. and follows a series of regulatory and commercial milestones in recent months that reset the company’s growth narrative.
Naox Technologies SAS secured U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for Naox Link, its in-ear electroencephalography (EEG) device for clinical use both at home and in health care settings. Naox Link is a pair of earbuds the company hopes will transform how the brain activity is monitored, helping diagnose and track a number of conditions affecting the brain.
Software as a service has typically been less susceptible to liability than products, but that may soon come to an end if the AI LEAD Act, sponsored by a bipartisan pair of members of the Senate, gains sufficient traction.
With the stroke of a pen and no input from the CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill cut the number of vaccines the agency routinely recommends for children to 11 on Jan. 5, down from 17 in 2024.
Securing a second major partnership with Sanofi SA – this time worth a potential $2.56 billion – Earendil Labs will provide its AI-driven discovery platform to find new therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
With plans in place to launch global pivotal testing of GH-001, its inhaled version of psychedelic mebufotenin (5-MeO-DMT), in treatment-resistant depression in 2026, GH Research plc reported the lifting of a U.S. FDA clinical hold, enabling U.S. subject enrollment. The firm now will seek a meeting with the agency to discuss trial design.
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