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        <![CDATA[Xuanzhu Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. reported positive data from a local phase III study of dirozalkib (Xuan Fei Ning), an ALK inhibitor approved in China to treat patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Novo Nordisk A/S reported top-line results from the phase III Hibiscus study of its pyruvate kinase-R activator, etavopivat, which was acquired through the 2022 buyout of Forma Therapeutics Holdings Inc. The results set up a potential competition for patients afflicted by sickle cell disease with fellow PKR activator mitapivat from Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Timothy Leary is dead, but he could be on the outside looking in with a smile on his face as U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest executive order (EO) fuels a surge in investment in companies researching and developing psychedelic drugs to treat mental health issues. The EO, Accelerating medical treatments for serious mental illness, is intended to address the increasing burden of suicide and serious mental illness, which impacts more than 14 million Americans.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Storm raises $56M series C for phase II RNA inhibitor trial in sarcoma</title>
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        <![CDATA[RNA epigenetics specialist Storm Therapeutics Ltd. has closed a $56 million series C to fund phase II development of its lead RNA enzyme inhibitor, STC-15, in treating myo- and liposarcomas, and announced that the first patient has been treated in the trial.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Delta-Fly eyes NDA path despite AML phase III miss </title>
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        <![CDATA[Delta-Fly Pharma Inc. is pressing ahead with discussions with the FDA for its lead acute myeloid leukemia (AML) candidate, radgocitabine (DFP-10917), despite a phase III miss on its primary endpoint, instead leaning on earlier-stage efficacy signals and emerging combination data to support a potential path toward conditional approval.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730406</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730406-delta-fly-eyes-nda-path-despite-aml-phase-iii-miss</link>
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      <title>Obesity-focused Kailera goes for US biopharma record with $625M IPO</title>
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        <![CDATA[Kailera Therapeutics Inc.’s “obesity-first” approach continues to resonate with investors, with the company pricing an upsized IPO, offering 39 million shares at $16 apiece for gross proceeds of $625 million. Full exercise of the underwriters’ option could add another $93.8 million, bringing the total to nearly $719 million, easily topping Sana Biotechnology Inc.’s $675.6 million 2021 IPO and setting a new record for U.S. biopharma IPOs, according to <em>BioWorld</em> data.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730403</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Lilly’s GLP-1 Foundayo aces MACE in DILI of a phase III </title>
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        <![CDATA[Wall Street met with satisfaction but not surprise Eli Lilly and Co.’s undeniably positive top-line results from the phase III Achieve-4 study testing the efficacy and safety of Foundayo (orforglipron) compared to insulin glargine in adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity or overweight at increased cardiovascular risk.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730389</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[A pricing standoff between Pfizer Inc. and the Australian government has left women with advanced breast cancer facing tens of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs, underscoring a growing global trend in which access to life-extending drugs is increasingly being shaped by pricing negotiations rather than clinical merit.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730311</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730311-pricing-standoff-leaves-australian-patients-in-limbo</link>
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      <title>Revolution Medicines’ $1.5B follow-on highest to date </title>
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        <![CDATA[In what shakes out to be the largest follow-on stock offering in biopharma history, Revolution Medicines Inc., an oncology company that was the subject of buyout rumors earlier this year, priced 10.56 million shares to raise $1.5 billion just two days after wowing investors with top-line phase III data of its RAS inhibitor daraxonrasib in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730308</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730308-revolution-medicines-15b-follow-on-highest-to-date</link>
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      <title>Everest to acquire Singapore unit of Hasten Bio in $250M deal</title>
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        <![CDATA[Everest Medicines Ltd. has agreed to acquire a Singapore-based commercial unit of Hasten Biopharmaceuticals (Asia) Ltd. for $150 million up front, gaining market authorization holder rights to 14 marketed products originally developed by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730419</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730419-everest-to-acquire-singapore-unit-of-hasten-bio-in-250m-deal</link>
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      <title>Biologics in development outnumber small molecules for the first time</title>
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        <![CDATA[More than four decades on from the approval of the first biologic drug, the industry has reached a tipping point, and biotech drugs now outnumber small molecules in the global R&D pipeline.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730418</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Abbvie nabs two Nav1.8 pain projects from Haisco in $745M deal </title>
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        <![CDATA[Abbvie Inc. is buying exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize two Nav1.8 inhibitors for pain – HSK-55718 and HSK-51155 – from Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. for $30 million up front and up to $715 million in milestone payments, plus royalties.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730297</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730297-abbvie-nabs-two-nav18-pain-projects-from-haisco-in-745m-deal</link>
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      <title>Travere’s Filspari approved for rare kidney disease FSGS</title>
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        <![CDATA[Becoming the first and only fully FDA-approved treatment for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), Travere Therapeutics Inc.’s Filspari (sparsentan) has gained access to a second lucrative market with a regulatory package that validates proteinuria as a surrogate endpoint.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730293</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730293-traveres-filspari-approved-for-rare-kidney-disease-fsgs</link>
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      <title>Revolution’s daraxonrasib nails endpoints in pancreatic cancer trial </title>
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        <![CDATA[“Unprecedented,” “remarkable” and “transformative” were just a few of the descriptives tossed out by Wall Street analysts in response to Revolution Medicines Inc.’s phase III readout, showing RAS inhibitor daraxonrasib hit its overall survival and progression-free survival endpoints in previously treated patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, setting up the company for potential regulatory filings this year and triggering another round of M&A speculation.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730277</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730277-revolutions-daraxonrasib-nails-endpoints-in-pancreatic-cancer-trial</link>
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      <title>FDA accepts Telix’s resubmitted NDA for brain imaging agent </title>
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        <![CDATA[The U.S. FDA has accepted for review Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd’s resubmitted NDA for TLX101-Px (Pixclara, 18F-floretyrosine, 18F-FET), its radiolabeled glioma imaging product for characterizing progressive or recurrent glioma in adult and pediatric patients. The FDA assigned a Sept. 11, 2026, PDUFA date.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730421</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730421-fda-accepts-telixs-resubmitted-nda-for-brain-imaging-agent</link>
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      <title>FDA accepts Telix’s resubmitted NDA for brain imaging agent </title>
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        <![CDATA[The U.S. FDA has accepted for review Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd’s resubmitted NDA for TLX101-Px (Pixclara, 18F-floretyrosine, 18F-FET), its radiolabeled glioma imaging product for characterizing progressive or recurrent glioma in adult and pediatric patients. The FDA assigned a Sept. 11, 2026, PDUFA date.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730225</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730225-fda-accepts-telixs-resubmitted-nda-for-brain-imaging-agent</link>
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        <![CDATA[More than four decades on from the approval of the first biologic drug, the industry has reached a tipping point, and biotech drugs now outnumber small molecules in the global R&D pipeline. At the start of the biotech industry, progress was slow. Between 1983 and 1995, the U.S. FDA approved an average of two biologics each year. Now, biologics have taken the lead by the smallest of margins, accounting for 50.1% of drugs in development at the start of 2026, according to the <em>Pharma Annual Review 2026</em>, published by Pharmaprojects, a firm that tracks global pharma R&D.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730343</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730343-biologics-in-development-outnumber-small-molecules-for-the-first-time</link>
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      <title>Everest to acquire Singapore unit of Hasten Bio in $250M deal</title>
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        <![CDATA[Everest Medicines Ltd. has agreed to acquire a Singapore-based commercial unit of Hasten Biopharmaceuticals (Asia) Ltd. for $150 million up front, gaining market authorization holder rights to 14 marketed products originally developed by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730212</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730212-everest-to-acquire-singapore-unit-of-hasten-bio-in-250m-deal</link>
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        <![CDATA[More than four decades on from the approval of the first biologic drug, the industry has reached a tipping point, and biotech drugs now outnumber small molecules in the global R&D pipeline.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730211</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730211-biologics-in-development-outnumber-small-molecules-for-the-first-time</link>
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      <title>Amplia halts enrollment in phase II pancreatic cancer trial </title>
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        <![CDATA[Amplia Therapeutics Ltd. has halted recruitment in its phase II Amplicity trial in advanced pancreatic cancer due to three dose-limiting toxicities related to the chemotherapy regimen, modified FOLFIRINOX (mFOLFIRINOX), which is being administered in combination with lead compound narmafotinib (AMP-945), a focal adhesion kinase inhibitor.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730134</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730134-amplia-halts-enrollment-in-phase-ii-pancreatic-cancer-trial</link>
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      <title>Five-drug VIPOR regimen shows promise in aggressive blood cancer </title>
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        <![CDATA[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.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730204</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730204-five-drug-vipor-regimen-shows-promise-in-aggressive-blood-cancer</link>
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        <media:description type="plain">Before (top) and after (bottom) treatment with VIPOR. Full-body and cross-sectional PET scans of a patient show large lymphoma tumors (circled in red) that have disappeared with treatment. Credit: Center for Cancer Research/National Cancer Institute</media:description>
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      <title>One-carbon has new approach to starving tumors of nucleotides</title>
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        <![CDATA[Swedish startup One-carbon Therapeutics AB is going after solid tumors with an approach that looks similar to synthetic lethals to some people, and to chemotherapy to others. But One-carbon CEO Ana Slipicevic said that TH-9619, the company’s first-in-class inhibitor of the enzyme MTHFD1/2, is neither of those things.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730118</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730118-one-carbon-has-new-approach-to-starving-tumors-of-nucleotides</link>
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      <title>Vykat caveat: Neurocrine’s $2.9B Soleno bid low-ball? </title>
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        <![CDATA[A proposal to buy out Soleno Therapeutics Inc. didn’t wait for European approval of Vykat XR (diazoxide choline) to treat hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome, as Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. is putting on the table $53 per share in cash, which equates to an equity value of $2.9 billion.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730115</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730115-vykat-caveat-neurocrines-29b-soleno-bid-low-ball</link>
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      <title>LHON updates: Gene therapy progress; idebenone receives US CRL </title>
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        <![CDATA[Chiesi Group’s idebenone faced a regulatory setback last month after the U.S. FDA issued a complete response letter (CRL) to the company’s NDA for Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), a rare inherited disorder that causes sudden vision loss.But a chance missed for Chiesi may be an opportunity for gene therapies, including Gensight Biologics SA’s lenadogene nolparvovec (Lumevoq; GS-010).]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730074</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730074-lhon-updates-gene-therapy-progress-idebenone-receives-us-crl</link>
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      <title>Wegovy pricing deal offers UK reimbursement for heart disease</title>
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        <![CDATA[Wegovy (semaglutide) has passed the notoriously strict cost-effectiveness scrutiny of the U.K. health technology assessment body and will now be reimbursed for the prevention of further serious cardiovascular events in people who have had a heart attack or stroke, or are diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/729982</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Five-drug VIPOR regimen shows promise in aggressive blood cancer </title>
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        <![CDATA[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.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/729980-five-drug-vipor-regimen-shows-promise-in-aggressive-blood-cancer</link>
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        <media:description type="plain">Before (top) and after (bottom) treatment with VIPOR. Full-body and cross-sectional PET scans of a patient show large lymphoma tumors (circled in red) that have disappeared with treatment. Credit: Center for Cancer Research/National Cancer Institute</media:description>
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      <title>Lilly’s Foundayo enters oral GLP-1 obesity market with speedy FDA nod</title>
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        <![CDATA[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.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/729976-lillys-foundayo-enters-oral-glp-1-obesity-market-with-speedy-fda-nod</link>
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      <title>Lilly taps Insilico AI in $2.75B deal to expand pipeline options</title>
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        <![CDATA[Eli Lilly and Co. is deepening its investment in artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery through a multibillion-dollar expansion of its collaboration with Hong-Kong listed Insilico Medicine Inc. in a move that could broaden its reach into next-generation metabolic therapies. Under the deal terms, Insilico is eligible to receive $115 million up front, plus development, regulatory, and commercial milestone payments worth $2.75 billion, in addition to sales-based royalties. In exchange, Lilly gains exclusive global rights to develop and commercialize multiple candidates generated using Insilico’s AI platform, including preclinical oral therapies.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730091</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730091-lilly-taps-insilico-ai-in-275b-deal-to-expand-pipeline-options</link>
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      <title>Otsuka to acquire PTSD drugmaker Transcend in $1.2B deal </title>
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        <![CDATA[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.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730090</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730090-otsuka-to-acquire-ptsd-drugmaker-transcend-in-12b-deal</link>
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      <title>Korea roundup: Alteogen, Celltrion lead biotech deals</title>
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        <![CDATA[Subcutaneous formulation technology, microbiomes and oncological assets drove dealmaking in South Korea’s biotech sector this week.&nbsp;]]>
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      <guid>http://www.bioworld.com/articles/730087</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.bioworld.com/articles/730087-korea-roundup-alteogen-celltrion-lead-biotech-deals</link>
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        <media:title type="plain">Seo Jin-seok of Celltrion (right) with Ko Kwang-pyo of Kobiolabs (left)</media:title>
        <media:description type="plain">Seo Jin-seok, CEO, Celltrion (right) with Ko Kwang-pyo, founder and CEO, Kobiolabs (left).</media:description>
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