13 October 2025 Delivers on all four of President Trump's requests reducing cost of medicines Preserves America's role as a global powerhouse in biopharmaceuticals innovation AstraZeneca to invest $50bn in manufacturing and R&D to support domestic sourcing AstraZeneca today announces a historic agreement with President Donald J. Trump's administration to lower the cost of prescription medicines for American patients while preserving America's cutting-edge biopharmaceutical innovation. At a lan

Shareholders to Receive $54 Per Share in Cash and CVR of $6 Per Share Advances Akero’s Mission of Bringing Novel Therapies to Patients with High Unmet Medical Needs Oct. 09, 2025 -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (“Akero”) (Nasdaq: AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic diseases marked by high unmet medical need, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Novo Nordisk A/S (“Novo Nordisk”) for

Oct. 09, 2025 -- Children’s National Hospital and the Gilbert Family Foundation today announced a new $8 million, five-year grant to support groundbreaking research on neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The grant, which is part of Gilbert Family Foundation’s Brain Tumor Initiative (BTI), will accelerate investigations aimed at improving the lives of children and young adults affected by this genetic condition. NF1 affects approximately 1 in 2,500 births each year. It causes potentially deadly ne

Oct. 10, 2025 Data from first cohort of five participants suggest an acceptable safety profile for AB-1003 in participants with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) 2I/R9, with no dose-limiting toxicities or serious adverse events reported up to 52 weeks post-treatment Based on these data, the Data Safety Monitoring Board recommended advancing to the second cohort, announced earlier in 2025 AskBio Inc. (AskBio), a gene therapy company wholly owned and independently operated as a subsidiary

Oct. 07, 2025 -- Jade Biosciences, Inc. (“the Company” or “Jade”), (Nasdaq: JBIO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing best-in-class therapies for autoimmune diseases, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement for a private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) financing that is expected to result in gross proceeds of approximately $135 million to the Company, before placement agent fees and offering expenses. The PIPE financing included p

EMA approval covers study sites in Germany and Poland as part of the Company’s global Phase 2 RENEW trial Trial will evaluate LTI-03, a first-in-class therapy designed to both reduce lung scarring and promote repair Oct. 09, 2025 -- Rein Therapeutics ("Rein") (NASDAQ: RNTX), a biopharmaceutical company advancing a novel pipeline of first-in-class medicines to address significant unmet medical needs in orphan pulmonary and fibrosis indications, today announced that it has received authorization

Oct. 09, 2025 -- Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDTX), a biotechnology company using its proprietary Cloudbreak® platform to develop drug-Fc conjugate (DFC) therapeutics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for CD388 for prevention of influenza A and B in adults and adolescents who are at higher risk of influenza complications due to underlying immunodeficiency, are at higher risk of severe influenza despite influenza

Exclusive collaboration and license agreement for the development and global commercialisation of Arbor’s clinical-stage gene editing programme, ABO-101 for primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) Multitarget research collaboration and option agreement for Arbor’s innovative gene editing technologies for the development of additional rare liver disease targets Arbor eligible to receive up to $115M in upfront and near-term payments, along with $2B in potential development, regulatory and commercial mi

Werewolf Therapeutics Receives Fast Track Designation from the U.S. FDA for WTX-124, an Investigational Therapy for the Treatment of Cancer Fast Track Designation underscores the promise of Werewolf’s INDUKINE™ platform Oct. 08, 2025 -- Werewolf Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Werewolf”) (Nasdaq: HOWL), pioneering the development of therapeutics engineered to stimulate the body’s immune system for the treatment of cancer and other immune-mediated conditions, today announced that the Compa

RJVA-002 achieved ~30% weight loss at five weeks in a translational obesity model; weight loss not yet plateaued Preclinical results show that a single point-in-time treatment with RJVA-002 has the potential to achieve significant weight loss that can match or exceed best-in-class chronic drug therapy Oct. 07, 2025 -- Fractyl Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GUTS) (the Company), a metabolic therapeutics company focused on pattern-breaking approaches to treat the root causes of obesity and type 2 diabete