Biotech


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    GondolaBio gives new meaning to ‘sweat equity’ in rare R&D

    Instead of investing cash, Children’s Tumor Foundation is offering its clinical expertise and scientific infrastructure in exchange for an equity stake in GondolaBio’s preclinical drug program.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Nov. 10, 2026
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    Could new US rules on China biotech investments give Europe an edge?

    Treasury’s proposed COINS Act regulations could complicate U.S.-backed NewCos, potentially giving European drugmakers more room to pursue Chinese assets.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Nov. 9, 2026
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    Tech for Clinical Trials

    Companies that utilize these emerging technologies wisely are likely to find an edge in the increasingly competitive drug development arena.

    By PharmaVoice staff
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    How can we build trust in model-driven manufacturing?

    Predict, optimize and act sooner with model-driven bioprocessing.

    By Martin Ball, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Automation and Digital, Cytiva • Nov. 9, 2026
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    The end of MAHA?; Inovio’s big FDA win

    American voters turned their noses up at MAHA-aligned candidates this week; Inovio won a breakthrough nod for a DNA-based therapy.

    By PharmaVoice Staff • Nov. 6, 2026
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    Ramaswamy’s biotech baggage haunted his political run

    A pivotal Alzheimer’s trial tied to Vivek Ramaswamy’s political rise is a tale of failed endpoints.

    By Sy Mukherjee • Nov. 5, 2026
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    A push for speedier drug approvals doesn’t promise smooth market sailing

    Investors and payers sometimes balk at drugs approved on an accelerated pathway. Here’s how pharma can de-risk these medications while they’re still in development.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Nov. 4, 2026
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    Anthropic’s historic IPO; Akeso’s big clinical showing

    Anthropic is setting the stage for the largest IPO in history and Akeso has been touting its latest positive results for its buzzy bispecific.

    By PharmaVoice Staff • Oct. 30, 2026
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    What 3 multibillion dollar biotechs still have to prove

    Summit, Abivax and Viking have lofty valuations but no FDA-approved products. Each faces a different test of its clinical promise and commercial potential.

    By • Oct. 27, 2026
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    MS has plenty of drugs. This Ocrevus veteran sees what’s missing.

    After helping launch a blockbuster Roche and Genentech therapy, Erik Lundgren is betting Immunic's experimental drug can address persistent gaps in MS care, with pivotal trial results approaching.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Oct. 26, 2026
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    Bioprocessing observability: why real-time monitoring matters

    What is bioprocess observability? See how real-time monitoring improves process control.

    By Martin Ball, Senior product marketing manager, automation and digital • Oct. 26, 2026
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    Drug discovery is speeding up. But clinical trials are buckling under their own weight.

    A growing pipeline is colliding with tougher recruitment, more demanding protocols and trial operations struggling to keep pace — and AI alone can’t fix it.

    By Sy Mukherjee • Oct. 22, 2026
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    A CEO, an ex-CDC director and an ex-FDA commissioner walk into a biotech…

    Dr. Robert Redfield and Dr. Stephen Hahn came aboard Turn Therapeutics this year to help the clinical-stage company develop a platform that could one day change how vaccines are delivered.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Oct. 21, 2026
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    Biotech is booming — and startups are still dying

    Despite an uptick in dealmaking and IPOs, a selective funding market and scientific setbacks are still pushing some biotechs to the brink.

    By • Oct. 19, 2026
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    Hype vs. reality: What pharma’s hottest R&D bets have actually proved

    New types of bispecifics, ADCs and CAR-Ts are still proving themselves in the clinic — pharma’s betting billions anyway.

    By Sy Mukherjee • Oct. 15, 2026
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    Q&A // Biotech Spotlight

    A new startup takes aim at a suspected culprit in autoimmune disease

    Ai3Bio recently emerged from stealth with preclinical programs aimed at what it believes could be a root cause of autoimmune conditions: diseased T cells.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Oct. 14, 2026
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    Top pharma industry conferences in 2027

    Where pharma and biotech leaders will converge to network, share ideas and potentially strike deals.

    By • Oct. 6, 2026
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    The next frontier in obesity drugs: lasting weight loss

    Alveus, Lilly, Viking and Amgen are testing maintenance strategies as durability becomes a bigger focus in obesity R&D.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Oct. 6, 2026
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    Roche’s AI lab; Biohaven’s pivotal pause

    Roche announced it's building autonomous AI-powered labs; how a clinical hold on an epilepsy trial could impact Biohaven

    By PharmaVoice Staff • Oct. 2, 2026
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    Are psychedelics as effective as trials suggest?

    Patients often know when they’ve received a psychedelic, potentially distorting trial results. Researchers are testing new ways to make those studies more reliable.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Oct. 1, 2026
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    Beam sues 2 biotechs, alleging theft of base editing trade secrets

    Beam claimed a former scientist stole confidential information and quietly spun up a rival rare disease treatment at YolTech Therapeutics. Serapha Bio, which licensed that therapy, denies the charges. 

    By Gwendolyn Wu • Sept. 30, 2026
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    Epilepsy R&D is breaking out of its old playbook

    Genetic medicines and more selective small molecules are finally pushing the field toward new mechanisms — and potentially disease-modifying treatments.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • Sept. 29, 2026
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    Nimbus used AI to help develop Takeda’s $4B psoriasis bet. Here’s where it’s taking the tech next

    Nimbus Therapeutics’ head of R&D dishes on what’s next in AI-enabled drug discovery, years after Takeda completed its zasocitinib acquisition.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Sept. 25, 2026
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    Basecamp raises $140M before the clinic; J&J and Compass’ potential rivalry

    Some of the biggest news and trends captured in PharmaVoice’s newsletter this week. Sign up here to receive the newsletter daily. Another big AI haul Investors are still lining up to back AI drug developers before their candidates reach human trials. Basecamp Research...

    By PharmaVoice Staff • Sept. 25, 2026
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    A norovirus breakthrough?; another women’s healthtech haul

    Yale researchers untangled norovirus RNA and Evvy just pulled in $40 million for precision medicine in women's health.

    By PharmaVoice Staff • Sept. 18, 2026
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    A dark horse in the orexin race?

    As the orexin competition heats up in the neuroscience space, Harmony Biosciences is developing an early-stage asset it believes could have an edge over rivals.

    By • Sept. 18, 2026