FDA May 18, 2026 FDA Cleared Lilly Foundayo in $9.3B Obesity Race Lilly cleared Foundayo on April 1, but the label carries a required post-market trial for four serious risks, including MACE and liver injury. fda
FDA Apr 20, 2026 Novo Targets FDA Filing for Etavopivat After 27% VOC Reduction Etavopivat cut vaso-occlusive crisis rates by 27% in a 385-patient phase 3 trial, and Novo Nordisk is now targeting an FDA submission in the second half of… fda
Deals Apr 18, 2026 UCB Paid $1.15B for Neurona's Single-Dose Epilepsy Cell Therapy UCB paid up to $650m upfront, with up to $500m in future milestones, to buy Neurona Therapeutics in a deal valued at up to $1.15bn. deals
Deals Apr 18, 2026 Raised $625M at $16 a Share, Kailera Tops Moderna's 2018 IPO Record Kailera Therapeutics priced just under 40 million shares at $16 apiece Friday, pulling in $625 million on its Nasdaq debut under KLRA. deals
Deals Apr 17, 2026 Kailera Prices $625M IPO, Largest Biotech Since Moderna Kailera Therapeutics priced its IPO at $625m, or $16 a share, on April 16 — at the top of its S-1 range and one of the largest biotech public offerings… deals
Deals Apr 17, 2026 Priced at $16, Kailera Raises $625M in Largest Biotech IPO Since 2018 Kailera Therapeutics priced its IPO at $16 a share Friday, raising $625 million, the largest biotech public offering in recent memory, topping Moderna's… deals
FDA Apr 15, 2026 FDA Cleared Foundayo With 3 Postmarketing Safety Study Requirements FDA cleared Foundayo, Eli Lilly's oral GLP-1 pill for obesity, on April 1, but the approval letter lists three postmarketing requirements tied to what the… fda
FDA Apr 13, 2026 FDA Cleared Foundayo; Lilly Pre-Stocked $1.5B Before Approval FDA cleared Foundayo eight days ago, and Eli Lilly was ready: the company pre-stocked $1.5 billion worth of the pill back in February, months before… fda
Deals Apr 10, 2026 Novo Loses GLP-1 Pioneer Lotte Bjerre Knudsen to Retirement Novo Nordisk is losing a key obesity figure. deals
FDA Apr 8, 2026 Lilly Foundayo Clears FDA; Novo's Oral Holds 5-Point Lead Lilly's oral obesity pill approved but trails Novo on weight loss. Pharma's M&A sprint added $7.9B in deals and Trump's tariffs landed with carveouts. fda
FDA Apr 7, 2026 Novo Nordisk's 7.2 mg Wegovy Hits US Shelves at Triple the Standard Dose Novo Nordisk's 7.2 mg Wegovy is now available in the US, tripling the standard 2.4 mg dose in a direct bid to reclaim ground lost to Lilly's Zepbound. fda
Deals Apr 6, 2026 Anthropic Pays $400M for a 10-Person Ghost Company Anthropic is paying ~$400M for Coefficient Bio, a sub-10-person stealth startup. The price signals how expensive life sciences AI talent has become. deals
FDA Apr 5, 2026 Novo Fires Back at Lilly's Foundayo With Competing Efficacy Data Novo Nordisk published rival efficacy data the day after FDA approved Lilly's oral obesity pill Foundayo — but no head-to-head trial exists to back the claims. fda
FDA Apr 5, 2026 FDA Clears 7.2mg Wegovy HD for Novo Nordisk in 54-Day Sprint FDA cleared Novo Nordisk's 7.2mg Wegovy HD in 54 days under its national priority program, pushing the GLP-1's efficacy ceiling higher. fda