GSK said it will acquire a 100% equity stake in Canadian clinical-stage biotech 35Pharma for $950 million in cash, securing rights to the latter's lead asset — an activin signalling inhibitor (ASI) being developed for pulmonary hypertension (PH). "We're delighted to add HS235 to our pipeline, a potential best-in-class medicine with a differentiated profile to reduce risk of bleeding and provide potential metabolic benefits clinically relevant to PH patients," said Tony Wood, chief scientific of

February 24, 2026 – Jnana Therapeutics,a clinical-stage biotechnology company leveraging its next-generation RAPID chemoproteomics platform, announces the achievement of a second pre-clinical milestone from its first collaboration agreement with Roche (SIX:RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY).Jnana has advanced a Roche-partnered immune program to an additional pre-clinical milestone, triggering a milestone payment to Jnana and handover to Roche. This is a first-in-class small molecule that uniquely inhibits a

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced positive top-line results from the ongoing, ex-US, Phase 2 registrational study (NCT05664737) evaluating Reblozyl® (luspatercept-aamt) versus placebo for anemia in adults with Alpha (α)-Thalassemia. The non‑transfusion‑dependent (NTD) and transfusion‑dependent (TD) cohorts of the study met their respective primary endpoints, with Reblozyl demonstrating a statistically significant and clinically meaningful increase in hemoglobin levels in NTD patie

Feb. 24, 2026 -- Antengene Corporation Limited ( "Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK) , a leading innovative, commercial-stage global biotech company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class and/or best-in-class medicines for autoimmune diseases, solid tumors and hematological malignancies, announced that it has entered into a clinical collaboration agreement with Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd ("Junshi Biosciences", SEHK: 1877.HK; SSE: 688180). Under the collaborati

The first two China-to-West licensing deals of the Chinese New Year have landed. GSK will again return to the world’s most bustling biopharma dealmaking region with a two-siRNA pact with Frontier Biotechnologies for undisclosed immunological diseases. Meanwhile, a new UK and US biotech called Solstice Oncology has been formed around an anti-CTLA-4 asset from Harbour BioMed, a multinational biotech that has done deals with AstraZeneca and a handful of other drugmakers. Each deal could be worth

Gilead is buying the global rights to an oral cancer drug from Genhouse Bio, a China-based biotech that filed for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last month. The California drugmaker is dishing out $80 million upfront for GH31, a MAT2A-targeted synthetic lethality drug for select solid tumors. MAT2A plays a role in metabolic regulation and can be overexpressed in cancer cells. Genhouse could get up to $1.45 billion in biobucks, the company announced Friday on WeChat. A Gilead spokespers

Feb. 11, 2026 -- Suzhou Ribo Life Science Co., Ltd. (HKEX: 06938) ("Ribo") and its subsidiary Ribocure Pharmaceuticals AB ("Ribocure") today announced that they have entered into an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDGL) ("Madrigal") for six pre-clinical small interfering RNA (siRNA) programs for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). The collaboration will utilize Ribo's validated liver targeting siRNA GalST

February 10, 2026. Sanofi today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Dynavax Technologies Corporation (Dynavax). The acquisition includes Dynavax’s adult hepatitis B vaccine HEPLISAV-B, which is currently marketed in the US and is differentiated by its two-dose regimen over one month. It also includes Dynavax’s shingles vaccine candidate (Z-1018), which is currently in phase 1/2 studies, and additional vaccine pipeline projects. This acquisition augments Sanofi’s presence in adult

Feb. 10, 2026 -- Insilico Medicine ("Insilico", 03696.HK), a clinical-stage biotechnology company driven by generative artificial intelligence (AI), China Medical System Holdings Limited ("CMS", 867.HK/8A8.SG), an open-platform innovative company linking pharmaceutical innovation and commercialization with strong product lifecycle management capability, today announced a series of AI‑empowered drug discovery collaborations across multiple projects in the fields of central nervous system and auto

Feb. 10, 2026 -- BaseLaunch, a platform partnering with scientists and entrepreneurs to launch, fund, and build early biotech ventures, announced today the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has joined the Basel-based incubator, bringing the total number of leading pharma company partners to seven. Since its inception almost a decade ago, BaseLaunch has supported 27 biotech companies across various modalities and indications, with several of them having entered Phase II clinical trials. Adding Pfizer