Jan. 23, 2026 -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Astria Therapeutics, Inc., initially announced on October 14, 2025. The transaction strengthens its position as a leader in hereditary angioedema (HAE) and enhances the company’s long-term growth trajectory. BioCryst adds navenibart, a late-stage, long-acting plasma kallikrein inhibitor currently in Phase 3 clinical development, to its HAE portfolio. The potential to be the f

Curant Rare today announced a strategic collaboration with Cencora, a global pharmaceutical solutions organization, that aims to provide pharmaceutical companies developing rare disease therapies with an integrated solution to support the commercialization of their products. “The goal of this collaboration is to transform the way Rare and Orphan therapies are introduced to market, ensuring they reach the patients who need them most.” -Patrick Dunham, CEO and Co-Founder of Curant Health Rare di

AstraZeneca has agreed to purchase AbelZeta’s 50% stake in the China development and commercialisation rights for C-CAR031. The acquisition gives AstraZeneca full global control over the development, manufacturing, and commercialisation of the therapy. AbelZeta will receive up to $630m from AstraZeneca, including upfront payments and milestone fees for the GPC3 programme in China. AstraZeneca previously held rights to C-CAR031 outside of China. AbelZeta remains eligible for additional milesto

Agenus has completed a $141m strategic collaboration with Zydus Lifesciences to accelerate the global development and potential commercialisation of its botensilimab and balstilimab (BOT/BAL) immunotherapy combination programme. The collaboration secures funding and sustained biologics manufacturing capacity in the US for Agenus, supporting clinical development, early access initiatives, and future commercial production. Under the agreement, Agenus has provided Zydus with exclusive rights to d

NeuraLight, the leader in developing precision brain function measures, and Teitur Trophics ApS, a pioneering biotech company developing first-in-class therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that they have entered into a collaboration granting Teitur Trophics access to NeuraLight’s brain function biomarker platform for use in its upcoming clinical trial of TT-P34 in Parkinson’s disease. NeuraLight’s platform provides precise, actionable measures of brain function. The plat

Jan. 20, 2026 -- Syngene International, a global contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDMO), today announced the extension of its long-standing strategic collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb through 2035. The expanded agreement broadens the scope of integrated services across the drug development lifecycle spanning discovery (chemistry, biology, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics), translational sciences, pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, clinical tri

Jan. 15, 2026 -- Stablepharma Limited, specialists in thermostable formulations, today announced a development and option-to-license agreement with AFT Pharmaceuticals to develop a portfolio of fridge-free sterile injectable medicines, initially targeting anti-infective and oncology treatments in a total global market valued at over USD 6 billion. Stablepharma will apply its proprietary stabilisation technology, initially focused on vaccines, to non-vaccine sterile injectables that currently r

Supports capital-efficient expansion of the SLS009 clinical program into frontline AML, enabling broader U.S. and European patient enrollment U.S. enrollment evaluating SLS009 in combination with AZA/VEN in newly diagnosed AML with high-risk features is planned for Q1 2026, with European enrollment anticipated in Q2 2026 Jan. 14, 2026 -- SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLS) (“SELLAS’’ or the “Company”), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of nov

Jan. 12, 2026 -- PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), developer of the world's most advanced sequencing technologies, today announced plans to pursue a strategic collaboration with the n-Lorem Foundation and EspeRare that we believe will position long-read whole-genome sequencing as enabling infrastructure to support the development of individualized antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapies for ultra-rare genetic diseases. Under the proposed collaboration, PacBio will provide its scientific expertise, and

$11 million in proceeds expected to be received during 2026, with remainder of expected proceeds to be received in future revenue earnouts Vivasure Medical Limited (“Vivasure”) has been a strategic holding of Orchestra BioMed since the Company’s formation Jan. 12, 2026 -- Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OBIO, “Orchestra BioMed” or the “Company”), a biomedical innovation company accelerating high-impact technologies to patients through risk-reward sharing partnerships, today announced