Immunology
Deal Snapshot: The French drugmaker gains rights to the anti-CD19xBCMAxCD3 candidate, which is designed to have the benign safety profile considered especially important in immunology.
The drug is the first oral IL-23 receptor antagonist to clear the US FDA. Johnson & Johnson and partner Protagonist Therapeutics are banking on its convenience as well as efficacy and safety to make the drug competitive.
Celltrion has added a subcutaneous formulation to its Avtozma biosimilar in the US, completing a dual-presentation strategy aimed at matching Actemra and improving uptake in a market where biosimilar penetration has so far remained limited.
So far this year, four drug candidates have secured a place on the European Medicines Agency’s priority medicines scheme for promising treatments for unmet medical needs.
As immune-system science attracts record capital and scientific talent, five companies at the vanguard of the field reveal a shared conviction: the immunome is the organizing principle of human health. The harder question is how to build a business around it.
Qilu’s bifunctional combo of PD-1 and CTLA-4 antibodies hits its marks in a Phase III cervical cancer trial, while Lynk’s JAK1 inhibitor logs similar win in atopic dermatitis.
Deal Snapshot: By paying Sino Biopharm up to $1.5bn, Sanofi appears to planning for its new Chinese partner’s JAK/ROCK inhibitor rovadicitinib to pick up where its own Rezurock left off in first-line, chronic graft-versus-host disease.
The US FDA gave priority review to the JAK1/TYK2 inhibitor, moving the Roivant company’s potential launch date from early 2027 to September 2026.
The agency has given Sanofi and Regeneron's IL-4/IL-13 inhibitor the green light for allergic fungal rhinosinusitis.
Dr Reddy’s remains on track for a potential late 2026 US approval for its proposed biosimilar to Orencia (abatacept), after the company’s BLA filing was accepted for review.
While Viridian awaits a US FDA approval decision for veligrotug in thyroid eye disease by June 30, the company will report the first Phase III data for a subcutaneous version, among other 2026 pipeline updates.
Deal Snapshot: Eli Lilly is the latest big pharma player to explore the potential of interleukin-6 in an multi-million dollar agreement with troubled Australian firm CSL.











