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Inflammation

Finding The Fire: AltruBio’s Novel Approach To Autoimmune Disease

CEO Judy Chou brings big pharma experience to tackle chronic inflammation with the company's first-in-class PSGL-1 targeting therapy.

Degron Eyes Deals For Novel Molecular Glue Degrader Assets

Pursuing first-in-class molecular glue degraders using undruggable targets could eventually help Degron Therapeutics land sizable asset-based deals, CEO Lily Zou tells Scrip.

Sanofi Bid For Second COPD Approval Hurt By Mixed Itepekimab Data

One Phase III trial hits but a second study misses by a mile.

Leaders At The Frontier: Conversations From SynBioBeta 2025

Mini-profiles of five synthetic biology companies and their leaders from SynBioBeta 2025 reveal how AI integration, data-driven platforms and interdisciplinary teams are revolutionizing drug discovery and manufacturing.

‘Unprecedented’ Data Lift AstraZeneca’s Ambitions For Airsupra

The company hopes the drug will become the standard of care rescue treatment in asthma.

Protagonist’s Patel: Building A Differentiated Peptide Platform With Strategic Patience

After revolutionizing the peptide therapeutic landscape, CEO Dinesh Patel reflects on the journey from surviving the 2008 financial crisis to developing a platform now poised to deliver back-to-back blockbuster approvals.

Podcast: OSE Immunotherapeutics’ CEO On Ulcerative Colitis Asset

Nicolas Poirier, CEO of French biotech OSE Immunotherapeutics, spoke with In Vivo about the company's anti-IL-7R antibody, lusvertikimab, on the heels of impressive ulcerative colitis data presented at the 2025 European Crohn's and Colitis Organization meeting.

Amgen’s Rare Disease Portfolio Grows With Second Approved Uplizna Indication

The US FDA approved anti-CD19 antibody Uplizna, from Amgen’s $27.8bn purchase of Horizon in 2023, for IgG4-related disease – a larger market than its original NMOSD indication.

AstraZeneca And GSK Put Spotlight On Nasal Polyps Space

Complete datasets on Tezspire and depemokimab caught the eye at the AAAAI/WAO meeting in San Diego and while the AstraZeneca/Amgen drug appears to be more efficacious, the GSK candidate offers greater convenience.

Beyond Biosimilars: Novel Approaches To Treat Wet AMD

Beyond the cost savings of biosimilars, the true evolution in wet AMD treatment is happening by companies developing next-generation therapies that aim to reduce injection burden, introduce novel mechanisms, and potentially alter disease progression.

Gilead Shines Some Light On Its Inflammation Ambitions

CEO Daniel O’Day and EVP-research Flavius Martin highlighted Gilead’s inflammation R&D and dealmaking focus at the recent J.P. Morgan meeting.

Podcast: The Future Of Immunotherapy

In this episode of the In Vivo podcast, Harvard immunologist and co-founder of early-stage biotech Corner Therapeutics, Jonathan Kagan, talks about harnessing the power of the innate immune system by weaponizing dendritic cells and creating immunotherapies that are safer and more durable.