Platform Technologies

Buoyed by the milestone AbbVie deal, Glenmark expects to “pay down” its debt and is also changing certain legacy practices as it seeks to ascend the value chain to become more of a branded company.

New York biotech OS Therapies reported 75% two-year survival in an osteosarcoma trial of its immunotherapy, OST-HER2. Leadership is targeting early 2026 approvals across three continents for what is the first new osteosarcoma treatment in 40 years.

Pharmaceutical companies are creating collaborative AI platforms that simulate drug trials, accelerate discovery and democratize access to proprietary datasets.

Lilly Gateway Labs, the big pharma’s biotech start-up accelerator, opened a San Diego site. LGL offers early access to new drug and diagnostic technologies that Lilly may eventually license.

From solving delivery challenges for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to pioneering the next generation of programmable medicines, the 2025 Rising Leader provides mid-career reflections.

MBX Biosciences uses its Precision Endocrine Peptide (PEP) platform to create hormone therapeutics with improved efficacy, durability and tolerability in rare diseases and obesity.

Despite limited evidence of commercial impact, pharmaceutical companies are making massive strategic investments in AI biologics platforms. The question isn't whether the technology shows promise; it's whether that promise can translate to measurable business results.

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.

Beam presented data from three more patients than during its last update for BEAM-101, showing stem cell engraftment and efficacy consistent with the first four patients.

Deal Snapshot: Genentech will pay $40m up front and in the near term, with milestone fees of up to $900m-plus, to use COUR’s tolerogenic nanoparticle treatments in an undisclosed autoimmune disease.

Deal Snapshot: Novo is partnering with Ascendis on less frequently dosed drugs for metabolic diseases, committing up to $285m for a lead program, a once-monthly GLP-1 receptor agonist.

Deal Snapshot: Boehringer Ingelheim will work to develop a cyclin inhibitor that can stop cancer cell growth, using Circle’s macrocycle platform.