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1. Pfizer cuts final Trillium-related program, but R&D spend jumps on cancer, obesity studies
2. Exclusive: One cancer survivor's super poop is behind microbiome startup's $48M raise
3. Madrigal extends MASH deal streak with Arrowhead drug that J&J didn't want
4. J&J's IBD combo fails Phase 2 studies, but will move into pivotal testing
5. Swiss manufacturing, biotech industry so far unfazed by geopolitics
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Second life for a gene therapy; Takeda passes Phase 2/3 test; UK cancer biotech's $83M raise
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9. Exclusive: FDA search for new CBER head focused on small group of final candidates
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Karen Weintraub
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Super poop might be the answer to cancer immunotherapy’s inconsistent benefits. Startup Kanvas Biosciences has managed to package dozens of microbes into a single pill it hopes will spread the therapy’s benefits. Endpoints’ Ryan Cross has the details here.

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Karen Weintraub
Deputy Editor, Endpoints News
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by Max Bayer

Pfiz­er has dis­con­tin­ued the fi­nal clin­i­cal study stem­ming from its 2021 ac­qui­si­tion of Tril­li­um Ther­a­peu­tics, fun­nel­ing cash pri­mar­i­ly to­ward a host of oth­er can­cer and...

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Kanvas Biosciences' imaging technology applied to a mouse colon allows scientists to detect how genes are expressed by different microbes (Courtesy Kanvas)
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by Ryan Cross

Sci­en­tists try­ing to un­der­stand why can­cer im­munother­a­py works so well for some pa­tients and not oth­ers have found a po­ten­tial an­swer in one can­cer sur­vivor's...

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by Kyle LaHucik

Madri­gal Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals has made its fourth MASH deal in 10 months, fur­ther sig­nal­ing its am­bi­tions to be not just the first drug­mak­er for the fat­ty...

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by Max Gelman

John­son & John­son will move a treat­ment for in­flam­ma­to­ry bow­el dis­ease in­to Phase 3 stud­ies de­spite the ther­a­py's fail­ure in two mid-stage tri­als.

The com­pa­ny...

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Swiss Biotech Day 2026 (Anna Brown for Endpoints News)