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Japan's biotech moment: A briefing for drug developers, investors and partners
Japan is working to become a top-tier destination for global drug development. A PMDA office in DC, government grants that match venture investment in eligible biotechs and 2026 pricing reforms are all in motion. Hear from senior regulators, company leaders and investors on where things stand. Register now.
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1. Mirum notches first Phase 3 victory for its acquired hepatitis delta treatment
2. White House takes stock of US-based manufacturing for 86 essential drugs
3. Adicet Bio shares promising look at CAR-T for lupus, but stock drops anyway
4. Nonprofits' gene therapy for ultra-rare immune disease will cost $3.25M
5. FDA approves Mirum’s drug for ultra-rare soft tissue disease 
6. AbbVie's next-gen dopamine therapy for Parkinson's gets FDA approval
7. Roche cans muscle-preserving obesity drug, hands it back to Chugai
8. Merck, Daiichi scrap FDA application for B7-H3 ADC in lung cancer
9. Merck licenses a KRAS G12D inhibitor for $400M upfront
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Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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Last week, Endpoints News shared our annual list of the most exciting startups. Take a look at which companies made this year's list, and find highlights from last week's ceremony here.

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Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
Deputy Editor, Endpoints News
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by Max Bayer

Mirum Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals’ re­cent­ly pur­chased chron­ic he­pati­tis delta treat­ment has scored a Phase 3 win, adding mo­men­tum be­hind the com­pa­ny’s pipeline and com­mer­cial fu­ture.

More than...

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by Zachary Brennan

The White House­'s Of­fice of Man­age­ment and Bud­get (OMB) is ask­ing for more in­for­ma­tion on the do­mes­tic pro­duc­tion of 86 es­sen­tial med­i­cines, such as the...

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by Lei Lei Wu

Adicet Bio re­port­edthat its off-the-shelf CAR-T ther­a­py im­proved symp­toms for lu­pus pa­tients in an ear­ly-stage study, and it plans to soon start a piv­otal...

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GLOBAL PHARMA AND BIOTECH SUMMIT - Rewriting the rules of growth, access and innovation - Register now
Drugs worth $180bn in annual revenue are heading off patent, and the industry holds an estimated $1.3tn to fill the gap. Hear how leaders from Novartis, Novo Nordisk and GSK are positioning for what comes next. Register now.
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by Lei Lei Wu

Af­ter win­ning FDA ap­proval at the end of last year, two non­prof­its are now launch­ing their rare im­mune dis­ease gene ther­a­py Waskyra with a list...

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by Nicole DeFeudis

The FDA has ap­proved the third treat­ment for a de­bil­i­tat­ing ge­net­ic dis­ease that turns mus­cle and con­nec­tive tis­sue to bone.

Mirum Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals’ zil­ur­gis­ert­ib, which blocks...

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