BioCentury

Current Editions

June 1, 2026
Take your head out of the sand on China: a Perspective

If half the time spent on hysteria about China went to competing on merits, biotechs and patients would be much better served

Editor's Commentary

Pharma CEO silence is complicity in the destruction of U.S. science

Why leaders of the U.S.’s biggest drug companies should use their influence to stop a ruinous proposal

Editor's Commentary

Playing defense is a losing strategy: The U.S. needs an offensive biopharma plan

The U.S. still leads in biopharma innovation. Defensive policy alone will lose it 

Guest Commentary

Product Development

Post-IPO, Kailera looks beyond obesity to MASH

KAI-4729 adds Kailera and Hengrui to a growing MASH pipeline testing whether glucagon agonism can enhance incretin therapy’s liver benefit

Data Byte

Busy June at FDA with 11 upcoming PDUFA dates

At least eight new products and three new indications await decisions

EMA's CHMP backs four new medicines at May meeting

Oral Wegovy for obesity headlines 11 recommended label extensions

Discovery & Translation

Science Spotlight: Silencing seizures by fixing gene mutations

BioCentury’s translational roundup also includes a method to restore tertiary lymphoid structures in lung cancer, and papers from six newcos

Politics, Policy & Law

Three decades in biotech: Richard Pops on policy, drug pricing and leadership

Alkermes CEO on how policy, economics shape drug development, from the IRA to MFN and beyond

Deals

Blackstone backs Apogee’s atopic dermatitis therapy as it heads to Phase III

Deal for up to $1.3B accompanies new data showing efficacy signal for long-acting anti-IL-13 molecule

Covering 12 oncology programs, Pfizer deal is Innovent’s latest step toward global goals

China-based innovator receives $650M up front, aims to co-commercialize more programs globally in wake of 2025 Takeda deal

Finance

Cardiovascular in-licensing play Kardigan looking for quick path to IPO: Finance Report

Plus: Editas’ follow-on, Clearnote’s series D and more

Biopharma Stock Performers

Use BioCentury's interactive dashboard to view top-performing biopharma stocks for the day and the week.

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