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December 15, 2025
BioCentury’s FDA survey reflects an industry in distress

Politicization of leadership, volatility and uncertainty cast a long shadow over investor and drug developer sentiment

Regulation

Up next for KRAS: An advancing wave of G12D-targeting programs 

More than 20 programs launched in the past year as companies race to drug the most common KRAS mutation

Product Development

Kelonia data build confidence around in vivo CAR Ts at ASH 2025

Company reports efficacy in multiple myeloma as the pipeline of in vivo CAR Ts grows larger and more diverse

Product Development

After huge day, more follow-ons lift week’s total to nearly $4.5B: Public Equity Report

Plus: More companies queue up for Hong Kong listings as Shanghai Bao enjoys first-day stock bump

Finance

Product Development

BeOne strengthens its BTK position at ASH 

BeOne reports six-year data from Brukinsa in front-line CLL and early results from a BTK degrader that anchors a broader protein degradation strategy

Kymera readout hints at new era for degraders in immunology

Oral STAT6 program shows biologics-like biomarker activity in Phase Ib atopic dermatitis study, sending biotech’s shares up 42%

AC Immune’s Parkinson’s vaccine advances on promising biomarker profile

A coherent suite of α-synuclein, NfL, GFAP and DaT-SPECT findings points to the possibility of disease modification

Front Row with BioCentury: Inside the turbulent ride of cell and gene therapy

Headwinds have dampened momentum, yet the underlying scientific potential remains as compelling as ever

ASH 2025: New Btk modalities advance in B cell malignancies

Non-covalent molecules move into treatment-naive patients, while degraders provide an option to combat resistance

Structure back in oral GLP-1 race with strong Phase IIb data

Aleniglipron shows up to 15% weight loss, but tolerability remains key question

Emerging Company Profile

Bexorg: Rethinking CNS drug discovery with whole-human-brain model

Yale spinout launches AI-integrated, whole-brain perfusion platform to de-risk CNS therapies

Editor's Commentary

Makary’s embrace of ideology, conspiracies puts FDA at risk: A Perspective

Because the FDA commissioner is making regulatory decisions, his views about scientific evidence are concerning

Data Byte

EMA’s CHMP backs new medicines from Hansoh, Cytokinetics 

Five new drugs and vaccines recommended at committee’s December meeting

Lilly’s triple agonist contender for best-in-class weight loss

Retatrutide’s 26.6% weight loss is the most yet at 68 weeks, perhaps too much for some patients

Discovery & Translation

Science Spotlight: Chinese researchers advance PROTAC design

BioCentury’s translational roundup also highlights a drawback of strong PD-1 inhibition, Neovacs’ allergy vaccine, and a female inflammation driver

Politics, Policy & Law

Defense bill’s China, biotech research provisions likely to have limited impact

Biosecure 2.0, FIGHT China Act intend to reduce reliance on Chinese biotechs

Critical funding for U.S. biotechs caught in congressional stalemate

Dispute over reforms has prevented Congress from reauthorizing the SBIR/STTR programs

Finance

China innovators D3 Bio, Sanegene each draw $100M+ rounds: Venture Report

Plus: Long-acting obesity therapeutics play Prolynx draws $70M series A, 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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