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Royal Philips has launched Verida, a detector-based spectral CT fully powered by AI, at RSNA 2025, with availability in select markets beginning in 2026
Verida integrates AI across the entire imaging chain to deliver high-quality spectral & high-definition images with minimal noise, while enabling significant dose reductions & reducing energy use by ~45%
Verida reconstructs…
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Ascletis Pharma has selected ASC37 tablets (PO), a GLP-1R/GIPR/GCGR triple peptide agonist, as a clinical development candidate
ASC37, utilizing Ascletis’ POTENT tech, showed an average of 4.2% absolute oral bioavailability, higher than semaglutide, tirzepatide, & retatrutide in oral SNAC formulations, & ~57-fold greater AUC vs retatrutide (PO) in NHP studies, with an observed t½ of…
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Imugene has entered into a co-development collaboration with JW Therapeutics to evaluate Imugene's oncolytic virus CF33-CD19 (onCARlytics) & JW's Carteyva for pts with advanced solid tumors
The company will jointly perform preclinical in vitro & in vivo studies & will advance the combination to a P-I investigator-initiated trial conducted exclusively at CAR-T clinical centers…
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Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals has initiated a P-III (GRADUAL-3) study of bofanglutide (GZR18) in adults with obesity or overweight
The trial will assess the safety & efficacy of bofanglutide (SC, Q4W) in obese or overweight pts for 24wks., while evaluating the change and the percentage change from baseline in body weight at 24wk. as…
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The Chinese NMPA has approved Pecondle (picankibart) for the treatment of mod. to sev. plaque psoriasis (PsO) in adults who are candidates for systematic therapy
Approval was supported by the P-III (CLEAR-1) trial in Chinese pts with mod. to sev. PsO, where picankibart demonstrated significantly higher PASI 90 (1EP; 80.3% vs 2%) & sPGA 0/1…
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Innocare has dosed the first patient in the global P-II trial of Soficitinib (ICP-332) for the treatment of pts with prurigo nodularis in China
Soficitinib was also evaluated in the P-II trial for mod. to sev. atopic dermatitis, which showed superior efficacy & favorable safety, with data presented at the AAD’25
Soficitinib, a selective…
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The Japanese PMDA has received NDA for Leqembi SC autoinjector to treat adults with early Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
NDA is supported by sub-studies from the P-III (Clarity AD) OLE study in pts with mild cognitive impairment due to AD or mild AD dementia, showing that Leqembi (500mg, SC: two 250mg injections) administered QW, provided exposure equivalent to Q2W IV…
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Health Canada has approved Eydenzelt, a biosimilar version of Eylea (aflibercept 2mg), in both vial & PFS presentation for all the indications of the reference product
Approval was based on extensive analytical, nonclinical, & clinical data, incl. a global 52wk. P-III trial of Eydenzelt vs Eylea in 348 pts with diabetic macular edema, which met…
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Celltrion has reported post-hoc analysis of the P-III (LIBERTY-CD) study of Zymfentra (infliximab-dyyb; SC) vs PBO in pts with mod. to sev. Crohn's disease, which has been published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Among 329 pts, 52.6% had colon-dominant (n=173) & 47.4% ileum-dominant CD (n=105); at Wk. 54, infliximab SC showed superior efficacy…
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Neuraxpharm & mjn-neuro will launch Episeras for real-time early seizure detection in ambulatory & homecare settings, with EU rollout planned for the H2’26
EPISERAS is being evaluated in the ongoing multicentre SERAS-Home_RWD study across Spain, the UK, & Germany, with interim data currently in preparation for publication
Episeras is a non-invasive device that monitors…

