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AbbVie led the global immunology market with $30.4B in immunology revenue in 2025, followed by Sanofi ($19.08B) and Johnson & Johnson ($15.72B). Continued demand for biologics and targeted therapies across autoimmune and inflammatory diseases supported strong commercial performance among leading companies.
The global immunology market, valued at $108.4B in 2024, is projected to…
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The US FDA has granted traditional approval to Fabhalta (iptacopan) for slowing kidney function decline in adults with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) at risk of disease progression
Approval was based on the P-III (APPLAUSE-IgAN) trial, where Fabhalta slowed eGFR decline by 48% vs PBO over 2yrs., with an annualized mean change from baseline…
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Novartis has entered into an agreement to acquire Myricx Bio, strengthening Novartis’ oncology pipeline & advancing next-generation targeted drug conjugates with novel payload mechanisms
Myricx is developing ADCs, using NMT inhibitor (NMTi) payloads designed to disrupt key cancer cell processes, with preclinical data showing broad activity across solid tumors, incl. TOPO-1-resistant models
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The EC has approved Novartis' Itvisma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) for the treatment of pts (≥2yrs.) living with 5q spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) harboring a confirmed bi-allelic mutation in the SMN1 gene
Approval was based on the P-III (STEER) trial & supportive P-IIIb (STRENGTH) & P-I/II (STRONG) studies, where STEER showed a 2.39-point improvement in the…
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Antares Therapeutics has entered into a strategic collaboration with Novartis to discover, develop & commercialize small molecule therapies against undruggable oncology targets
Antares will lead research & apply its discovery engine to a select number of historically undruggable targets until option exercise, while continuing to advance its wholly owned & partnered precision medicine pipeline…
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) advanced multiple marketing authorizations and positive opinions in May 2026 across pulmonology, oncology, rare diseases, immunology, aesthetics, and endocrinology, involving companies including Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, AstraZeneca, AbbVie, Pharming, and Amgen.
CHMP positive opinions included Jascayd for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and progressive pulmonary fibrosis, Vijoice for PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) disorders, Camizestrant (Etcamah) for ESR1-mutated advanced breast cancer,…
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HUTCHMED has reported the P-III data (n=90) from P-II/III (ESLIM-02) assessing sovleplenib in in adult patients with primary or secondary wAIHA who had relapsed or were refractory to prior ≥1L of standard treatment; NDA accepted under NMPA priority review in Apr 2026
Trial met its 1EP of improved durable response rates (66% vs 15%),…
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Novartis has reported the topline P-III (RemIND) trial data assessing remibrutinib (PO) vs PBO in adults with CIndU inadequately controlled by H1-antihistamines
Trial showed higher CR rates at Wk. 12 across symptomatic dermographism (29.3% vs 14%), cold urticaria (56.3% vs 14.6%), & cholinergic urticaria (29.3% vs 15.8%), with responses emerging as early as Wk.…
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Novartis has reported data from the biomarker cohort of the P-I/II (FORTITUDE) study assessing delpacibart braxlosiran (2mg/kg, Q6W) vs PBO in 90 pts (16-70yrs.) with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
Trial met its 1 & key 2EPs, showing reductions in KHDC1L (cDUX) & creatine kinase biomarker levels, which indicates potent target engagement & decrease in…
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Orionis Biosciences has entered into a multi-year collaboration with Novartis to discover & design molecular glue drugs for challenging therapeutic targets across multiple disease areas
As per the deal, the companies will leverage Orionis’s Allo-Glue platform & AI-powered discovery engine to accelerate target & ligase profiling, as well as molecular glue optimization, enabling the…

