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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (Jun 21, 2025 – Jul 25, 2025)  

This week, PharmaShots’ news was all about the updates on clinical trials, Regulatory, Pharma, MedTech, M&A, DigiHealth, Animal Health and Biosimilars. Check out our full report below:  AstraZeneca Reports P-III (FLAURA2) Trial Findings on Tagrisso Regimen to Treat EGFRm NSCLC  Read More: AstraZeneca  Sun Pharma Reports Topline Data from P-III (INSPIRE-1 & INSPIRE-2) Trials of…

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Eli Lilly & Gate Bio

Eli Lilly Signs an ~$856M Deal with Gate Bioscience to Develop Molecular Gate Therapeutics

Shots: Eli Lilly has entered into a collaboration & license agreement with Gate Bioscience to identify, develop, & commercialize molecular gate drugs, leveraging Gate’s molecular gate drug discovery engine As per the deal, Gate will receive ~$856M in total, incl. an upfront payment, equity investment, & development, regulatory, & commercial milestones, along with tiered royalties…

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Matchpoint Therapeutics and Novartis

Matchpoint Therapeutics Collaborates with Novartis to Develop Oral Covalent Inhibitors for Various Inflammatory Diseases

Shots: Matchpoint & Novartis have entered into an exclusive option & license agreement to develop & commercialize oral covalent inhibitors targeting a transcription factor in inflammatory diseases using Matchpoint’s ACE platform As per the deal, Matchpoint will lead all research activities through development candidate selection with funding from Novartis. Matchpoint will receive $60M in upfront & funding…

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Kling Bio Joins Forces with Sanofi to Identify Neutralizing Antibodies

Shots: Kling Bio has entered into a collaboration & license option agreement with Sanofi to discover antibodies & epitopes leveraging Kling Bio’s Kling-Select platform Collaboration aims to discover & characterize monoclonal antibodies with strong neutralizing activity against human viral pathogen to allow development of novel antiviral therapies Kling-Select is a validated B cell immortalization platform…

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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (Jun 14, 2025 – Jul 18, 2025)   

This week, PharmaShots’ news was all about the updates on clinical trials, Regulatory, Pharma, MedTech, M&A, DigiHealth and Biosimilars. Check out our full report below: Takeda Reports P-III (FirstLight & RadiantLight) Trials Data on Oveporexton for Narcolepsy Type 1 (NT1) Read More: Takeda AstraZeneca Reports P-III (BaxHTN) Trial Results of Baxdrostat for Uncontrolled or Treatment Resistant…

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NKGen Biotech Partners with HekaBio to Accelerate Troculeucel Development in Japan

Shots: NKGen Biotech has partnered with HekaBio to accelerate the regulatory, manufacturing & commercial development of troculeucel in Japan As per the collaboration, HekaBio will lead trials & handle regulatory activities with Japan’s PMDA for pre-market approval of troculeucel in neurodegenerative diseases, incl. Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s. Also, HekaBio aims for first pts dosing in Japan…

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Debiopharm Enters a ~$267M Licensing Deal with Repare Therapeutics for Lunresertib

Shots: Debiopharm has entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with Repare Therapeutics for lunresertib (PKMYT1 inhibitor) to treat difficult-to-treat solid tumors As per the deal, Repare will receive $10M upfront, ~$257M in clinical, regulatory, commercial & sales milestones, incl. $5M in near-term payments & net sales-based single-digit royalties Debiopharm will assume sponsorship of P-I (MYTHIC)…

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Otsuka Pharmaceutical Acquires CAN10 Immunology Program from Cantargia for ~$613M

Shots: Otsuka Pharmaceutical has entered into an agreement with Cantargia for the acquisition of all assets related to its P-I IL-1RAP antagonist program, CAN10 Otsuka Pharmaceutical will handle global development, regulatory approvals, manufacturing, & commercialization of CAN10. Otsuka has also acquired 3G5 as a backup antibody & holds exclusive negotiation right for next-gen IL-1RAP antibodies…

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