North America

A US dietary supplement brand is marketing a five-ingredient botanical capsule at peripheral neuropathy sufferers seeking alternatives to gabapentin.

Orchestra BioMed has drawn a scheduled $15m royalty-financing tranche from Ligand, bringing total Ligand capital to $40m to fund two pivotal cardiovascular device trials.

The SynCardia parent raises $5m via shares and warrants at $0.30, using proceeds to repay senior secured notes and support working capital.

Taysha Gene Therapies confirmed FDA alignment on its BLA submission route for TSHA-102, with pivotal trial dosing on track to complete in Q2 2026.

TPST-2003 achieved complete responses in all 15 CAR-T-naïve evaluable patients across two Phase 1 trials, with Tempest now targeting FDA talks on

The payer agreement covers roughly 20% of US commercial lives for TONMYA, the first new fibromyalgia treatment approved in more than 15 years.

The US nonprofit has launched a centralised education and care navigation platform for organ and stem cell transplant patients, backed by 25 leading transplant centres.

The UCLA-founded biotech will show preclinical data on its dCK inhibitor TRE-515 in optic neuritis at a Los Angeles summit on 21 May.

TScan Therapeutics plans to initiate its pivotal ALLOHA-2 study of TSC-101 in haematological malignancies this quarter, backed by $128m in cash.

UroGen posted $29.2m in ZUSDURI sales in Q1 2026, up 109% quarter-on-quarter, as a permanent J Code unlocked broader reimbursement access.

Phase 2 data show VP-315 reduced untreated basal cell carcinoma lesions by 67%, suggesting a systemic immune response beyond the injection site.

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals has opened enrolment in its confirmatory ASPENOVA Phase 3 trial of azenosertib in Cyclin E1-positive platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Peer-reviewed results show buntanetap improved cognition in pTau217-positive early AD patients, with biomarker reductions suggesting potential disease-modifying activity.

The Boston-based clinical-stage biotech priced 16.7 million shares at $18 each to fund inhaled antifibrotic programmes targeting pulmonary fibrosis.

The agreement covers commercial-scale automated manufacture of rese-cel for autoimmune disease, with a BLA submission in myositis planned for 2027.

Quoin Pharmaceuticals is launching investigator-led trials in three rare skin diseases and targeting a first IND filing for QRX009 in Q3 2026.

CELZ reported its cell-free Ultrasome therapy met its primary endpoint in a knee osteoarthritis pilot, with no serious adverse events observed.

The Waltham-based oncology biotech reported a $23.3m net loss and outlined data readouts from its CR-001 bispecific and two ADC programmes beginning

Cristcot will present Phase 3 ulcerative colitis trial data on covert steroid use at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago on 5 May.

Watertown biotech Kestrel has entered a warrant deal with AbbVie worth up to $1.45bn alongside dosing the first patient in its KST-6051 Phase