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Recipharm expands manufacturing to meet demanding FDA requirements

Established a new, dedicated non-bacterial beta-lactam manufacturing facility in response to FDA guidance Secured a strategic partnership with an innovative biopharma company seeking rapid regulatory compliance Developed a scalable platform...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 26, 2026

Recipharm

Levicept Announces FDA Acceptance of IND Application for LEVI-04, a Potentially Disease-Modifying Treatment for Osteoarthritis

20 January 2026 -- Sandwich, UK -- Levicept Ltd, a biotechnology company focused on the development of LEVI-04, a first-in-class treatment for osteoarthritis (OA), today announces the US Food and...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 20, 2026

Levicept
info@levicept.com
Innovation House Discovery Park Ramsgate Road Sandwich Kent CT13 9ND

Exciva raises €51 million ($59m) in Series B funding round co-led by Gimv and EQT

20 January 2026 -- Heidelberg, Germany -- Exciva GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutic compounds for the treatment of neuropsychiatric conditions, today announces the closing of a €51 million ($59m)...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 20, 2026

Exciva
info@exciva.com
Hauptstrasse 25, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Relmada Therapeutics Provides Regulatory Update Confirming FDA Alignment on Registrational Studies Design for NDV-01 for Two Separate Indications

FDA written feedback supports: a single-arm, open-label registrational trial in 2nd-line refractory high-grade NMIBC with CIS a randomized vs observation single trial in intermediate-risk NMIBC in the adjuvant setting Phase...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 12, 2026

Relmada Therapeutics
info@relmada.com
2222 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Floor 3 Coral Gables, FL 33134

VectorY Therapeutics Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for VTx-002, a Firstin-Class Vectorized Antibody Targeting Underlying Disease Biology in ALS

Designation enables an enhanced development path for VTx-002 and underscores its disease-modifying potential in ALS, a universally fatal disease with no cure Milestone follows recent IND clearance and supports continued...

Category: BioManufacturing, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 8, 2026

VectorY Therapeutics
info@vectorytx.com
Science Park Matrix Innovation Center 408 1098 XH Amsterdam

AskBio Announces FDA Acceptance of Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for AB-1009 Gene Therapy for Treatment of Late-Onset Pompe Disease (LOPD)

AB-1009 program advances to Phase 1/Phase 2; clinical trial initiated in the United States Therapy granted United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Fast Track and Orphan Drug designations Pompe...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 8, 2026

AskBio
info@askbio.com
20 T.W. Alexander Drive Suite, 110 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

MapLight Therapeutics Receives Fast Track Designation for ML-007C-MA for Alzheimer’s Disease Psychosis

5 January 2026 -- California and Massachusetts, US -- MapLight Therapeutics, Inc today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to ML-007C-MA, an...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 5, 2026

MapLight Therapeutics
info@maplightrx.com
800 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, California 9406

FDA Clears NUZ-001 for Entry into HEALEY ALS Platform Trial

FDA has completed their review of the Neurizon NUZ-001 regimen to the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial Master Protocol This marks the official entry of NUZ-001 as Regimen I in the...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: December 11, 2025

Neurizon Therapeutics
enquiries@neurizon.com
Level 4, 96-100 Albert Road South Melbourne, VIC 3205 Australia

VectorY Therapeutics Receives FDA Clearance of IND to Proceed with the PIONEER-ALS Phase 1/2 Trial of VTx-002, a First-in-Class Vectorized Antibody Targeting TDP-43 Pathology in ALS

3 December 2025 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Massachusetts, US -- VectorY Therapeutics, a leader in vectorized antibody therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: December 3, 2025

VectorY Therapeutics
info@vectorytx.com
Science Park Matrix Innovation Center 408 1098 XH Amsterdam

Annovis To Present at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Parkinson Study Group

3 December 2025 -- Pennsylvania, US -- Annovis Bio, Inc, a late-stage clinical drug platform company pioneering transformative therapies for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease...

Category: Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: December 3, 2025

Annovis
info@annovisbio.com
101 Lindenwood Drive, Suite 225 Malvern, PA 19355

Vandria Reports Positive Phase 1 Target Engagement Data for VNA-318, Supporting Further Development in Alzheimer’s Disease

Results presented at the 18th Clinical Trials in Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) meeting, San Diego, December 1-4 VNA-318, an oral brain-penetrant small molecule therapeutic modulates a novel target to reduce inflammation...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: December 2, 2025

Vandria
info@vandria.com
Route de la Corniche 8 1066 Epalinges Switzerland

Axoltis Pharma raises €18 million to accelerate development of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) drug candidate

2 December 2025 -- Clermont-Ferrand, France -- Axoltis Pharma, a biotech company dedicated to developing novel therapeutic solutions for neurodegenerative diseases, today announces the closing of a Series A funding...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: December 2, 2025

Axoltis Pharma
contact@axoltis.com
15 – 17, Rue du Pré la Reine, 63100 Clermont-Ferrand

Xlife Sciences AG Delivers Breakthrough in Early Alzheimer’s Detection, Unlocking Major Market Opportunity

1 December 2025 -- Zurich, Switzerland -- Xlife Sciences AG, together with saniva diagnostics GmbH, today announced a landmark achievement: NeuroMex is the world’s first certified and clinically validated medical device for...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: December 1, 2025

Xlife Sciences
info@xlifesciences.ch
Talacker 35 8001 Zürich Switzerland

Alzheon to Present Multiple Clinical, Neuroimaging and Modeling Results for Oral Valiltramiprosate/ALZ-801 from Phase 2 and 3 Studies at CTAD Conference in San Diego, December 1–4, 2025

Valiltramiprosate Demonstrates Potential as the First Oral Disease-Modifying Agent to Slow Alzheimer’s Pathology, Indicated by Both Clinical and Volumetric MRI Data Nine Posters Showcase Consistent Benefits of Oral Valiltramiprosate in...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: November 19, 2025

Alzheon
111 Speen Street, Suite 306 Framingham, MA 01701

Annovis Announces FDA Meeting to Discuss Parkinson’s Disease Dementia Program; Reaffirms FDA Alignment on Pivotal Phase 3 Alzheimer’s Disease Study

18 November 2025 -- Pennsylvania, US -- Annovis Bio, Inc, a late-stage clinical drug platform company pioneering transformative therapies for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: November 18, 2025

Annovis
info@annovisbio.com
101 Lindenwood Drive, Suite 225 Malvern, PA 19355