Pelthos Therapeutics has agreed to merge with Castle Creek Biosciences to form a new biotechnology company that will focus on serious diseases affecting the skin.

The policy will allow licensed professionals to use certain wellness-focused peptides not approved by the FDA in their compounded medicines.

Pathos AI has secured $237m in a Series E round to expand its clinical oncology pipeline and scale its AI drug development platform.

Reaction from the life sciences industry to the Autumn Budget was mixed, with the government opting for a more macro focus on business scaling.

Gameto’s lead asset is a cell-based IVM tool, Fertilo, which is currently in late-stage development within the US.

Numerous types of equity deals involving Chinese biotech, including the popular NewCo model, will be impacted by the proposed rule.

Formation Bio has launched the Formation Bio Drug Development Accelerator Fund to broaden the company's clinical-stage medicines portfolio.

Enthorin has signed an option-to-license deal with Rumi to advance ENT-7340 for FXS, as well as other intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to Octant’s OCT-980, an investigational oral small molecule, to treat retinitis pigmentosa.

Gaelic Labs is eyeing competitive benefits from its 2025 acquisition of fellow Irish beta-lactams manufacturer and further expansion.

Xtandi's label as the cancer treatment paradigm shifts towards the use of mutation-specific targeted therapies.

This week's podcast features the Clinical Trials Arena team and GlobalData analysts who discuss the biggest study readouts from the ESMO Congress 2026.