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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and Novo Nordisk Announce initiation of Phase 1 study with oral obesity drug candidate LX9851

Monday, March 23, 2026

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc Nasdaq LXRX and Novo Nordisk AS today announced that Novo Nordisk has initiated a Phase study with LX a firstinclass oral nonincretin development candidate

Merck and Mayo Clinic Announce New Research and Development Collaboration to Support AI-Enabled Drug Discovery and Precision Medicine

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Merck known as MSD outside of the US and Canada and Mayo Clinic the worlds topranked hospital system today announced a research and development agreement to apply artificial intelligence AI advanced analytics

Lilly to acquire Orna Therapeutics to advance cell therapies

Monday, February 09, 2026

Eli Lilly and Company and Orna Therapeutics Inc a biotechnology company dedicated to engineering immune cells in vivo today announced entry into a definitive agreement for Lilly to acquire Orna

AstraZeneca enhances its weight management portfolio through collaboration agreement with CSPC Pharmaceuticals

Thursday, January 29, 2026

AstraZeneca strengthens its weight management portfolio through a new strategic collaboration agreement with CSPC Pharmaceuticals to advance the development of multiple nextgeneration therapies for obesity and type diabetes

NVIDIA and Lilly Announce Co-Innovation AI Lab to Reinvent Drug Discovery In the Age of AI

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

NVIDIA and Eli Lilly and Company today announced a firstofitskind AI coinnovation lab focused on applying AI to tackle some of the most enduring challenges in the pharmaceutical industry

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Strategic Collaboration With NVIDIA Leveraging AI to Advance Scientific Instrumentation and Accelerate Laboratory Performance

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc the world leader in serving science announced a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to power AIbased solutions and laboratory automation at scale The effort will leverage the NVIDIA Artificial Intelligence

Teva and Royalty Pharma Enter Agreement to Accelerate Development of Potential Treatment for Vitiligo

Monday, January 12, 2026

Teva Pharmaceuticals a US affiliate of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd NYSE and TASE TEVA and Royalty Pharma plc Nasdaq RPRX today announced a funding agreement of up to million to accelerate the clinical development of Tevas antiIL antibody TEV...

AbbVie and RemeGen Announce Exclusive Licensing Agreement to Develop A Novel Bispecific Antibody for Advanced Solid Tumors

Monday, January 12, 2026

AbbVie and RemeGen today announced an exclusive licensing agreement for the development manufacturing and commercialization of RC a novel investigational Programmed Cell Death PD

Lilly to acquire Ventyx Biosciences to advance oral therapies targeting inflammatory-mediated diseases

Thursday, January 08, 2026

Eli Lilly and Company and Ventyx Biosciences Inc Nasdaq VTYX a San Diegobased clinicalstage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative oral therapies for patients with inflammatorymediated diseases

Merck to Complete Acquisition of Cidara Therapeutics

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Merck known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada today announced the successful completion of the cash tender offer through a subsidiary for all the outstanding shares of common stock of Cidara Therapeutics