Paramus, N.J. – October 01, 2026 -- NS Pharma, Inc. reported 5-year efficacy and safety data showing its investigational therapy brogidirsen maintained or improved motor function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients amenable to exon 44 skipping, with zero treatment discontinuations across the study period.

Dallas – October 01, 2026 -- Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) has accepted and granted priority review to Nanoscope Therapeutics' New Drug Application for MOGENRY (sonpiretigene isteparvovec, MCO-010), an optogenetic gene therapy for inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs). If approved by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, MOGENRY would become the first disease-agnostic treatment available to IRD patients in Japan, a condition caused by mutations across more than 250 genes that leads to progressive photoreceptor loss and blindness.

Dublin – – October 01, 2026 -- Ensera, a global CDMO specializing in commercialization support for injectable drug programs, has launched the Ensera Alliance Network, uniting device platform and fill-finish specialists to streamline the commercialization of drug-device combination products.

Valby, Denmark – October 01, 2026 -- H. Lundbeck A/S reported that 60% of participants in its Phase IV THRIVE trial achieved 'much improved' or 'very much improved' status on a standardized patient scale after switching to eptinezumab, marketed as VYEPTI, following an inadequate response to a prior CGRP-targeting preventive migraine therapy.

Madrid – October 01, 2026 -- Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA has completed the acquisition of the remaining 45% stake in mAbxience from Insud Pharma, giving the German healthcare group full ownership of the Spanish biosimilars manufacturer.

Singapore – September 30, 2026 -- Emerald Clinical Trials has appointed Michael Stibilj as Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2026, tasking the 30-year CRO veteran with leading the next phase of growth for a platform that now spans more than 1,000 professionals across 40-plus countries and 70-plus locations.

Indianapolis – – September 30, 2026 -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) reported that its oral GLP-1 therapy Foundayo (orforglipron) reduced cardiovascular death risk by 53% and all-cause death risk by 57% compared with insulin glargine in the Phase 3 ACHIEVE-4 trial, the largest and longest study of the medicine in type 2 diabetes to date.

San Diego – September 30, 2026 -- Halozyme Therapeutics (Nasdaq: HALO) has appointed James "Jim" Daly to its Board of Directors, returning a veteran biopharmaceutical commercial executive to help steer the company's drug-delivery technology expansion.

Maple Grove, Minn. – September 30, 2026 -- Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC has launched Fluvoxamine Maleate Extended-Release Capsules in 100 mg and 150 mg strengths, entering a U.S. market valued at approximately $44.6 million according to IQVIA data covering August 2025 through July 2026.

Cambridge, Mass. – September 30, 2026 -- Biopharma companies are losing time and money to a recurring pattern of disconnected experiments and manual data reconciliation that Zifo calls the 'DMTA doom loop,' according to a new position paper from the scientific informatics firm.