Portland – October 06, 2026 -- Headlands Research - Summit Portland is marking 50 years of operation in 2026, having contributed clinical research to every FDA-approved class of Alzheimer's disease medication brought to market since 1993. The site, founded in 1976, has conducted more than 500 clinical trials in partnership with pharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations (CROs).
SEATTLE – October 06, 2026 -- Mozart Therapeutics presented three new data sets on its lead candidate MTX-101 at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), held September 28–October 06, 2026, in Milan, Italy, advancing the bispecific antibody toward a planned Phase 2a trial in Stage 3 type 1 diabetes with enrollment targeted for the first half of 2027.
The first presentation detailed safety, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic results from a Phase 1a/b study in healthy adults and type 1 diabetes patients. Clinical data collected to date indicate MTX-101 has been relatively safe and well tolerated, with early signals suggesting a positive effect on C-peptide levels in patients with Stage 3 disease.
San Rafael, Calif. – October 06, 2026 -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) appointed Cara Bauer, Ph.D., as Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer, effective Oct. 5, 2026, succeeding Amy Wireman, who is retiring after nearly 14 years at the company.
Bauer joins BioMarin from Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc., where she served as Chief Human Resources Officer starting October 2024. She previously held the role of global head of human resources at Kite, a Gilead company, and led HR for the entertainment division at Riot Games. Earlier in her career she held HR leadership positions at Netflix, Amgen and Novo Nordisk.
North Chicago / Copenhagen – October 06, 2026 -- AbbVie and Genmab A/S reported that epcoritamab combined with standard R-CHOP chemotherapy reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 51% versus R-CHOP alone in newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients, based on topline Phase 3 data.
The Phase 3 EPCORE DLBCL-2 study showed a hazard ratio of 0.49 (95% CI 0.36-0.67; p-value less than 0.0001) for progression-free survival in patients with an International Prognostic Index (IPI) score of 2 to 5. For the trial's primary endpoint population, patients with IPI scores of 3 to 5, the hazard ratio was also 0.49 (95% CI 0.35-0.69; p-value less than 0.0001).
Ahmedabad – – October 05, 2026 -- Zydus Lifesciences Limited, in partnership with MSN Laboratories Private Limited, has launched the first generic version of riociguat in the United States, undercutting a branded drug whose maker, Bayer, reported approximately EUR 745 million (roughly USD 850 million) in global sales for 2025.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Riociguat Tablets in 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 1.5 mg, 2 mg and 2.5 mg doses as generic equivalents of Bayer's Adempas Tablets across all strengths. MSN developed and manufactures the product, while Zydus handles U.S. commercialization.
Delray Beach, Fla. – October 05, 2026 -- The global AI in Protein Engineering market will climb to USD 3.82 billion by 2031 from USD 1.44 billion in 2026, a 21.6% compound annual growth rate, according to a new forecast from MarketsandMarkets.
North America led the market with a 48.6% share in 2025. Software and platforms accounted for 75.4% of revenue the same year, as pharmaceutical and biotech firms prioritized AI-driven design tools over services. Within protein types, miniproteins are set to post the fastest growth at 23.7% CAGR through 2031.
New York – October 05, 2026 -- A new multisector coalition launched the 30x30x50 Brain Challenge, pledging to cut stroke incidence by 30 percent and increase primary-care cognitive screening by 50 percent across 30 global cities by 2031.
The International Brain Health Coalition (IBC), coordinated by the Atria Research and Global Health Institute (ARGHI), brings together patients, multilateral institutions including the United Nations, and organizations spanning medicine, technology, and finance. Collaborators include Eli Lilly and Company, Bristol Myers Squibb, Microsoft, the Royal Bank of Canada, the American Heart Association, UN Women, Western University, and the AI-Mind Institute in Norway.
San Carlos, Calif. – October 05, 2026 -- A non-invasive urine test can now predict whether bladder cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy before treatment even begins, according to a Stanford-led study published in Nature Medicine and announced by Resero Bio.
Researchers from Stanford Cancer Institute and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System used uRARE-seq, Resero Bio's proprietary targeted cfRNA sequencing method, to analyze 683 urine samples from bladder cancer patients and controls. The platform distinguished low-grade from high-grade tumors and non-muscle invasive from muscle-invasive disease, determinations that currently require tissue biopsy or surgical resection.
Bridgewater, N.J. – – October 05, 2026 -- Insmed Incorporated (Nasdaq: INSM) announced that Chief Financial Officer Sara Bonstein will step down on October 30, 2026, after nearly seven years in the role, during which the company raised more than $4.2 billion in capital.
Bonstein will remain CFO through the company's third-quarter 2026 earnings report and will participate in the earnings call on October 29, 2026, before departing the following day. Insmed has launched a search with an executive search firm to identify her successor. The company stated the transition is unrelated to any disagreement over accounting practices, financial statements, internal controls, or operations.
Taipei, Shanghai and San Francisco – October 05, 2026 -- HanchorBio, Inc. (TWSE: 7827) said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the investigational new drug application for HCB303, clearing the path for the company's second trispecific immunotherapy to enter human testing.
The clearance allows HanchorBio to launch a Phase 1 first-in-human, dose-escalation, multi-regional study (HCB303-ONC-101) in patients with advanced, relapsed or refractory solid tumors who have exhausted standard treatment options. The trial will assess safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, immunogenicity, biomarkers and preliminary antitumor activity. The decision follows pre-IND feedback HanchorBio received from the FDA in August 2026.