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How do patent thickets vary across different countries

Drug Patent Watch

“Patent thickets can lead to holdup of innovations, increases in the complexity of negotiations over licenses and increases in litigation, and can also create incentives to add more and weaker patents to the patent system. Cross-licensing agreements: To navigate patent thickets, many companies enter into cross-licensing agreements.

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From siloed data to breakthroughs: multimodal AI in drug discovery

Drug Target Review

A known obstacle of biomedical data, with its inherent heterogeneity and inconsistencies, is that it presents significant challenges for creating a unified, high-quality knowledge base to fuel large language models (LLMs).

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Protein degraders: chasing undruggable targets

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Published July 8, 2025 Gwendolyn Wu Senior reporter post share post print email license Proteasomes are cellular machines for breaking down proteins. Drugmakers are working to coopt this process with targeted therapies. SOURCE: Companies What’s next for targeted protein degradation?

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Intellia Reports Positive 3-Year Phase 1 Data for Lonvo-z in Hereditary Angioedema

The Pharma Data

The data, which encompass up to 3 years of follow-up after a single infusion of the treatment, were shared in an oral presentation at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congress 2025, held from June 13–16 in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

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Otsuka’s Sibeprenlimab Shows Significant Proteinuria Reduction in Phase 3 IgAN Trial

The Pharma Data

The data, presented during a late-breaking clinical trials session at the European Renal Association (ERA) Congress in Vienna, Austria, mark a significant clinical advance, highlighting the potential of a novel mechanism of action that targets the underlying immunologic pathways driving IgAN progression.

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Takeda to seek approval of new kind of narcolepsy drug after study data

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Published July 14, 2025 Ben Fidler Senior Editor post share post print email license Takeda reported positive results for oveporexton, a drug being developed for narcolepsy Type 1, on July 14, 2025. and elsewhere in its 2025 fiscal year and plans to present detailed results at an upcoming medical meeting. Can they keep it?

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Navigating Regulatory Hurdles in Drug Development

DrugBank

Once a drug completes Phase III trials, companies prepare a New Drug Application or Biologics License Application (BLA) for final review. Many agencies offer pre-IND meetings where companies can present their research plans, discuss potential challenges, and receive guidance on the type of data required for approval.