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Hanmi Pharm licenses its obesity drug candidate HM17321 to Genentech, James LaValle weighs in after FDA advisors back most nominated peptides for the compounding bulks list, and Ivo Carre examines how tau- and microglia-targeted therapies are reshaping the Alzheimer's pipeline beyond amyloid.

Hanmi Pharm has licensed HM17321 to Genentech for up to $2.3 billion, including a $190 million upfront payment.

In the first part of a two-part series, Carre reviews of the tau and TREM2 approaches reshaping Alzheimer's drug development, with key findings from AAIC 2026 in London.

K2 Therapeutics CEO Ying Huang on how in-licensing assets with existing human data can cut years and billions from the drug development timeline.

James LaValle, chair of the International Peptide Society, notes how the advisory committee's favorable vote on peptides for the 503A Bulks List was a meaningful step without constituting approval.

Amplitude Therapeutics and Chai Discovery ink AI and RNA collaborations with Eli Lilly and Bristol Myers Squibb, Norstella's Dan Chancellor makes the case for dealmaking as a survival skill, and this week's rare disease approvals and a $322 million biosimilar deal reveal where pharma strategy is heading.

From an approval for a disease affecting 900 people worldwide to a new drug class in multiple myeloma and a $322 million biosimilar collaboration — this week's deals and approvals reveal a lot about how pharmaceutical strategy is evolving.

Amplitude Therapeutics enters a collaboration with Eli Lilly to develop trans-amplifying RNA vaccines, while Chai Discovery partners with Bristol Myers Squibb to deploy its AI molecular folding and design models across BMS's antibody discovery portfolio.

K2 Therapeutics CEO Ying Huang discusses why government investment and US-trained returnees have made China's biotech innovation surge irreversible.

A partnership roundup covers deals from IntraGel Therapeutics/UroGen Pharma and Lupin/Tenpoint Therapeutics, FDA approves Regeneron's Pasatru for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, and RELEX's Rohit Tripathi discusses reshoring pharma manufacturing.

UroGen Pharma has invested in IntraGel Therapeutics and secured an exclusive option to license Tumocure, and Lupin's subsidiary has licensed European commercialization rights to Tenpoint's Yuvezzi.

FDA has approved Regeneron's Pasatru ,the first treatment for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in adults.

Rohit Tripathi, VP of Industry Strategy at RELEX, talks with Pharmaceutical Executive about the impact new phased tariffs will have on reshoring pharma manufacturing.