Recon: BioNTech to acquire CureVac for $1.25B; FDA approves Urogen’s bladder cancer therapy

• A closer look at the new members of the CDC vaccine advisory panel (STAT) (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Kennedy's new vaccine adviser was expert witness against Merck vaccine (Reuters)
• Braced for details on Trump’s ‘most favored nation’ policy, pharma industry is still waiting (STAT)
• Video: Trump’s Drug Pricing Order Threatens Investment, Says Roche CEO (The Wall Street Journal)
• FDA Head Says OxyContin Was Approved Illegally. Now What? (Bloomberg)
• US CDC restores jobs for 450 laid-off employees (Reuters)

• Australia's Monash IVF CEO quits days after second embryo mix-up in 2 months (Reuters)
• Capricor gets Form 483 from FDA; WuXi Biologics' new China factory (Endpoints)
• Trump says tariff deal with China is ‘done’ (MedTech Dive)
• ‘UK Must Put Adoption On A Par With Innovation’ (MedTech Insight)
• Sofinnova And NVIDIA Partner To ‘Supercharge’ Computation For European Startups (MedTech Insight)
• EUCOPE Wants Simpler Manufacturing Rules & Framework For Combined Trials Under EU Biotech Act (Pink Sheet)
• Pharma’s Protests Fall Flat As UK Locks In High Rebate Rates (Pink Sheet)

• BioNTech to buy CureVac in $1.25 billion deal, saying it will bolster cancer work (STAT)
• Novo Nordisk plans to start late-stage trials of obesity drug amycretin next year (Reuters)
• I’m adopted. I still won’t use genetic testing services like 23andMe (STAT)
• US FDA approves Urogen's bladder cancer drug (Reuters)
• Cardinal Health boosts profit view banking on specialty drugs unit growth (Reuters)
• Insmed aims to raise $750M in one of the largest stock offerings this year (Endpoints)
• Novavax's COVID-flu combo vaccine shows strong immune response in trial (Reuters)
• Kura, Kyowa say Phase 1 update supports menin inhibitor combos (Endpoints)
• ADC Therapeutics reveals layoffs, $100M PIPE; Third Harmonic seeks buyer for asset (Endpoints)
• Schrödinger says early MALT1 data could lay 'great foundation' for combos (Endpoints)
• Trial Cancellations And Delays Persist For CROs Amid Biotech Slowdown (Pink Sheet)
• David Hung's Nuvation Bio wins FDA approval for Ibtrozi to challenge Pfizer, BMS and Roche in lung cancer field (Fierce Pharma)

• Exclusive: Commons Clinic raises $26M Series B to offer preventive testing (Endpoints)
• The $7 Billion Nicotine-Pouch Market’s Next Target? Women (Bloomberg)
• Medtronic recalls ventilators linked to 2 serious injuries, 1 death (MedTech Dive)
• FDA schedules first public MDUFA VI meeting ahead of negotiations (MedTech Dive)
• FDA Drops Package Labeling Guidance For Hernia Mesh Manufacturers (MedTech Insight)

• Lab-grown salmon receives FDA approval (Food Dive)
• How PepsiCo moves past AI pilot purgatory (Food Dive)
• Trump tariffs could hike canned food prices up to 15%, trade group says (Food Dive)
• The Use of UV-C Light in Combination With Hydrogen Peroxide to Disinfect Packages in ESL and Aseptic Beverages (Food Safety)

• Medicare Advantage’s supplemental benefits will cost taxpayers $86 billion this year, with little transparency (STAT)
• Medicaid cuts would devastate mental health, substance use treatment services in red states (STAT)
• RFK Jr.’s Moves Leave Insurance Coverage of Vaccines in Doubt (Bloomberg)
• Permanent FDA Top Lawyer Expected After HHS Counsel Confirmation (MedTech Insight)