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Acumen Ends Alzheimer's Antibody After Phase 2 Miss & Inovio's Voceryq Wins Accelerated Approval

Sun, Nov 1, 2026 15 min Hosts: Alex Mercer & Maya Patel
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October 30 edition — delayed release on November 1. References to today and Friday in the audio refer to October 30.Acumen ends sabirnetug after a Phase 2 Alzheimer's trial lowered amyloid but missed on cognition and function, and Inovio's Voceryq (doruxapapogene ralaplasmid and lalikinogene sifuplasmid-gxfd) won accelerated approval for adult recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, with benefit yet to be verified. Sun Pharma's Ilumya (tildrakizumab-asmn) is approved for active psoriatic arthritis, Agios' mitapivat sickle cell action date moved to February 1, 2027, and NRx says FDA approved its generic preservative-free ketamine. Dren Bio raised $350 million for dibotatug, and Setara $90 million for STAR-0871 in CMT2C. Regeneron's Eylea (aflibercept) and Sanofi's Dupixent (dupilumab) quarters and Nxera's operating-profit swing close it out.

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