Last Week in Biomedicine | June 14–20 | Part 2 of 2: Mezigdomide Myeloma, HCM Heart Drug
Part 2 of our week of June 14–20, 2026 wrap-up covers a new molecular glue for relapsed multiple myeloma that cut disease progression by half, a heart drug that may finally work forboth forms of hyper...
25 Jun 25min
Last Week in Biomedicine | June 14–20 | Part 1 of 2: CRISPR HAE Cure, Narcolepsy Orexin Breakthrough
This week opened with one of the most significant gene-editing milestones in clinical medicine: a single CRISPR infusion cut hereditary angioedema attacks by 87 percent in a Phase 3 trial, published t...
23 Jun 34min
Last Week in Biomedicine | June 6–13 | Part 2 of 2: CagriSema Diabetes, Sickle Cell Plenary
Part 2 of our June 6–13 wrap-up: Novo Nordisk's CagriSema beats semaglutide alone in three Phase 3 diabetes trials, Takeda's zasocitinib pill outperforms Sotyktu head-to-head in psoriasis, and Agios's...
18 Jun 21min
Last Week in Biomedicine | June 6–13 | Part 1 of 2: Retatrutide Weight Loss, Weekly HIV Pill
A blockbuster week in biomedicine — Eli Lilly's retatrutide produced weight loss approaching bariatric surgery in Phase 3, and Gilead and Merck's once-weekly oral HIV pill cleared two Phase 3 trials. ...
16 Jun 20min
Last Week in Biomedicine | May 30 – Jun 5 | Part 2 of 2: Talzenna Prostate Combo, IgG4 Disease First
From a prostate cancer combo that uses your tumor's own broken DNA-repair against it, to the first drug ever to succeed in a rare autoimmune disease called IgG4-related disease — Part 2 of our weekly ...
11 Jun 16min
Last Week in Biomedicine | May 30 – Jun 5 | Part 1 of 2: Daraxonrasib Pancreatic Cancer, Ivonescimab Lung
The biggest week in cancer research of 2026 dropped at the ASCO meeting in Chicago, and one drug stole the show: a new RAS-blocking pill that nearly doubled survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer, o...
9 Jun 20min
Last Week in Biomedicine | May 23–29 | Part 1 of 2: BMS Myeloma, GSK Hep B Cure, Pfizer Lung Cancer
In Part 1 we cover the three biggest clinical trial readouts from the week of May 23–29, 2026 — including two ASCO 2026 opening-day announcements that reshape oncology.1. Bristol Myers Squibb — Mezigd...
2 Jun 36min
