May 2025

Novartis announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Regulus Therapeutics, a San Diego-based, publicly traded clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing microRNA therapeutics. Regulus’ lead asset, farabursen.

Researchers have uncovered multiple new genes and genetic pathways that could lead to repurposing hundreds of existing drugs for osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis. The research, which analyzed data from nearly 2 million people in diverse populations worldwide, was recently published in Nature. It represents an extensive genetic exploration of osteoarthritis, a condition affecting over 600 million people globally.

A highly sensitive bone marrow test could double survival rates for some groups of younger adults with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia by helping doctors identify if they might relapse up to three months earlier. The patient-specific molecular test can detect low levels of leukaemia cells in the body, known as minimal residual disease, which when left untreated causes the disease to relapse.

Sanofi Healthcare India has submitted the application for grant of permission to import Meningococcal vaccine but the subject expert committee of CDSCO requires further information to grant permission.