With no approved therapies globally for Stargardt's, competition in the indication is increasing in Japan, where Kubota Vision is seeking for conditional approval for emixustat, while Belite Bio’s contender tinlarebant has received Sakigake designation as a local Phase III program continues.

Plus deals involving Kissei/JWP, Shionogi/Cilcare, Takeda/Torrent, Genome & Co./Debiopharm, Kaken/J&J, CStone/Ewopharma, MediLink/BioNTech and more.

This week, an FDA advisory panel recommended approval of the Guardant Shield blood test for colon and rectal cancers; the EU Council signed off on the world’s first AI law; and the FDA challenged innovators to develop AI/ML technologies to detect gait freezing in individuals with Parkinson’s disease

Plus deals involving Immunis/Toray, AstraZeneca/Nona, Swixx/Biopas, Deimos/G1, Serum Institute of India/IntegriMedical/ImmunityBio plus tech transfer agreements and deals in brief.