In this week’s Pharma Phriday (May 15, 2026): A landmark week. The first tau-directed therapy to show cognitive benefit in Alzheimer's disease. A pivotal gene therapy milestone in DMD. The largest China-originated licensing deal ever announced. A new BCL2 inhibitor class approved a decade after the last. And AI attracting record funding and embedding itself at every layer of drug discovery.

Pharma Phriday (April 3, 2026): Clinical advances span sleep disorders, respiratory disease, dermatology, cardiovascular risk, and autoimmune conditions. Regulatory highlights cover diabetes, haematological malignancies, and biosimilars. Commercially, M&A activity dominated, alongside AI-driven R&D partnerships.