Stockholm – October 19, 2026 -- Sobi will present seven accepted abstracts on Aspaveli/Empaveli (pegcetacoplan) at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2026, running 21–25 October in Denver, Colorado, including two oral and five poster presentations.

North Chicago – October 19, 2026 -- AbbVie's investigational dual-targeting therapy ABBV-466 delivered endoscopic remission in 40.5% of Crohn's disease patients at Week 24, against 22.4% for risankizumab and 20.0% for trosunilimab monotherapy, according to Phase 2a TARGET-CD data (NYSE: ABBV).

Basel – October 19, 2026 -- WuXi Biologics will expand annual capacity to approximately 300 IND programs and 20 BLA programs by 2027, as bispecific antibodies and ADCs made up 71% of the 169 projects it added in the first half of 2026. More than two-thirds of those new programs originated in the United States and Europe, the company said at its 3rd annual Basel CRDMO+ Day, held alongside Festival of Biologics Basel 2026, which drew more than 3,000 industry professionals.

Shanghai – October 18, 2026 -- Mabwell's Nectin-4-targeting antibody-drug conjugate 9MW2821 (Bulumtatug Fuvedotin, "BFv") achieved a 30.0% objective response rate in 60 efficacy-evaluable triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients previously treated with a topoisomerase I (Topo I) ADC, according to Phase II data to be presented orally at the 2026 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress.

North Chicago – October 18, 2026 -- AbbVie will present new and updated data on seven solid tumor assets at the 2026 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress, October 23-27 in Madrid, the company's most expansive ESMO program to date. The data span lung, colorectal, ovarian, prostate and gastric cancers, across antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), bispecific antibodies and combination regimens.

Seoul – October 18, 2026 -- XellSmart's off-the-shelf Parkinson's cell therapy XS411 improved OFF-state motor scores by an average of more than 30 points at six months in all nine Phase I participants, and its 30-patient Phase II trial in China has completed enrollment.

The data were presented at the International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders (MDS). The company says the results showed no dose-limiting toxicities, serious adverse events or adverse events related to XS411.

Shanghai – October 17, 2026 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Orphan Drug Designation to GT801, the lead in vivo CAR-T candidate of Vivacta Biotechnology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., for autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). Vivacta Bio was spun out of Beijing Grit Biotherapeutics' in vivo CAR-T platform on June 25, 2025.

North Chicago – October 17, 2026 -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) is presenting 20 new scientific abstracts from its inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) portfolio at the 2026 United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week, held October 17-20 in Barcelona, Spain. The data cover long-term and real-world outcomes for Skyrizi (risankizumab) and Rinvoq (upadacitinib) in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).

Atlanta – October 16, 2026 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a once-daily autoinjector for UCB's ZILBRYSQ (zilucoplan), with complete dose delivery in 99.8% of 449 administrations, UCB said. Commercial availability is expected in Q1 2027.

Indianapolis – October 15, 2026 -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) will publish its third-quarter 2026 financial results on October 29, 2026, and will discuss the numbers on a conference call the same day.

Lilly schedules a 10 a.m. Eastern call for investors and media

The conference call begins at 10 a.m. Eastern time. Lilly will use it to detail the company's financial performance for the quarter with the investment community and media.