Biotech News Brief

Biotech news for Wednesday, May 13, 2026, ranked by our 5-dimension investment framework — regulatory, technology, commercial, manufacturing, and narrative.

May 13, 1:22 AM EDT

TriSalus outlines $54M-$57M 2026 revenue forecast while TriNav Advance clearance runs ~5 months past goal

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Earnings Call Insights: TriSalus Life Sciences (TLSI) Q1 2026 Management View CEO Mary Szela framed Q1 as a deliberate build year, saying the company executed a “deliberate realignment and significant expansion of our commercial organization” to “capture the m…

May 13, 12:21 AM EDT

Kura targets 2028 first top line KOMET-017 Phase III results as KOMZIFTI posts $5.8M in first full launch quarter

KURA

Earnings Call Insights: Kura Oncology (KURA) Q1 2026 Management View "In our first full quarter of launch, we generated $5.8 million in net product revenue ahead of expectations" (Chairman, CEO & President Troy Wilson), while emphasizing early commercial s…

May 12, 10:51 PM EDT

Capricor outlines deramiocel PDUFA date of August 22, 2026 while targeting 2,000 to 2,500 patients per year manufacturing capacity

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Earnings Call Insights: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) Q1 2026 Management view Linda Marbán said the “most significant development” is that “our biologics license application, or BLA, for deramiocel is currently under active review by the FDA with a PDUFA target…

May 12, 9:52 PM EDT

Lineage targets operations into Q2 2028 as it launches COR1 and scales ILT1 manufacturing

LCTX

Earnings Call Insights: Lineage Cell Therapeutics (LCTX) Q1 2026 Management View Brian Culley (CEO, President & Director) highlighted platform expansion and new pipeline launches: "I do definitely want to highlight the successful expansion of AlloSCOPE, ou…

May 12, 5:15 PM EDT

Kyverna begins rolling BLA submission for miv-cel

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Kyverna Therapeutics ( KYTX ) has started the rolling BLA process with the US FDA for its autoimmune CAR T therapy, miv-cel, in stiff person syndrome. The company and the agency have agreed that results from the phase 2 single-arm KYSA-8 single-arm

May 12, 3:42 PM EDT

Imunon targets OVATION 3 last patient enrollment in Q1 2029 while outlining preferred-share financing options

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Earnings Call Insights: IMUNON (IMNN) Q1 2026 Management View Dr. Stacy Lindborg (President, CEO & Director) said the company entered Q2 “with continued momentum” after announcing “the final clinical data from our completed Phase II study OVATION 2,” addin…

May 12, 11:42 AM EDT

Achieve outlines Q4 2026 NDA resubmission and 1H 2027 launch plans following $180M financing

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Earnings Call Insights: Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV) Q1 2026 Management View "I'm honored to step into the role of Chief Executive Officer at such an important time." (CEO, President & Director Andrew Goldberg) Goldberg said Achieve is developing cytisinic…

May 12, 11:31 AM EDT

Acumen expects ALTITUDE-AD top-line results in late 2026 while targeting a mid-2027 IND for 2 EBD candidates

ABOS

Earnings Call Insights: Acumen Pharmaceuticals (ABOS) Q1 2026 Management View "In the first quarter, we continued to advance sabirnetug through our Phase II ALTITUDE-AD trial, building on the clinical momentum established over the past year." (CEO & Direct…

May 12, 11:01 AM EDT

Acurx outlines August first patient for 20-patient rCDI pilot as it weighs FDA one-trial path

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Earnings Call Insights: Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP) Q1 2026 Management View "On March 9, '26, we issued a press release announcing that we're starting up a ground-breaking ibezapolstat clinical trial program in patients with recurrent CDI or rCDI, that has th…

May 12, 9:52 AM EDT

Coherus targets $15M quarterly LOQTORZI sales in 2026 while advancing midyear tagmokitug and casdozokitug readouts

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Earnings Call Insights: Coherus Oncology (CHRS) Q1 2026 Management view Chairman, President & CEO Dennis Lanfear said the strategy is built around LOQTORZI as “both a revenue generator” in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) and “a revenue multiplier” in combinati…

May 12, 9:21 AM EDT

AixCrypto targets end-of-june first data transaction test while building toward one data buyer transaction per month in H2 2026

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Earnings Call Insights: AIxCrypto Holdings, Inc. (AIXC) Q1 2026 Management view Co-CEO Jiawei Wang framed Q1 as the first execution quarter of the company’s Web3 and AI infrastructure pivot, saying, “The first quarter of 2026 is our first reporting period exec…

May 12, 8:39 AM EDT

Alkermes posts late-stage trial win for Lumryz in new sleep disorder

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Shidlovski Alkermes ( ALKS ) shares gained in the premarket on Tuesday after the company announced that its sleep disorder therapy Lumryz reached the primary goal in a late-stage trial for patients with idiopathic hypersomnia, a rare condition characterized by…

May 12, 8:15 AM EDT

AC Immune CEO Andrea Pfeifer to retire after 23 years

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AC Immune ( ACIU ) on Tuesday said co-founder and CEO Andrea Pfeifer will retire at the company’s upcoming annual general meeting after leading the neurodegenerative disease drug developer for 23 years. Board Chair Martin Zügel will take over as interim CEO

May 12, 7:34 AM EDT

Pfizer, Arvinas ink licensing deal with Rigel for breast cancer therapy

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MicroStockHub/iStock via Getty Images Arvinas ( ARVN ) announced on Tuesday that the company and its partner, Pfizer ( PFE ), reached an agreement with Rigel Pharmaceuticals ( RIGL ) to sell global licensing rights to their jointly developed breast cancer ther…

May 12, 1:31 AM EDT

Exagen reaffirms $70M-$73M 2026 revenue guidance as it targets $600-$650 ASP over time

XGN

Earnings Call Insights: Exagen (XGN) Q1 2026 Management View “We reported record first quarter revenue of $17.3 million, up 12% year-over-year,” and “gross margin was 59% and adjusted EBITDA loss reduced to $2.2 million,” CEO John Aballi (CEO, President &…

May 12, 1:31 AM EDT

CEL-SCI prices $7.2M offering at $1.20 per share

CVM

CEL-SCI ( CVM ) priced a public offering of 6M shares of common stock at $1.20 per share, Total gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $7.2M. The offering is expecte…

May 11, 10:53 PM EDT

Halozyme outlines ENHANZE royalties exceeding $1B in 2026 while launching a new $1B buyback

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Earnings Call Insights: Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO) Q1 2026 Management view "We started 2026 with exceptional momentum," said President, CEO & Director Helen Torley, pointing to "strong conviction in the 2026 to 2028 financial guidance" and saying partner…