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Biotech catalyst news and analysis. FDA PDUFA tracker

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Biotech catalyst news and analysis. FDA PDUFA tracker
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ASND Ascendis Pharma

Achondroplasia already has one FDA-approved therapy on the market (BioMarin’s Voxzogo), so TransCon CNP is a “second entrant” story. That means the regulatory decision matters, but so will positioning, differentiation, and adoption post-approval.
OCUL Ocular Therapeutix Inc

Daily Hit on Ocular Therapeutix after the latest spike on renewed takeover chatter and ahead of the 52-week phase 3 SOL-1 readout for AXPAXLI (suprachoroidal axitinib). Cash-heavy balance sheet, a single pivotal asset at the centre of the story, and a market now trying to price both M&A optionality and binary clinical risk.
IBRX ImmunityBio Inc Update jan 14

Deep-dive update on ImmunityBio after the Saudi Food and Drug Authority granted approval to ANKTIVA + BCG for BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ, on top of existing approvals in the U.S., U.K. and conditional approval in the EU. Focus on the non-muscle invasive bladder cancer franchise, commercial trajectory, balance sheet and the next catalysts around QUILT-3.032 and QUILT-2.005.
OMER – Omeros – YARTEMLEA TA-TMA launch

Short update on Omeros after the FDA approval of YARTEMLEA (narsoplimab-wuug) for TA-TMA, the start of the U.S. launch and the analyst upgrades published in early January 2026. For the full story, background and detailed scenarios, see the main OMER reports on Merlintrader.
VKTX Viking Therapeutics Inc

Short update on VK2735 after the Phase 2 VENTURE data were published in the journal Obesity and after CEO Brian Lian’s comments at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference 2026. For the full story, fundamentals and detailed scenarios, see the main VKTX report on Merlintrader.
BCTX BriaCell Therapeutics

BriaCell Therapeutics (BCTX) is the definition of a high-beta biotech: a tiny, heavily dilutive, clinical-stage immuno-oncology company with a real science story, now colliding head-on with a brutal funding reality. On January 13, 2026, the company reported an 11-month sustained complete resolution of a lung metastasis in a 78-year-old metastatic breast cancer patient treated with Bria-OTS in Phase 1/2a – no dose-limiting toxicities, stable disease at other sites, Phase 1 completed and Phase 2a combo underway. That headline sent the stock vertical.
Within hours, BriaCell followed up with a $30M best-efforts public unit offering at $5.59 per unit, each unit including one common share (or pre-funded) + one listed warrant at $6.93 (BCTXL) with five-year maturity. The market’s response: a pre-market gap down to ~$5.0, more than -50% vs the prior close at $10.92, and a reset of the whole technical picture.
NRXP NRX Pharmaceuticals Inc

NRx has licensed a nationwide Real-World Evidence dataset from Osmind covering more than 70,000 patients treated with IV ketamine or intranasal esketamine for major depression with suicidal ideation. The full analysis will be submitted to the FDA in support of an Accelerated Approval application for NRX-100, the preservative-free ketamine IV formulation already under Fast Track Designation for suicidal ideation in depression and bipolar depression.
TVTX Travere Therapeutics Inc UPDATE jan 13 PDUFA Extension to april 13 2026

Travere confirmed that the PDUFA date for the FILSPARI sNDA in FSGS is January 13, 2026. In the latest corporate update (press release) and at the JPM conference, management explained that the FDA recently sent a series of additional information requests “to further characterize the clinical benefit of FILSPARI” and that Travere has now submitted complete responses, which are under review.
XAIR Beyond Air Inc

Beyond Air (XAIR) – Nitric Oxide Platform, NeuroNOS Deal and LungFit PH Expansion | Merlintrader trading Blog IT EN Beyond Air (XAIR) – Nitric oxide platform, NeuroNOS deal and a 170% day Beyond Air (XAIR) is a commercial-stage medtech/biopharma company…
OCGN Ocugen Inc

Ocugen has been rallying on rising price and volume, trading close to its 52-week high. The key trigger is the official announcement of a January 15, 2026 webcast to discuss 12-month data from the Phase 2 ArMaDa trial of OCU410 in GA, as outlined in the company’s press release
BCTX BriaCell Therapeutics Corp

In its January 13, 2026 press release, BriaCell announced the durable and sustained complete resolution of a lung metastasis in a patient treated with Bria-OTS™ (off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapy). The release describes a 78-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer who achieved complete resolution after four doses of Bria-OTS monotherapy, with confirmation out to 11 months.
QNCX Quince Therapeutics Inc

NEAT is clearly positive, Quince can be re-rated as a near-launch rare-disease company with credible billion-dollar potential and strategic appeal. If NEAT fails or is weak, equity value could be severely impaired given the single-asset focus, limited cash and EIB debt.
FBIO Fortress Biotech Inc

Focus: FDA approval of Zycubo (copper histidinate, ex CUTX-101) as first treatment for Menkes disease in children – monetisation of milestones, royalties and potential PRV for Fortress/Cyprium.
TVTX Travere Therapeutics Inc

Today is about one thing: uncertainty around the FDA decision timing/outcome for the FILSPARI FSGS sNDA. The company explicitly highlighted FDA information requests right before the target date.
PL Planet Labs PBC

Focus: multi-year low 9-figure Satellite Services contract with the Swedish Armed Forces – third sovereign-space deal in 12 months, >$500M combined.
TENX Tenax Therapeutics Inc

Tenax Therapeutics (TENX) – Deep Dive / Analisi Approfondita (Jan 2023 – Oggi) Tenax Therapeutics (TENX) – Deep Dive / Analisi Approfondita (Jan 2023 – Oggi) Full deep dive on TENX: financials, pipeline, catalysts, shareholder structure, insider activity, dilution, analyst…
IDYA Ideaya Biosciences Inc

Precision oncology company built around synthetic lethality, with darovasertib in uveal melanoma and a broad pipeline (MAT2A, PRMT5, PARG, ADCs) backed by more than 1.1 billion dollars in cash and a guided runway into 2030.
RCKT Rocket Pharmaceuticals

Focus: FDA PDUFA for KRESLADI™ (LAD-I) on March 28, 2026 – gene therapy, rare pediatric disease.
ATRA Atara Biotherapeutics Inc Jan 12 Update

Yesterday’s report framed ATRA around a PDUFA-window setup, with the assumption that the 2025 CRL was primarily a CMC/GMP story and that the ALLELE trial remained acceptable as the pivotal efficacy dataset. Today that premise is broken: the FDA has issued a second Complete Response Letter (CRL) for tabelecleucel/tab-cel in EBV+ PTLD.
Market Review | Preview for the Week of Jan 12

Biotech catalysts, small-cap rotation, space & defence names already on the Merlintrader radar, Trump factor, geopolitics (Ukraine, Red Sea, Venezuela, Greenland) and J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference 2026.