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Abivax Crashes Most On Record After Cancer Cases In Trial Data Spooks Wall Street French biotech Abivax suffered its largest intraday decline on record after reporting new data on its lead experimental inflammatory bowel disease drug, which showed cancer cases among patients in the clinical trial. The new data certainly point to regulatory headwinds and raise the risk profile for approval. Abivax's ABTECT maintenance data showed strong efficacy readout, with both once-daily obefazimod doses meeting the primary endpoint at week 44. Clinical remission rates were 50.8% for the 25 mg dose...

This week’s “new ceasefire” between Israel and Lebanon continues to be highlighted by increasingly aggressive Israeli military attacks across Lebanon’s south, with at least 10 more Lebanese killed today, including three members of the Lebanese military. Given yesterday’s Israeli claim that they have “no hostile intent” toward the Lebanese government, that particular attack is particularly […]

Australia Considers Emergency Powers To Protect Domestic Gas Supply Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Australia’s government intends to consider using emergency powers to protect domestic natural gas supply in case of a shortfall on its east coast in the third quarter of 2026. The potential consideration of using such powers would be part of the steps the Albanese Government is taking to secure domestic gas supplies for Australian households and industry as the Middle East conflict disrupts global energy markets. Australian Minister for Resources, Madeleine King, has given notice of her intention to consider...