08/07/2026 Merck announced that the US FDA had granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to enpatoran Chemomab Therapeutics and Scipher Medicine announced a merger to advance nebokitug in an AI-powered Phase 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis study Merck announced that the US FDA had granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to enpatoran (Ref) Merck announced that the US FDA had granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to enpatoran (TLR 7/8 inhibitor) for the treatment of lupus with active

26/05/2026 Jade Biosciences announced first participant dosed in Phase 2 trial of JADE101 in IgA Nephropathy Jade Biosciences announced first participant dosed in Phase 1 trial of JADE201 in Rheumatoid Arthritis Jade Biosciences announced first participant dosed in Phase 2 trial of JADE101 in IgA Nephropathy (Ref) Jade Biosciences announced that the first participant had been dosed in the Phase 2, JUNIPER/ NCT07541287, trial which evaluated JADE101(Anti-APRIL) in participants

01/05/2026 UCB announced acquisition of IMIDomics’ patient insight business, strengthening capabilities in IMIDs UCB announced acquisition of IMIDomics’ patient insight business, strengthening capabilities in IMIDs (Ref) UCB and IMIDomics announced that UCB had acquired the Patients Insights Business of IMIDomics, gaining access to multi-omic datasets for immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs). The Patient Insight Business enhanced UCB’s ability to identify novel drug

16/03/2026 Spyre Therapeutics announced results from the Phase 2 rheumatoid arthritis sub-study InnoCare Pharma announced that ICP-538 had been approved for clinical trials in China and had completed dosing of the first subject Lilly announced Phase 3 results of lebrikizumab in pediatric patients with moderate-to-severe AD Sun Pharma announced US FDA had accepted for review the sBLA for tildrakizumab for the treatment of adults with active PsA Spyre Therapeutics announced res

09/03/2026 Pfizer announced Phase 2 results of tilrekimig in AD Vertex announced Phase 3 results of Povetacicept in IgA Nephropathy Pfizer announced Phase 2 results of tilrekimig in AD ( Ref ) Pfizer announced positive topline results from its Phase 2 study that evaluated tilrekimig (PF-07275315; trispecific antibody targets Il-4, IL-13 and TSLP) for the treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD) The study met its primary endpoint, demonstratin

03/03/2026 UCB and Antengene entered into a global license agreement for ATG-201 targeting B cell-related autoimmune diseases Johnson & Johnson received US FDA fast track designation for nipocalimab in SLE Priovant’s brepocitinib received US FDA acceptance and priority review for patients with dermatomyositis COUR Pharma announced Phase 2a results of CNP-104 in PBC Kyowa Kirin announced the discontinuation of rocatinlimab clinical trials UCB and Antengene entered into a globa

19/02/2026 AstraZeneca’s Saphnero was approved in Japan for patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus AstraZeneca’s Saphnero was approved in Japan for patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ( Ref ) AstraZeneca announced that Japan had approved Saphnero (aniflorumab; anti-IFN1R) subcutaneous injection 120 mg autoinjector for the treatment of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) This approval by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare was based on the result