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

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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.

TENX Tenax Therapeutics Inc

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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.

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.

SANA Biotechnology

As of January 10, 2026, Sana Biotechnology (NASDAQ: SANA) stands as a clinical-stage pioneer focused on the development of engineered cells as a new modality of medicine. Founded on the belief that cell therapy will follow small molecules and biologics as the "third pillar" of therapeutics, Sana has built a platform to address the two primary bottlenecks of the industry: Immune Evasion and Scalable Manufacturing.