Biotech’s 2026 Catalysts. Plus: China’s New Orphan Rules — a BioCentury podcast

Biopharma milestones to watch in the year ahead

RNAi and exon-skipping therapies headline the list of regulatory and pivotal data catalysts in 2026, while new lipid-lowering mechanisms, modalities, and precision medicines define cardiovascular disease catalysts this year. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the most important milestones of the year in new modalities, CV and renal diseases.

The analysts also discuss a new regulation in China introducing orphan drug exclusivity that could incentivize development of rare disease therapies.

Dig into the BioCentury’s catalyst picks and the new China policy below

• 2026 Catalysts: The rise of RNAi
• 2026 Cardiovascular Catalysts: Lp(a) on the Horizon
• 2026 Obesity Catalysts: Launches, readouts and challengers
• 2026 Catalysts: Breakthrough progress in renal disease
• AZ signals all-in on obesity via CSPC deal for $1.2B up front
• China’s orphan drug exclusivity could bolster market, incentivize development