BioSpectrum, the business of Bio & Health Sciences ASIA · OCT 2026
Front cover of BioSpectrum Asia, October 2026: Neurology's Disease-Modifying Moment

Cover design by Ankit Kankar · 52 pages including cover
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New issue Volume 21 / Issue 10 / October 2026 / Asia Edition

Neurology’s
Disease-Modifying
Moment

From symptom control to disease modification. Can precision biology, new modalities, blood-brain barrier technologies and better measurement turn neurology’s breakthroughs into a repeatable model?

Cover story by Ayesha Siddiqui · pages 13 to 29

3.4bnpeople with health loss from neurological conditions, WHO 2021
5.9%CNS Phase I to approval success rate
$26.9bnacross 24 neurology M&A deals in 2024 and 2025
11 daysChina: brain implant approval to hospital order

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Data room: the neurology deal wave and the Phase III test

The money that came back to CNS, and the late-stage programmes now carrying the argument.

Neurology M&A and licensing, 2024 to 2026 Deal value, US$ billion. Sources: DealForma and company announcements, as reported on page 14
Ten Phase III programmes to watch Select a programme for the mechanism and the state of play

Across 2024 and 2025, 24 neurology M&A transactions carried a combined value of $26.9 billion. Neurology M&A activity rose from 10 deals in 2024 to 14 in 2025, and the global CNS market was projected to pass $80 billion in sales in 2025 for the first time since 2013.

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