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Zymeworks completes Theravance acquisition, adds COPD drug YUPELRI

As of October 2026: Overseeing integration of Theravance commercial operations

Zymeworks, a Vancouver biotech built on research partnerships, now owns a commercial medicine. The Sept. 23 closing of its Theravance Biopharma acquisition added YUPELRI, a once-daily nebulized COPD treatment that posted $133.1 million in sales in the first half of 2026, plus the hospital sales team behind it.

Updated Oct 4