Drug Discovery and Development
Amgen advances toward lupus redemption while gastric cancer candidate struggles
Amgen’s lupus efforts may be about to succeed. Daxdilimab, a monoclonal antibody acquired from Horizon Therapeutics in 2023, hit the primary endpoint in a phase 2...
Basilea to collaborate with US biotech to develop new antifungal drug
Basilea Pharmaceutica is continuing its quest to develop much-needed new antifungal drugs by penning a deal with Prokaryotics.
The collaboration will see Switzerland-based Basilea and...
Nanoform outlicenses Nanoencorafenib and signs development and commercialisation agreement with A.forall and IMGA
Nanoform has announced that it has established, in collaboration with A.forall Development NV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston-based private equity company The Riverside...
ExpreS2ion selects Northway Biotech as manufacturing partner for Nipah virus vaccine programme
ExpreS2ion Biotechnologies has selected Northway Biotech as its cGMP contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) for its Nipah virus vaccine candidate.
The programme is being...
AstraZeneca enhances its weight management portfolio through collaboration agreement with CSPC Pharmaceuticals
AstraZeneca has strengthened its weight management portfolio through a new strategic collaboration agreement with CSPC Pharmaceuticals to advance the development of multiple next-generation therapies...
Clinical Trials Insight
Functional cure for hep B proves worth in phase 3 trials setting up approval push
GSK’s potential ‘functional cure’ for hepatitis B drug has performed strongly in a pair of hotly anticipated phase 3 studies, setting up the pharma for...
Phase 3 antifungal trial cancelled over low response, higher mortality rate
Pulmocide’s phase 3 trial has been cancelled after patients who received its investigational inhaled antifungal had lower response rates and a higher number of...
Hutchmed to file for approval of sovleplenib in China in the first half of 2026
A phase 3 trial of Hutchmed’s autoimmune disease candidate sovleplenib has hit ts primary endpoint, delivering a boost to an asset that was held...
Corxel announces $287 million Series D1 financing for its cardiometabolic pipeline
Corxel Pharmaceuticals has announced the successful completion of its Series D1 financing, raising up to $287 million in capital.
Proceeds from the round are expected...
Pentixapharm highlights expanding CXCR4 radiopharmaceutical platform with new clinical findings
Pentixapharm Holding AG, an advanced clinical-stage biotech developing novel radiopharmaceuticals, presented extensive clinical data from independent investigator-initiated studies assessing Pentixapharm’s CXCR4-targeting diagnostic lead candidate,...
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Pharma in Healthcare
J&J reveals plan to build two US manufacturing sites
Johnson & Johnson has shaken-hands on a most-favoured-nation (MFN) drug pricing deal with the Trump administration.
With the agreement—which frees J&J up from tariffs on...
ExpreS2ion selects Northway Biotech as manufacturing partner for Nipah virus vaccine programme
ExpreS2ion Biotechnologies has selected Northway Biotech as its cGMP contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) for its Nipah virus vaccine candidate.
The programme is being...
Alexion, Astrazeneca and Wolves Foundation unite to raise awareness of rare disease
Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, and Wolves Foundation have announced a new partnership to raise awareness of rare diseases and support the Foundation’s disability football...
Enzymatica becomes official supplier of the Swedish Biathlon Federation
Enzymatica is proud to announce a partnership with the Swedish Biathlon Federation, under which Enzymatica becomes an official supplier to the national federation.
The collaboration focuses on initiatives...
Sanofi expands patient affordability program by offering access to all its insulins for $35 per month in the US
Sanofi US announces a broad expansion of its Insulins Valyou Savings Program by offering a 30-day supply of any Sanofi insulin for $35 to all patients in...
Technology and Automation
Tempris wins ISPE robotics award
Tempris, an innovation leader in wireless in-process product temperature control for freeze-drying, is delighted to announce that it has been presented with the 2025...
Terumo acquires WuXi Biologics drug product plant in Leverkusen, Germany
Terumo Corporation has announced the successful completion of its acquisition of a drug product plant and associated quality control laboratory operations from WuXi Biologics in...
SPT Labtech enables automated Twist Bioscience NGS library preparation workflows on SPT’s firefly platform
SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design and development of laboratory automation and liquid handling solutions, has announced the availability of validated automated...
Special pharmaceutical R&D through AI and a digitalised physical DMTA cycle
ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes software in support of digitalised R&D, has announced the release of a new two-part white paper...
Introducing a world-first 3rd-Generation ELN
Sapio Sciences has announced the launch of the world’s first 3rd-generation Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) that thinks like a scientist, Sapio ELaiN.
Sapio ELaiN is an...
Pharma packaging and logistics
Atelerix enters agreement with Cherry Biotech to integrate non-cryogenic transport solutions with advanced organoid models
Atelerix, a biotech company revolutionising cell preservation and biological transport with its pioneering hydrogel encapsulation technology, today announced it has entered a partnership with...
Samsung Biologics expands US manufacturing capacity with acquisition from GSK
Samsung Biologics has announced that its wholly owned US subsidiary, Samsung Biologics America, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Human...
Natix goes to China to enhance manufacturing
To answer the global shortage of high-activity Pancrelipase/Pancreatin Enzybel Pharma 2, Natix has forged a strategic alliance with Deebio, a prominent Chinese manufacturer of...
Innovation to help US pharmacies ship confidently
Cold Chain Technologies (CCT), a global leader in temperature-controlled packaging, is transforming how specialty pharmacies manage cold chain logistics with its innovative digital applications...
Commercial supply enabled for breast cancer treatment drug
Enzene has announced the initiation of commercial supply of pertuzumab, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy indicated for the treatment of HER2-positive (HER2+) breast cancer....
Events and conferences
ELRIG announces two keynote speakers at Cell and Gene Therapy 2026
ELRIG has announced the keynote speakers for Cell and Gene Therapy 2026.
Drs Stephen Ward (Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult) and Annarita Miccio (Imagine...
CRISPR Therapeutics to present at the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
CRISPR Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on creating transformative gene-based medicines for serious diseases, today announced that members of its senior management team will...
LogiPharma 2025: curated, collaborative and connected
Following a landmark gathering of over 2,200 life sciences supply chain leaders in April, LogiPharma’s 25th anniversary edition is being recognised not only for...
Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators went to Varun Venkataramani
This year, the Hamburg based life sicences company Eppendorf SE awarded its prestigious research prize for the 30th time. The independent jury chaired by...
Ilmac – a definitive conference for chemistry and life sciences – is still going from strength to strength
Inspiring the Future of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Ilmac celebrates its 66th year with a bold new format, world-class speakers, and a major anniversary...
Funding and Finance
New collaboration to evaluate Opti-mAb® technology in next-generation antibody therapeutics
Swedish biotech company AAX Biotech AB announces a collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo, one of the global leaders in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), to investigate the...
Formation Bio Licenses miR-124 activator for autoimmune diseases from CTFH
Formation Bio has acquired the worldwide rights, excluding Greater China, to FHND5032, an oral, small-molecule miR-124 activator being developed for the treatment of autoimmune...
Lilly buys Ventyx for $1.2 billion
Rumours that Eli Lilly planned to buy Ventyx Biosciences have been confirmed.
A report in the Wall Street Journal, has been proved correct as Lilly announced...
Tech giant NVIDIA to collaborate with Eli Lilly and Thermo Fisher
Global chipmaker giant NVIDIA kicked off JPM Week with several partnership announcements, most notably a billion-dollar partnership with Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly.
The new deal builds...
Nanoform announces new midterm business targets for 2030
Nanoform Finland plc, the medicine performance-enhancing company, has announced new midterm business targets for 2030.
Nanoform’s priorities for its 2026-2030 strategy period are to have:
Three...
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