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Global Call for Self-Care Integration as World Faces NCD Crisis

On International Self-Care Day, and as world leaders prepare for a landmark United Nations General Assembly meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) thi...

July 24, 2025 | News

BD Launches First Pharma-Sponsored Clinical Trial Using Libertas™ Wearable Injector for Subcutaneous Biologic Delivery

The selection of BD Libertas™ Wearable Injector for this pharma-sponsored trial follows successful outcomes from more than 50 BD-conducted pr...

July 24, 2025 | News

New England Biolabs Launches Low-Bias Small RNA Library Prep Kit to Advance RNA Sequencing Accuracy

New England Biolabs (NEB®) nnounced the launch of the NEBNext Low-bias Small RNA Library Prep Kit, designed to minimize biased representation of s...

July 23, 2025 | News

AstraZeneca Commits $50 Billion to U.S. Expansion by 2030 in Biggest-Ever Global Investment

Investment will support AstraZeneca’s ambition to reach $80 billion revenue by 2030, with 50% generated in th...

July 22, 2025 | News

FDA Pulls Emergency Brake on Sarepta's Gene Therapy Trials Amid Fatal Safety Crisis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it has placed Sarepta Therapeutics investigational gene therapy clinical trials for limb girdle muscular dy...

July 21, 2025 | Regulatory

Thermo Fisher to Acquire Sanofi’s Ridgefield Site, Expanding U.S. Steriles Manufacturing Capacity

Thermo Fisher to Acquire Sanofi’s Steriles Manufacturing Site in Ridgefield, New Jersey to Produce Critical Medicines for Sanofi Enables Additional ...

July 17, 2025 | News

Merck Launches AAW™ Platform with Opentrons to Advance Lab Automation and Scientific Discovery

New platform powered by Opentrons expands lab automation to accelerate scientific discovery Plug-and-play design for effortless integration into diverse...

July 16, 2025 | News

Waters Corporation to Combine with BD’s Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions, Creating a Global Life Sciences and Diagnostics Leader

Waters Corporation , a global leader in analytical instruments and software, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with BD&r...

July 15, 2025 | News

Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Rapid CGP Access with Oncomine™ Comprehensive Assay Plus on Genexus™ System

Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that the Oncomine™ Comprehensive Assay Plus* is now available on the Ion Torrent™ Genexus™ System* hel...

July 15, 2025 | News

FDA Publishes First-Ever Public Database of Complete Response Letters (2020–2024) – Now Available for Download

Download Approved CRLs – 2020 to 2024 (external link) U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has, for the first time, made pub...

July 14, 2025 | Regulatory

Merck & Co. (MSD Outside U.S. and Canada) to Acquire Verona Pharma for $10 Billion, Expanding Respiratory Portfolio with Ohtuvayre®

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, and Verona Pharma plc (Nasdaq: VRNA) (“Verona Pharma”), a biopharmaceu...

July 04, 2025 | News

Cube Biotech Appoints Former Sartorius CEO Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg to Board of Directors

Cube Biotech GmbH announced the appointment of Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg, former CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sartorius AG, to its Board of ...

July 10, 2025 | News

Univercells Technologies and Repligen Collaborate to Advance Real-Time Monitoring in Viral Vector and Vaccine Manufacturing

Univercells Technologies, a Donaldson Life Sciences business and global provider of bioprocessing solutions, announced a collaboration with Repli...

July 10, 2025 | News

FDA’s AI Transition Marks a Turning Point in Drug Review: Industry Faces Pressure to Adapt Amid 20% Workforce Cut

The FDA’s recent decision to cut its workforce by 20 percent has raised concerns across the biopharma industry, with experts warning of inevitable de...

July 09, 2025 | Opinion | By Lindsay Mateo, Chief Commercial Officer at Weave Bio

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