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Alentra Brand Launch Reflects Currier's Expansion Into Full-Service CDMO Services
Currier has adopted a new name, Alentra, as the company expands its role in contract development and manufacturing across the healthcare and life sciences industries.…
Kindeva Secures $226M Defense Contract for Nerve Agent Antidote Autoinjectors
Kindeva’s global health security division, Meridian Medical Technologies, LLC, has been awarded a contract valued at up to $226 million by the Defense Logistics Agency…
Takara Bio, SPT Labtech Team Up to Automate NGS Library Preparation
Takara Bio USA, Inc. and SPT Labtech have partnered to make next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation more accessible to laboratories seeking to scale throughput and…
Revvity Unveils AI-Powered Workflow Platform to Streamline Drug Development and Manufacturing
Revvity has introduced a new software solution designed to coordinate scientific workflows across research, development, and manufacturing, with the goal of reducing operational disconnects that…
ScionxBio, Sanofi Team Up on Long-Acting mRNA Therapies
ScionxBio has entered into a worldwide strategic collaboration and licensing agreement with Sanofi to develop longer-acting versions of selected mRNA therapeutics, combining the French pharmaceutical…
MVIC, Upperton Partner to Streamline Inhaled and Nasal Drug Development
MVIC (Medicon Valley Inhalation Consortium) and Upperton Pharma Solutions have formed a strategic collaboration aimed at simplifying the path from early drug development to clinical…
Vetter's V-OVS® next Syringe Closure Wins Red Dot Design Concept Award
CDMO Vetter has received a Red Dot Award in the Design Concept category for V-OVS® next, its next-generation syringe closure system designed to improve handling,…
FDA Launches Initiative to Rethink Rare Disease Drug Development Framework
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is launching a new initiative aimed at addressing longstanding challenges in rare disease drug development, including the difficulty…
Senopsys Marks 20 Years of Sensory Science in Pharmaceutical Formulation Development
As pharmaceutical developers place greater emphasis on patient-centric drug design, Senopsys is marking 20 years of helping biopharmaceutical companies address one of formulation development’s practical…
Biomapas Acquires Pinnaxis to Expand Drug Safety Technology Capabilities
Biomapas has acquired Pinnaxis, a pharmacovigilance technology and consulting company based in Noida, India, in a move aimed at expanding its drug safety technology capabilities,…
Thermo Fisher Collaboration Identifies More Than 2,500 New Genetic-Protein Associations
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE) and Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) have identified more than 2,500 previously unreported genetic-protein associations through…
Lonza Extends Accelerated DNA-to-IND Pathway to Complex Biologics
Lonza is expanding its accelerated DNA-to-Investigational New Drug (IND) development offering beyond monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), adding support for more complex biologic formats as drug developers…
Lonza Adds Qurient's CDK7 Inhibitors to Dual-Payload ADC Technology Portfolio
Lonza is expanding its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) technology portfolio through an exclusive licensing agreement with South Korean biopharmaceutical company Qurient, gaining access to Qurient's cyclin-dependent…
Lonza, Onava Partner to Generate Experimental Data for AI-Driven Biologics Discovery
Lonza and Onava have entered into a research collaboration aimed at strengthening the experimental validation of AI-designed biologics, using Lonza's GS Gene Expression System platform…
Carterra, AstraZeneca Collaborate on Hardware and Software for AI-Driven Drug Discovery
Carterra is working with AstraZeneca on a research collaboration focused on developing the laboratory hardware and software needed to support more connected, AI-driven approaches to…
CPHI Pharma Awards 2026 Spotlight Innovation Across Pharma Industry
The winners of the 2026 CPHI Pharma Awards have been announced in Milan, with companies, projects and industry leaders recognized across 15 categories covering drug…
Thermo Fisher Expands Drug Development and Manufacturing Offerings at CPHI Milan 2026
Thermo Fisher Scientific is using CPHI Milan 2026 to highlight a broader set of drug development, manufacturing, clinical supply, and digital capabilities aimed at helping…
Terumo Launches K-Pack Embrace Safety Needle for Automated Drug Co-packing
Terumo Corp. has launched a new active safety needle designed to support automated processes used to combine injection needles with drug products and syringes. The…
PacBio, TychoBio Join Forces to Build AI Models for Rare Disease RNA Therapies
PacBio and AI drug discovery company TychoBio are collaborating on a large-scale sequencing effort aimed at improving the design of RNA-based treatments for rare diseases.…
Biopharma Industry Launches Consortium to Build Digital Standards for CMC
A new industry consortium launched today aims to tackle one of biopharma's persistent digitalization challenges: bringing chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) processes into a standardized,…
