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10x Genomics launches next‑gen Flex — single‑cell at scale
10x Genomics rolled out the next generation of its Chromium Flex assay, enabling automation‑compatible, plate‑based multiplexing for high‑throughput single‑cell studies. The company said the new...
Stat profile: Moderna unravels — cash, contracts and strategy under pressure
A STAT feature chronicles Moderna’s post‑pandemic retrenchment, detailing slumping Covid‑vaccine revenues, government contract cancellations, layoffs and a sharp market‑value decline from 2021...
FDA moves to speed biosimilars: draft would drop clinical comparators
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled a draft framework proposing to eliminate routine Phase III comparative efficacy trials for biosimilar approvals. The agency, led by Commissioner...
Thermo Fisher to buy Clario — up to $9.4 billion for trial data assets
Thermo Fisher Scientific agreed to acquire Clario, a clinical trial software and data solutions company, in a deal worth about $8.9–$9.4 billion in cash. The transaction brings trial management,...
Roche inks China deal for bispecific respiratory antibody — $75M up front
Roche secured global rights to Qyuns Therapeutics’ bispecific antibody QX-031N in a licensing and collaboration that starts with a $75 million upfront payment and reaches up to roughly $1.07...
FDA halts Intellia gene-editing trials after patient liver injury
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed a clinical hold on two late‑stage Intellia Therapeutics trials testing a CRISPR-based in vivo gene-editing therapy after a serious liver injury in a...
BridgeBio posts two Phase III wins — rare disease results move toward filings
BridgeBio announced positive Phase III results for two rare‑disease programs, delivering a double win for the company. Encaleret met primary and key secondary endpoints in autosomal dominant...
Lilly and Nvidia to build pharma supercomputer — AI drug discovery gets scale
Eli Lilly and Nvidia announced a collaboration to build what they describe as the most powerful supercomputer operated by a pharmaceutical company, designed to train larger AI models for drug...
Lilly buys Adverum to advance one‑time gene therapy for wet AMD
Eli Lilly agreed to acquire Adverum Biotechnologies to secure ixoberogene soroparvovec (ixo‑vec), a Phase III one‑time gene therapy candidate for wet age‑related macular degeneration (wAMD). Lilly...
GSK licenses Empirico siRNA for COPD: $85M up front, multimillion milestones possible
GSK struck a deal to license Empirico’s phase‑1 siRNA candidate EMP‑012, paying $85 million up front and agreeing to up to $745 million in development and commercial milestones. The...
Recursion hands Roche a whole‑genome microglia map — $30M milestone triggered
Recursion delivered a phenotypic microglia map to Roche/Genentech under a collaboration and received a $30 million milestone payment, the latest tranche in a multi‑hundred‑million dollar...
10x Genomics launches next‑gen Flex: 384‑plex single‑cell at automation scale
10x Genomics introduced a next‑generation Chromium Flex assay that supports automation‑compatible plate‑based multiplexing of up to 384 samples, enabling profiling at scales the company says can...
Thermo Fisher to buy Clario – $9.4B bid for trial-data platform
Thermo Fisher Scientific agreed to acquire Clario in a cash deal that pays roughly $8.9 billion upfront plus contingent consideration, valuing the clinical-trial data and software specialist at up...
FDA moves to cut red tape for biosimilars: fewer comparative trials required
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published draft guidance aiming to streamline biosimilar approvals by no longer routinely requiring head‑to‑head clinical efficacy studies against branded...
Novartis buys Avidity for $12B – bet on RNA delivery beyond the liver
Novartis agreed to acquire Avidity Biosciences for about $12 billion to secure three RNA‑based therapies in pivotal testing and Avidity’s delivery platform that aims to expand RNA therapeutics...
Eli Lilly, Nvidia build pharma’s most powerful AI supercomputer: drug discovery focus
Eli Lilly and Nvidia announced a partnership to build what they describe as the most powerful supercomputer owned by a pharmaceutical company, aimed at training larger AI models for drug...
BridgeBio posts Phase III win – encaleret normalizes calcium in rare hypoparathyroidism
BridgeBio Pharma reported positive top‑line results from a global Phase III trial of encaleret in autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 1 (ADH1). The company said 76% of treated patients met...
Recursion delivers microglia phenomap to Roche – $30M milestone triggers
Recursion announced delivery of a whole‑genome microglia phenomap to Roche and Genentech under their multi‑year AI partnership, prompting a $30 million milestone payment and lifting total...
10x Genomics launches next‑gen Flex – scalable plate‑based single‑cell at 384‑plex
10x Genomics unveiled the next generation of its Chromium Flex assay: an automation‑compatible, plate‑based workflow that enables 384‑sample multiplexing and the capacity to process up to 100...
iOrganBio launches CellForge with $2M seed – AI to scale cell manufacturing
iOrganBio emerged from stealth with $2 million in seed funding and introduced CellForge, an AI‑driven cell manufacturing platform aimed at producing predictable, reproducible human cells and...