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Novartis to build U.S. manufacturing hub in North Carolina: end‑to‑end capacity planned
Novartis announced plans to establish a flagship manufacturing hub in North Carolina as part of a $23 billion U.S. infrastructure investment, adding biologics, sterile packaging, and solid‑dose...
DARPA vet Fisher tapped to lead UK research agency ARIA
The U.K. research funding agency ARIA named a former DARPA official, Fisher, as its new chief, according to BioCentury reporting. The appointment signals ARIA’s continued strategy of importing...
Ocean Diagnostics pushes rapid sepsis ID toward 2028 launch after perfect pilot
France‑based Ocean Diagnostics completed a pilot clinical evaluation showing its rapid sequencing–based blood test matched gold‑standard blood cultures at 100% concordance and detected additional...
Taiho and Cullinan file rolling NDA for zipalertinib – EGFR exon‑20 program advances
Taiho Pharmaceutical and Cullinan Therapeutics initiated a rolling NDA submission to the U.S. FDA for zipalertinib, seeking accelerated approval for patients with locally advanced or metastatic...
Thermally programmed one‑pot CRISPR assay enables on‑site viral surveillance
Researchers published a thermally programmed one‑pot CRISPR assay that integrates thermal control with CRISPR molecular recognition to deliver rapid, sensitive viral detection suitable for on‑site...
Sydnexis FDA complete response spotlights transparency concerns
Sydnexis received a complete response letter (CRL) from the FDA that prompted industry commentary about regulatory transparency and shifting review expectations, BioCentury reported. The company’s...
Ginkgo launches Virtual Cell Initiative: 12-billion-point pharmacology push
Ginkgo Bioworks’ Datapoints unit announced the Virtual Cell Pharmacology Initiative (VCPI), a community-driven open-source effort to standardize virtual cell modeling for drug discovery. Ginkgo...
Ocean Dx pilot matches culture — startup targets 3.5-hour sepsis ID
France-based Ocean Diagnostics reported a pilot clinical evaluation showing its rapid bloodstream-infection test matched conventional blood cultures at 100% in a 110-patient ICU study at Bordeaux...
Eli Lilly breaks trillion-dollar barrier — first drugmaker to reach $1T
Eli Lilly became the first pharmaceutical company to reach a $1 trillion market valuation, driven largely by demand for its obesity medicines and strong commercial performance across its...
FDA transparency under fire: Sydnexis CRL and industry letter press regulator
A BioCentury report on Sydnexis’ complete response letter (CRL) has reignited criticism about the FDA’s transparency and shifting review standards, and hundreds of biotech leaders have sent a...
Big pharma onshores: Novartis and AstraZeneca pledge US manufacturing investment
Novartis unveiled plans to build a flagship North Carolina manufacturing hub with end-to-end biologics, sterile packaging and solid-dose capabilities, part of a $23 billion U.S. infrastructure...
Oligo hits obesity at its source: Resalis presents miR-22 ASO data
Resalis Therapeutics presented preclinical and translational data at TIDES Europe showing an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) targeting miR-22 that the company says drives durable, metabolically...
Taiho, Cullinan file rolling NDA: zipalertinib seeks fast lane for exon‑20 NSCLC
Taiho Pharmaceutical and Cullinan Therapeutics began a rolling NDA submission to the FDA for zipalertinib, a targeted agent for locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC with EGFR exon 20 insertion...
One‑pot thermally programmed CRISPR: a field-ready viral surveillance assay
Researchers published a thermally programmed one‑pot CRISPR assay in Nature Communications that integrates thermal control with CRISPR molecular recognition to deliver rapid, sensitive on-site...
Contineum’s PIPE‑307 misses endpoints — midstage MS study fails
Contineum Therapeutics reported top-line results from its Vista phase II trial of PIPE-307, an M1 receptor agonist developed with Janssen, showing the study missed primary and secondary efficacy...
GE Healthcare buys Intelerad for $2.3B — imaging push into outpatient cloud
GE Healthcare agreed to acquire Intelerad Medical Systems for $2.3 billion in cash to expand digital and cloud-enabled imaging capabilities for cardiology and radiology across outpatient and...
Eli Lilly Hits $1 Trillion – Pharma First
Eli Lilly briefly reached a $1 trillion market valuation intraday, becoming the first pharmaceutical company to hit the trillion-dollar mark. The surge was driven by blockbuster sales of its...
Ginkgo Datapoints Launches Virtual Cell Initiative: 12bn datapoints planned
Ginkgo Bioworks announced the Virtual Cell Pharmacology Initiative (VCPI) through Ginkgo Datapoints, committing to build a standardized, community-driven dataset to accelerate virtual cell models...
Ocean Diagnostics test matched cultures 100%: Rapid sepsis ID aims for 2028 launch
France‑based startup Ocean Diagnostics reported a pilot clinical evaluation in which its rapid bloodstream pathogen ID test matched conventional blood cultures at 100% and strongly correlated with...
Resalis unveils miR‑22 ASO: preclinical data show durable weight loss
Resalis Therapeutics presented preclinical data at TIDES Europe on an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) targeting miR‑22, which the company says drives metabolic reprogramming and sustained weight...