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Cellares signs lease for Leiden Smart Factory – European cell‑therapy IDMO hub

January 16, 2026

Cellares secured a long‑term lease in Leiden Bio Science Park to establish a Smart Factory and serve as its European integrated development and manufacturing organization (IDMO) headquarters. The...

AI designs genetic circuits at human‑cell scale – CLASSIC maps ultra‑high‑throughput design space

January 16, 2026

Researchers introduced CLASSIC, a method combining long‑ and short‑read sequencing with AI/ML to design, build and map hundreds of thousands to millions of genetic circuit variants in human cells,...

Tecvayli: J&J shows major survival gain in Phase 3

January 16, 2026

Johnson & Johnson reported Phase 3 results showing Tecvayli (a dual‑targeting T‑cell engager) produced a large survival and progression benefit in relapsed multiple myeloma. In the MajesTEC‑9...

Boston Scientific to buy Penumbra for $14.5B – Deal expands thrombectomy reach

January 16, 2026

Boston Scientific agreed to acquire Penumbra for approximately $14.5 billion, a cash‑and‑stock deal that gives the acquirer expanded thrombectomy and embolization capabilities. Penumbra makes...

Agenus-Closes $141M deal with Zydus — U.S. biologics capacity secured

January 16, 2026

Agenus finalized a $141 million strategic collaboration with Zydus Lifesciences to accelerate global development and commercial readiness for its BOT+BAL immunotherapy combination. The agreement...

Cellares inks lease in Leiden – European smart factory for cell therapies

January 16, 2026

Cellares signed a long‑term lease for a Smart Factory at Leiden Bio Science Park to serve as its European headquarters and expand automated cell‑therapy development and manufacturing capacity. The...

NVIDIA, Lilly and Thermo Fisher... AI deals scale up lab automation

January 16, 2026

Two major partnerships announced at JPM highlight an acceleration of AI investments across drug discovery and laboratory workflows. NVIDIA and Eli Lilly unveiled a $1 billion co‑innovation lab to...

TrueMRD and standards: Veracyte, BloodPAC push MRD toward clinic

January 16, 2026

Veracyte outlined plans to launch its TrueMRD minimal residual disease test in the first half of the year with an initial indication in muscle‑invasive bladder cancer and a pipeline across breast,...

PanMAN: New compression method slashes pangenome storage needs

January 16, 2026

Researchers published PanMAN (Pangenome Mutation‑Annotated Network), a data structure and compression approach in Nature Genetics designed to dramatically reduce storage and compute burdens for...

MINT nanoparticles: disease‑responsive mRNA targets damaged cartilage

January 16, 2026

Mass General Brigham researchers reported a disease‑severity‑responsive nanoparticle platform (MINT) that preferentially delivers ghrelin mRNA to cartilage regions undergoing glycosaminoglycan...

Ocugen posts positive mid‑phase gene‑therapy reads—GA program advances

January 16, 2026

Ocugen reported interim Phase 2 data for its geographic atrophy gene therapy program showing positive signals from a limited patient cohort. Company statements said the candidate demonstrated...

Oxford Biomedica confirms takeover talks with EQT — CMO sector under M&A lens

January 16, 2026

Oxford Biomedica, a major contract manufacturer for cell and gene therapies, confirmed takeover talks with private equity investor EQT after rejecting multiple bids it deemed to undervalue the...

MRD validation framework lands: BloodPAC issues protocols, Veracyte plans TrueMRD launch

January 15, 2026

BloodPAC published standardized analytical-validation protocols for tumor‑informed circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assays, setting a common blueprint for how companies should demonstrate limit of...

Tecvayli survival data... J&J claims earlier multiple‑myeloma benefit

January 15, 2026

Johnson & Johnson reported Phase 3 results showing Tecvayli reduced risk of disease progression or death versus standard regimens in patients who relapsed after frontline therapy, with the company...

Big tech and lab giants double down on AI: billion‑dollar labs and instrument deals

January 15, 2026

NVIDIA and Eli Lilly announced a five‑year, $1 billion co‑innovation lab to deploy large‑scale AI computing and models for drug discovery, signaling a major industry pivot to tightly integrated...

Boston Scientific to buy Penumbra: $14.5B deal expands thrombectomy footprint

January 15, 2026

Boston Scientific agreed to acquire Penumbra for about $14.5 billion in cash and stock, a deal that would add Penumbra’s thrombectomy and embolization platforms to Boston Scientific’s...

Oxford Biomedica confirms EQT interest: takeover talks acknowledged

January 15, 2026

Oxford Biomedica, a major contract‑manufacturer for cell and gene therapy, confirmed it has engaged in takeover talks with private equity investor EQT after turning down prior unsolicited bids the...

Cellares leases Leiden hub: automated cell‑therapy IDMO expands into Europe

January 15, 2026

Cellares signed a long‑term lease at Leiden Bio Science Park for a new Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization (IDMO) Smart Factory that will serve as the company’s European...

Novo Nordisk Foundation backs BII: DKK 5.5B to scale Danish biotech incubator

January 15, 2026

The Novo Nordisk Foundation pledged up to DKK 5.5 billion (about €736 million / ~$857 million) to the BioInnovation Institute (BII) to expand operations, increase the number of startups supported...

Caldera launches with $112M... China‑sourced bispecific enters Phase 1

January 15, 2026

Caldera Therapeutics emerged from stealth with $112.5 million in combined Series A and A‑1 financing to advance CLD‑423, a dual‑targeting bispecific licensed from China’s Qyuns Therapeutics for...