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US Life Sciences Workforce Growth Slows Amid Economic Challenges
A comprehensive report from the Life Sciences Workforce Collaborative and Teconomy Partners LLC shows a slowing growth rate in the US life sciences sector, with industry-wide hiring down slightly...
Thermo Fisher to Acquire Sanofi’s Sterile Manufacturing Facility
Thermo Fisher Scientific announced its agreement to acquire Sanofi’s Ridgefield, New Jersey sterile fill-finish and packaging site. The acquisition will broaden Thermo Fisher’s US manufacturing...
AI-Powered Spatial Transcriptomics Study on Cancer Launched by A*STAR and 10x Genomics
Singapore’s A*STAR and 10x Genomics announced a collaboration for the TISHUMAP project, employing high-resolution spatial transcriptomics and AI to analyze up to 2,500 clinical samples from...
Novartis Appoints Mehta as CFO, Adjusts Income Guidance
Novartis has named its new Chief Financial Officer, Mehta, as part of management updates. The Swiss pharma company slightly raised its full-year sales guidance despite reporting Q2 sales figures...
Johnson & Johnson Reports Robust Q2 Led By Med-Tech and Innovative Drugs
Johnson & Johnson posted strong second-quarter 2025 results, driven by 22.3% growth in cardiology and 13% growth across its med-tech segments. Innovative medicines grew nearly 5%, offsetting a 43%...
Medicare Proposes Coverage Changes Limiting Transplant Surveillance Tests
Medicare contractor Palmetto’s MolDx program proposed new local coverage determinations restricting the number of surveillance tests allowable for transplant patients to monitor allograft...
Sarepta restructures with layoffs and pipeline pivot after DMD therapy deaths
Sarepta Therapeutics announced a major restructuring involving the layoff of approximately 500 employees, or 36% of its workforce, to achieve annual cost savings of around $400 million. This move...
FDA debates GSK’s Blenrep amid ocular toxicity concerns
GSK's antibody-drug conjugate Blenrep for multiple myeloma faces scrutiny over its safety and efficacy from the FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee. Originally approved in 2020, the drug was...
Johnson & Johnson posts strong Q2 sales despite Stelara patent cliff
Johnson & Johnson reported robust second-quarter results with overall sales reaching $23.7 billion, a 4.6% increase year-over-year, driven by strong medical device performance and innovative...
NIST releases consented pancreatic cancer genomic dataset
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a comprehensive genomic dataset derived from the pancreatic cancer cells of a 61-year-old patient who explicitly consented...
Mitochondrial donation yields eight healthy babies, advancing IVF therapy
Researchers in the United Kingdom have reported the birth of eight healthy children using mitochondrial donation techniques designed to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial DNA diseases. The...
Thermo Fisher to acquire Sanofi sterile manufacturing site in NJ
Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to acquire Sanofi's sterile fill-finish and packaging facility in Ridgefield, New Jersey. This site will expand Thermo Fisher's pharmaceutical manufacturing...
10x Genomics and A*STAR launch large-scale cancer spatial biology study
10x Genomics and Singapore’s A*STAR Genome Institute have initiated the TISHUMAP project, aiming to analyze over 2,500 tumor tissue samples with high-resolution spatial transcriptomics. Utilizing...
India-based AI startup Biotx AI advances GWAS-based drug discovery platform
Biotx AI, a German biotech informatics company with a global reach, leverages large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) and phenotypic data to inform drug target identification and...
Sarepta’s gene therapy Elevidys faces FDA black box warning, market restrictions
Following two reported deaths linked to Elevidys, its approved gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Sarepta Therapeutics has agreed to a black box warning on the drug’s label addressing...
U.K. government outlines ambitious plan to boost life sciences sector
The United Kingdom has unveiled a comprehensive life sciences strategy focused on boosting investment, accelerating clinical trials, and enhancing data access over a ten-year horizon. Key goals...
Sarepta restructures amid DMD gene therapy safety concerns
Sarepta Therapeutics announced a strategic restructuring plan involving a 36% workforce reduction of approximately 500 employees, following safety concerns associated with its gene therapy...
CareDx shares plummet on proposed transplant test coverage limits
Shares of CareDx fell sharply following a proposed local coverage determination (LCD) by Medicare contractor Palmetto's MolDx program that would restrict the number of surveillance tests covered...
Chemify launches world’s largest AI-robotics molecular synthesis lab
Chemify has opened its first fully automated 'Chemifarm' near the University of Glasgow, combining AI-driven molecular design with industrial-scale robotic synthesis to accelerate drug discovery...
Thermo Fisher to acquire Sanofi’s Ridgefield sterile manufacturing site
Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to acquire Sanofi's sterilized fill-finish and packaging facility in Ridgefield, New Jersey, employing over 200 staff who will join Thermo Fisher post-closing...