A study of MedRhythm’s MR-001 neurorehabilitation system, designed to improve walking and ambulation in adults with chronic stroke impairment, will use Curavit Clinical Research as its virtual contract research organization (VCRO).
Built upon seven years of real-world patient journey data, Belong.Life has recently announced the launch of its software as a service (SaaS)-based conversational artificial intelligence (AI) cancer clinical trial matching platform.
Therapeutic candidates and patient samples can be analyzed ‘in a fraction of the time it would normally take’ thanks to newly patented single-molecule imaging technology.
The Japanese firm Astellas Pharma will apply for planning permission to construct a drug manufacturing facility in Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland worth around €330 million ($352 million).
The U.S. company Rome Therapeutics plans to use the proceeds of its $72 million Series B round to take an experimental autoimmune disease treatment through early clinical testing.
The AstraZeneca-owned company Alexion has teamed up with Verge Genomics to deploy the U.S. startup’s drug discovery platform in the search for novel drug targets for rare neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases.
The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases could see the market for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) growing by 7.5% per year, says a report by Prophecy Market Insights.
OSP spoke to Vesta Marciulioniene, director global regulatory clinical services at ICON Biotech, a contract research organisation who shares insights on the new EMA guideline for computerised systems and electronic data in clinical trials and what new...
The U.S. company Nimbus Therapeutics has raised $210 million in a financing round to fund the development of small molecule drugs powered by computational drug discovery.
A benchtop DNA sequencer developed by the U.S. DNA sequencing company Element Biosciences, Inc., has seen sales grow by triple digits and has received more than 100 orders since its launch in March 2022.
The UK organ-on-a-chip (OOC) company CN Bio has teamed up with LifeNet Health LifeSciences to gain access to the non-profit tissue bank’s validated human cells for use in organ models for life sciences research.
The UK startup Intelligent OMICS (Intellomx) has launched a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical company Janssen to use artificial intelligence (AI) to discover drug targets for the treatment of blood cancer.
Eight new companies have joined The BioInnovation Institute’s (BII’s) Venture Lab acceleration program for early-stage companies, it was announced today (August 31).
Danaher is to acquire Abcam for $24 per share - a total enterprise value of approximately $5.7 billion representing approximately 40% more than Abcam's undisclosed share prices in May.
CDMO, Sirio Europe, is launching two new softgels aimed at those who want to develop in the pharmaceutical consumer health space at this year’s CPHI in Barcelona.
Emerald Cloud Lab (ECL) was the world’s first highly automated cloud laboratory, was set up by two friends, Brian Frezza and D.J Kleinbaum who grew up together and joined forces after their PhDs to found the company.
Mahana Therapeutics announced last week (August 22) that it was entering into a multi-million dollar distribution and marketing partnership with the consumer health division of Bayer.
FORE Biotherapeutics yesterday (August 23) announced the closing of its $75 million (£59 million) series D financing, led by the SR One and co-led by Medicxi and joined by existing investors.
A partnership between Banner Health and nference will offer more ‘potent insight generation, offering researchers the option to examine more inclusive data’.
QuantHealth announced it has raised a $15 million series A funding round today (August 22) for its clinical simulator that can predict how a patient will respond to treatment in a clinical trial.
Actimed Therapeutics Ltd will put some of its additional funding of £4.75 million ($6 million) towards its attempt to provide the world’s first cure for cancer cachexia.
Another company OSP was lucky enough to catch up with at DIA Global in Boston this year, was well-established generative artificial intelligence (AI) software company, Yseop.
Integrated drug formulation and clinical trials company, BDD Pharma, will be expanding its phase appropriate development, manufacturing, and clinical testing services after a £2 million ($1.3 million) investment.
BioPharma Reporter and Outsourcing Pharma presents its latest round-up of the movers and shakers in the pharma industry. From Karuna Therapeutics to IO Biotech, we break down the key changes on the pharmaceutical job ladder.
The first patient has been dosed with an orally available small molecule cancer immunotherapy drug, Sosei Group Corporation and Cancer Research UK have announced.
PureTech Health plc has been awarded $11.4 million (£8.9 million) from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to advance its therapeutic candidate for the potential treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.
A company that ‘translates science into survival’ by developing new therapies has completed its acquisition of a technology company leading in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has today (July 31) given clearance via its 510(k) process to one of the artificial intelligence solutions cleared for colonoscopy.
Phastar, a biometrics contract research organization (CRO) can now officially call its business ‘a force for good’ after it received B Corp certification.
Leslie Orne joined Trinity Life Sciences in 2001 and was recently appointed CEO and president of the fast-growing healthcare consultancy. She previously held the title of chief commercial officer (CCO) and president.
H.E.L Group (H.E.L), a global developer and manufacturer of laboratory tools, has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), a prestigious Indian academic institution kickstarting scientific and technological research....
Adherence specialist AARDEX Group has been announced as a founding member of the CancerX initiative, which aims to bring diverse stakeholders together to drive innovation and improve follow up for cancer patients.
Phesi, a global provider of patient-centric data analytics, has released the results of its mid-year global analysis of all clinical trials conducted in 2023 to date.
Greenphire, provider of clinical trial financial solutions, has released its global 2023 State of Clinical Trial Patient Convenience Market Trends survey.
The U.S. startup Surge Therapeutics has raised $32 million in a Series B round to bankroll the development of a hydrogel-based immunotherapy delivered during cancer surgery.
The Swiss company Idorsia has sold its operating businesses Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Japan Ltd and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Korea Co., Ltd to the Japanese firm Sosei Heptares for CHF 400 million ($466 million).
The pharma giants AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer and Merck have been revealed as founding members of the Alliance for Genomic Discovery (AGD), a project aiming to accelerate drug development by collecting genomic data from underrepresented populations.
Convatec Group, a medical products and technologies company focused on chronic conditions, has partnered with Tandem Diabetes Care on a new five-inch infusion set for Tandem Mobi, the world’s smallest durable automated insulin delivery system.
In the State of the Union address earlier this year, President Biden urged U.S. lawmakers to cap insulin prices at $35 a month, an expansion of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. The act contains language that would allow the government to negotiate drug...
The U.S. startup Readout AI has closed a pre-seed financing round to fuel the development of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool to speed up data analysis in clinical trials.
The U.S. company Arthrosi Therapeutics has bagged $75 million in a Series D round to fund the clinical development of a small molecule drug for chronic gout.
Lisa Moneymaker is full of energy, enthusiasm, and wisdom. She is well-known on the pharma circuit and it’s easy to see why. She has been chief technology officer and chief product officer at Saama since October last year and feels passionately about...
A licensing agreement between Evotec SE and Bristol Myers Squibb Company (BMS) that will ‘bolster a pipeline of programmes targeting several neurodegenerative conditions’ was announced today (July 11).
Updated guidelines for risk-based quality management (RBQM) are much more than just for monitoring purposes and can show quality by design concepts, save immeasurable time on manpower and shows there has been a complete mindset shift within the last 15...
This year’s CPHI South East Asia is expecting a surge in international partnering with organizers expecting a record attendance of 8,000 visitors including a significant number from overseas – doubling last year’s figures.
