Biogen signed a $2bn deal with UPenn focused on gene therapy; Thermo Fisher made its second major acquisition this year, paying over $4bn for FEI. Early-stage venture funding and FOPOs made up more than half of the month's total $1.6bn in biopharma financing, and big debt offerings from Wright Medical and Teleflex dominated device financing.
Industry is trying to side-step President Trump’s tariff- and price-curbing policy proposals. It may do better facing up to enduring R&D productivity and drug affordability challenges.
UK pharma faces a critical turning point as the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act introduces the "Failure to Prevent Fraud" offense in September 2025, requiring companies to transform their approach to fraud prevention or face severe consequences.
A look at Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly and other companies' late-stage clinical studies of GLP-1 drugs in indications ranging from neurodegeneration to oncology, and alcoholic liver disease to autoimmune conditions.
Emma Hodcroft, co-founder of Pathoplexus and a key Nextstrain contributor, stresses the importance of career flexibility for young scientists. She urges early-stage researchers to embrace curiosity, using her unconventional path as an example of how curiosity can lead to impactful success.
A German biotech has solved a fundamental physics problem that has limited mRNA therapeutics to injectable vaccines. Its breakthrough stabilizer technology allows mRNA particles to survive the mechanical stress of inhalation delivery, opening the door to treating chronic respiratory diseases.