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Vaxcyte's pneumococcal jab exceeds expectations

Shares in Vaxcyte have rocketed on phase 3 trial data for its pneumococcal vaccine VAX-31 that suggests it could take on rivals from Pfizer and MSD.

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winners 2026

Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to optogenetics trio

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to optogenetics pioneers Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel.

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The hidden pandemic within the pandemic: How COVID-19 impact...

Why sepsis readiness – equipment, supply chains, surveillance, and public awareness – needs to be treated as core pandemic infrastructure.

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CSL joins forces with Alentis on claudin candidate

CSL has licensed rights to a potentially first-in-class anti-claudin-1 antibody developed by Alentis in a deal that could be worth up to $1.55bn.

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Novartis taps China's Abogen for autoimmunity TCE

Novartis has added a T-cell engager developed by China's Abogen Biosciences for autoimmune disorders in a deal that could be worth over $7.5bn.

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Pliant seeks $250m offering on lung fibrosis data

Buoyed by encouraging mid-stage clinical results for its idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis therapy bexotegrast, Pliant Therapeutics filed a $175million public offering, and then swiftly raised

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DTx for women’s mental health – Woebot and postpartum depres...

Digital therapeutics company Woebot Health has announced enrolment of the first patient in a pivotal clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of WB001, an investigational therapeu

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Sanofi, CytoReason expand AI deal into IBD

Tech company CytoReason has announced it has signed a multi-year, multimillion dollar deal with Sanofi to deliver artificial intelligence (AI) for drug discovery and development in the fiel

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Synthetic control arms in clinical trials: Making it happen

Across the industry, pharma companies are turning to AI and real-world data to address many of the challenges of running clinical trials.

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How synthetic control arms are changing clinical trials

Clinical trials are involved, expensive, and have been done largely the same way for decades but with today’s technology all that can change. With drawn-out timelines and billions

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Vaxcyte's pneumococcal jab exceeds expectations

Shares in Vaxcyte have rocketed on phase 3 trial data for its pneumococcal vaccine VAX-31 that suggests it could take on rivals from Pfizer and MSD.

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Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to optogenetics trio

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to optogenetics pioneers Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel.

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PHARMAP 2027 Addresses the Future of Pharmaceutical Manufact...

Senior pharma professionals gather in Berlin on 19-20 April for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Packaging Congress (PHARMAP) 2027

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The Evolution Summit Announces September 2026 Program for Cl...

Marcus Evans announces The Evolution Summit, taking place September 28-29, 2026 at Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club & Spa, San Diego, CA.

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The hidden pandemic within the pandemic: How COVID-19 impact...

Why sepsis readiness – equipment, supply chains, surveillance, and public awareness – needs to be treated as core pandemic infrastructure.

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Alzheimer’s: Starting the impossible journey

September was Alzheimer’s Month, and with that in mind pharmaphorum spoke to leaders at two biotechs about latest developments in the field.

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pharmaphorum podcast Episode 278, Shai Melcer, IIA

Bioconvergence & future human health, with Shai Melcer

Shai Melcer discusses bioconvergence, a multidisciplinary research and development approach that merges technologies.

Deep Dive

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Cancer misinformation is a trust problem, not just an inform...

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The GLP-1 Reckoning

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Designing obesity trials around real lives: How patient cent...

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The future of cardiometabolic trials: From obesity to outcom...

Gain practical insight into how leading experts are designing the next generation of cardiometabolic trials in an upcoming webinar from hVIVO

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Exploring the future: Opportunities and challenges in cell a...

Rare disease treatment poses distinct challenges for physicians, patients, caregivers, and pharma companies.

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Beyond clinical: Boosting recruitment and retention with SDO...

The success of clinical trials hinges on a complex array of factors, many of which extend beyond traditional clinical care.

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Bioconvergence & future human health, with Shai Melcer

Shai Melcer discusses bioconvergence, a multidisciplinary research and development approach that merges technologies.

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pharmaphorum podcast Episode 272, Dr Harpreet Singh, Precision for Medicine

Understanding Operation Trialblazer, with Dr Harpreet Singh

Dr Harpreet Singh, CMO at Precision for Medicine, brings both an insider and outsider perspective to discussing Operation TRIALBLAZER.

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Prevent-Stop-Cure: Diagnostics & chronic liver disease, with...

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Turning recruitment potential into enrolment reality

In the fourth episode of the IQVIA-sponsored PSCS leadership video series, Karen Townsend, senior director of medical affairs discusses SEELs

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Decentralisation by design: Bringing the trial closer withou...

In the third episode of the IQVIA-sponsored PSCS leadership video series, Sinead Callinan, Head of Patient Centred Delivery, discusses DCTs.

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Patient population first: the strategy behind country decisi...

White Papers

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From Alzheimer’s disease research to the real-world setting:...

In a new white paper, Lucid Strategy Consulting suggests three key themes for pharma strategists seeking market leadership in the Alzheimer's space.

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A data-driven guide to small molecule drug discovery and dev...

A new white paper from Excelra takes a closer look at how discovery teams actually experience the small molecule development journey.

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A New Framework to Engineer Breakthrough Value for Medicines

A new white paper from Lumanity – ‘A New Framework to Engineer Breakthrough Value for Medicines: Value Inflection Points Across the Development Path’.