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BioNTech sticks with cancer vaccine despite trial miss

BioNTech's vaccine for head and neck cancer has failed a clinical trial, but it will wait for more data before deciding the programme's fate.

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Roche adds another obesity drug with $1.16bn Rona deal

Roche has added to its weight-loss drug pipeline again, turning to China's Rona Therapeutics for an RNAi candidate targeting ALK7.

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Bambusa, Aspen, and Tang added to IPO pipeline

2026's sizeable haul of IPOs shows no signs of letting up, with three more biotechs – Bambusa, Aspen, and blank cheque firm Tang – joining the queue.

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Syndax shares fall as lung fibrosis drug fails trial

Syndax shares lost 17% of their value pre-market after the company said it abandoned development of axatilimab for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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Brent Saunders ejects from Bausch + Lomb once again

Brent Saunders' second stint as chief executive of eye care company Bausch + Lomb has come to an end.

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Blockchain: Ready to revolutionise medicinal cannabis resear...

Robert Galarza outlines how blockchain technology can be utilised to verify, validate and standardise the efficacy of medical cannabis and oth

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The unprecedented challenge of pricing a coronavirus vaccine

AZ starts phase 2/3 trial of new-variant COVID-19 vaccine

AstraZeneca and Oxford University have started dosing patients in a trial of a new version of their COVID-19 vaccine that is designed to target the beta or South African variant of the SARS

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Intellia, Regeneron ace first trial with 'in vivo' CRISPR dr...

The first ever clinical data with a CRISPR/Cas9 drug used to edit the genomes of cells within the body has yielded impressive results in patients with ATTR amyloidosis, a life-threatening r

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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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BioNTech sticks with cancer vaccine despite trial miss

BioNTech's vaccine for head and neck cancer has failed a clinical trial, but it will wait for more data before deciding the programme's fate.

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Roche adds another obesity drug with $1.16bn Rona deal

Roche has added to its weight-loss drug pipeline again, turning to China's Rona Therapeutics for an RNAi candidate targeting ALK7.

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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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Changing Faces: Pharma and biotech hires, September 2026

There was plenty of movement at the top of pharma and biotech in September, with leadership changes spanning some of the industry’s biggest names.

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LSX 2026 with Sam Possemiers, MRM Health

Taking the microbiome seriously, with Sam Possemiers

pharmaphorum catches up with MRM Health founder and CEO Sam Possemiers at LSX 2026.

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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.

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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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.

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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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Taking the microbiome seriously, with Sam Possemiers

pharmaphorum catches up with MRM Health founder and CEO Sam Possemiers at LSX 2026.

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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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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’.