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Bankruptcy threat looms as Quince runs out of options

Investor panic has poleaxed Quince Therapeutics share price, after a regulatory filing revealed the biotech's cash is running out.

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Lundbeck preps phase 3 for migraine prevention drug

Lundbeck seems to have brought its migraine prevention drug bocunebart back on track with positive data for an intravenous formulation.

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ILiAD bags $115m for pertussis vaccine, and other financings

This week's biofinancings include a nine-figure round for ILiAD, with Quantx Bio, Aerska, Galux, and Pandorum Technologies also raising new funds.

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BridgeBio gains on phase 3 dwarfism data

Shares in BridgeBio rose after it revealed data from a trial of infigratinib in achondroplasia, raising the prospect of the first oral treatment.

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Euro VCs team up to invigorate life sciences ecosystem

Major venture capital groups in Europe have joined forces to set up a new coalition aimed at revitalising access to life sciences investment.

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ERS: Analysis of speech spots COPD flare-ups

Researchers have found that changes in speech recorded using a smartphone can be used to predict when a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is at risk of an exacerbati

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ERS: GSK reveals data behind new asthma hope depemokimab

GSK's new long-acting drug candidate for severe asthma, depemokimab, reduced the rate of severe attacks by 54% in a pair of phase 3 trials presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS

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WCLC: Bayer, Boehringer face off on HER2 cancers

Bayer and Boehringer Ingelheim both had new data on their HER2-targeting small-molecule drugs to present at the World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), hoping to add new oral therapies to t

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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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Lundbeck preps phase 3 for migraine prevention drug

Lundbeck seems to have brought its migraine prevention drug bocunebart back on track with positive data for an intravenous formulation.

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ILiAD bags $115m for pertussis vaccine, and other financings

This week's biofinancings include a nine-figure round for ILiAD, with Quantx Bio, Aerska, Galux, and Pandorum Technologies also raising new funds.

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Touring Chiesi's vision for the future at the new Biotech Ce...

Following an invite to fly into Parma, Italy to witness first-hand the press launch of the considerable structure – black-painted and as yet under construction, gigantic cranes and all – th

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Vir awarded $1 billion multi-year BARDA influenza contract

The US Government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has made an

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Best practices in cardiometabolic trial design: Planning and...

Cardiometabolic disease is not a single entity. It is a broad spectrum of disorders that share common drivers.

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Whole-genome sequencing in the UK and Europe, with Mark Robi...

Whole-genome sequencing provides an unbiased and complete view of the human genome and enables the discovery of genetic variation.

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AMR and vaccines: Can universal coverage avert a post-antibi...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health crisis.

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Deep Dive: Research and Development 2025

Every breakthrough in medicine, every new treatment that changes lives, starts with research.

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Breaking through financial barriers to clinical trials: How ...

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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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The evolution of clinical research: Embracing new delivery m...

The UK is welcoming a new era of clinical trial delivery, evolving beyond the traditional site-centric approach to also embrace remote, decentralised, virtual, and hybrid trials and enablin

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pharmaphorum podcast Episode 239, Dr Jorg Schuttrumpf

Shaping the future of immunodeficiency care, with Dr Jörg Sc...

Dr Jörg Schüttrumpf, Chief Scientific Innovation Officer of Grifols, discusses advancing immunoglobulin (or IG) treatment for immune disorders.

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pharmaphorum podcast Episode 235, Markus Vossman, Illumina

On genomics, NGS, and doing much more good than bad, with Ma...

Markus Vossman, Germany general manager at Illumina, discusses innovative genomic applications and projects in the region.

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pharmaphorum podcast Episode 230, Benedict Cross, PhoreMost

Harnessing the cell's own degradation machinery, with Benedi...

Benedict Cross, Chief Technology Officer at PhoreMost, discusses targeted protein degradation.

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Treating the chronic diseases GLP-1s miss, with Laurent Auda...

Prive Bio CEO Laurent Audaly spoke with pharmaphorum during the JP Morgan Healthcare conference, discussing GLP-1s in the cardiometabolic space.

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The long-delayed promise of the microbiome, with Sam Possemi...

Sam Possemiers, CEO of MRM Health, believes that the microbiome space is finally coming into maturity.

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Allogeneic cell therapy isn’t dead, with Brian Culley

Lineage Cell Therapeutics' Brian Culley discusses allogeneic cell therapy, even beyond the traditional cell therapy realm of oncology.

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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’.

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Life Sciences Industry Report - Biologics and Generics

The importance of biosimilars only continues to grow, driven by the potential savings they are able to deliver to healthcare systems.

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Life Sciences Industry Report - Rare Disease Space

There are some 7,000 known rare diseases in the world, yet, multiple challenges and unmet needs remain when it comes to therapies for these diseases.

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Emerging Trends in Personalised Medicine at PHARMAP 2026

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Packaging Congress is an exclusive annual event that fosters networking and knowledge-sharing among professionals

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The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Packaging Congress (PHA...

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Packaging Congress (PHARMAP) 2026 unites professionals to discuss the most recent trends of industry in Amsterdam

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5th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit Europe

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Emerging Trends in Personalised Medicine at PHARMAP 2026

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Packaging Congress is an exclusive annual event that fosters networking and knowledge-sharing among professionals

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The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Packaging Congress (PHA...

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Packaging Congress (PHARMAP) 2026 unites professionals to discuss the most recent trends of industry in Amsterdam

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5th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit Europe

The Summit is the leading European industry-focused forum dedicated to accelerating the development of messenger RNA (mRNA) medicines

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