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Ambrosia's sweet $100m round, and other biofinancings

Our latest crop of biofinancings has a nine-figure round for Ambrosia, with Pinnacle Medicines, Immutrin, and Gilgamesh Pharma also raising new funds.

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Immunovant's thyroid eye disease drug flunks pivotal trials

Immunovant shares were sliding today after it reported that FcRn blocker batoclimab failed a pair of phase 3 trials in thyroid eye disease.

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Redefining drug discovery: Morocco’s biotech strategy for in...

Ongoing work in Morocco demonstrates how developing research infrastructure can support innovative approaches grounded in locally generated data.

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AZ claims another win for Imfinzi in frontline liver cancer

AstraZeneca has built the case for Imfinzi in earlier-stage liver cancer with a second phase 3 trial readout in its EMERALD programme.

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Alzheimer's biotech Korsana to go public via reverse merger

By merging with Cyclerion, Korsana will get a Nasdaq listing and additional cash to develop its new-generation amyloid-targeting drug for Alzheimer's.

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Company Profile – Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific is a world leader in serving science, in order to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

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JPM: The calm before the storm for radiotherapeutics

Radiotherapeutics have tremendous potential, but only a few therapies in market. But the technology is getting closer to its breakthrough moment.

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Looking ahead to 2026 in biopharma

A look forward to trends to come in 2026, including AI-driven drug development, advanced modalities, and cardiometabolic disease therapies.

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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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Ambrosia's sweet $100m round, and other biofinancings

Our latest crop of biofinancings has a nine-figure round for Ambrosia, with Pinnacle Medicines, Immutrin, and Gilgamesh Pharma also raising new funds.

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Immunovant's thyroid eye disease drug flunks pivotal trials

Immunovant shares were sliding today after it reported that FcRn blocker batoclimab failed a pair of phase 3 trials in thyroid eye disease.

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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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Redefining drug discovery: Morocco’s biotech strategy for in...

Ongoing work in Morocco demonstrates how developing research infrastructure can support innovative approaches grounded in locally generated data.

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Interview at LSX 2026 with Alexander Gebauer

LSX2026: On a therapeutic vision for ocular disease, with Al...

Alexander Gebauer, co-founder & executive chairman of Galimedix Therapeutics, discusses transforming treatment of major neurodegenerative eye diseases

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Human behaviour in cancer screening trials: A variable that ...

Behavioural phenomena are particularly consequential in screening and prevention research in oncology.

Deep Dive

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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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Beyond obesity: How GLP-1s are changing the game for hundred...

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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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evolution of clinical research in the UK

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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

Podcasts

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pharmaphorum podcast Episode 250, Rob DiCicco, Transcelerate

Making AI work where it matters, with Rob DiCicco

Rob DiCicco, vice president of portfolio management at Transcelerate Biopharma Inc, discusses barriers and the breakthroughs in making AI work.

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pharmaphorum podcast Episode 249, Michelle Werner, Alltrna

Treating genetic disease at scale with tRNA, with Michelle W...

Michelle Werner, Director of Alltrna, discusses her company’s approach of leveraging transfer RNA (tRNA) to shift the paradigm in genetic medicine.

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pharmaphorum podcast Episode 248, Andrew Mackinnon, Medable

AI in clinical development & ‘white space’, with Andrew Mack...

Andrew Mackinnon, senior vice president and executive general manager at Medable, discusses leveraging AI to transform & accelerate development.

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LSX2026: On a therapeutic vision for ocular disease, with Al...

Alexander Gebauer, co-founder & executive chairman of Galimedix Therapeutics, discusses transforming treatment of major neurodegenerative eye diseases

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Interview at BIO-Europe 2026 with Robert Jacks

BIO-Europe Spring 2026: In conversation with Robert Jacks

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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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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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