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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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AI in drug discovery and development: news watch

Recent developments in the biopharma AI world include a big financing for Verily, and updates from Zealand, Latent Labs, Insilico, and BMS/insitro.

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MSD taps Quotient for IBD drug targets in $2.2bn deal

MSD is paying $20m upfront to activate an alliance with Flagship's Quotient Therapeutics to find new targets in inflammatory bowel disease.

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JPM: Illumina launches 'unprecedented' disease biology atlas

Illumina says its new Billion Cell Atlas can be used to identify and validate drug targets and train AI models used in drug discovery.

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Lab-in-a-loop specialist Relation attracts Novartis alliance

UK-based AI and multi-omics company Relation Therapeutics will seek out targets for allergic diseases on behalf of Novartis in a $1.7bn-plus alliance.

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AstraZeneca joins Tempus, Pathos in cancer AI project

AstraZeneca has started work with Tempus and Pathos AI on a $200m project to build a comprehensive multimodal foundation model for oncology.

Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to optogenetics trio

AI in drug discovery and development: news watch

MSD taps Quotient for IBD drug targets in $2.2bn deal

JPM: Illumina launches 'unprecedented' disease biology atlas

Lab-in-a-loop specialist Relation attracts Novartis alliance

AstraZeneca joins Tempus, Pathos in cancer AI project

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