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R&D

JPM2026 wrap-up with Nicole Raleigh and Jonah Comstock

On JPM2026 and healthcare investment today, with Jonah Comst...

Editor-in-chief Jonah Comstock sat down with pharmaphorum web editor Nicole Raleigh to discuss JPM2026.

Digital

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center helipad and The Jerusalem Press Club

Israel’s MedTech and health innovation landscape: Part one –...

Part One of a series of articles – Israel’s MedTech and health innovation landscape: From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem - looking at resilient progress there.

R&D

Representation of bipolar and other mental health disorders, Janus concept

The role of the opioid pathway in schizophrenia and bipolar ...

Psychiatry has spent decades focused on dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, and glutamate.

Digital

Man shakes woman's hand in signal of a business deal

Changing Faces: Digital and supplier, January 2026

The life sciences supplier and digital health sectors witnessed significant leadership movements in January.

R&D

steaming nebulizer mask in hand instructing African American daughter

Advancing RSV and hMPV research through human challenge tria...

Human challenge trials offer a complementary approach, and hVIVO has been at the forefront of this field for decades.

R&D

Immune mediation, B-cell depletion, and female leadership – ...

In a new pharmaphorum podcast, Aoife Brennan, CEO of Climb Bio, discusses the treatment of immune-mediated diseases.

Digital

Digital twins and virtual trials: A new era in rare disease ...

Integrating digital twins and virtual trials with AI in clinical research will usher in a new era of drug development for rare diseases.

R&D

Bridging science and care: Advancing biomedical innovation

As public funding becomes more uncertain, lab and clinical services professionals are increasingly being called on to help.

Sales & Marketing

Swiss train speeding across bridge against landscape background

A fast start to 2026 signals continued investor confidence i...

Key factors in Switzerland’s success that could make other European life sciences hubs more attractive to investors.

Sales & Marketing

Woman shakes man's hand in hiring process

Changing Faces: Agency and consultancy, January 2026

The pharmaceutical services sector saw a flurry of new executive hires last month, spanning agencies, consultancies, investment firms & a few others.

Digital

Israel’s MedTech and health innovation landscape: Part one –...

Part One of a series of articles – Israel’s MedTech and health innovation landscape: From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem - looking at resilient progress there.

Digital

Changing Faces: Digital and supplier, January 2026

The life sciences supplier and digital health sectors witnessed significant leadership movements in January.

Market Access

Biotech leaders: ‘They're shoving this industry into the arm...

At the Biotech Showcase during JPM Week, biotech leaders expressed frustration at the US's lack of concern about Chinese biotech progress.

Market Access

European biopharma at a crossroads

If Europe can bridge its operational gaps while leveraging its scientific base, it can carve out a distinctive and sustainable leadership position.

Oncology

A cancer treatment modality that prioritises QoL, with Ben Z...

Immuneering's Ben Zeskind explains how, by focusing on quality of life as well as quantity, they've created a drug for pancreatic cancer.

Oncology

Improving breast cancer outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa

New funding from The Pfizer Foundation will support breast cancer efforts in Kenya by the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH).

Oncology

Engineering “smarter” cells, with Tim Lu

Senti Bio's Tim Lu discusses “logic-gated” cells, which have multiple receptors allowing them to attack cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone