Merck launches first ever AI solution to integrate drug discovery and synthesis

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has launched its AIDDISON™ drug discovery software, the firs...

December 6, 2023 | Wednesday | News
UK injects £33 M to develop vaccines for diseases with epidemic potential in LMICs

Four vaccine hubs have received a share of £33 million of UK aid funding via the Department of Health and Soc...

November 9, 2023 | Thursday | News
Qiagen and Element Biosciences to offer complete next-generation sequencing workflows for AVITI System

Qiagen and Element Biosciences, Inc. have announced a strategic partnership to offer comprehensive next-generation ...

November 3, 2023 | Friday | News
31 mRNA leaders launch first global organisation for advancing mRNA medicines

31 biotechnology, biopharma and life science companies and educational institutions at the forefront of mRNA and next-ge...

November 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
CEPI to harness Moderna’s mRNA platform for vaccine development against viral disease outbreaks

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and American firm Moderna, Inc. have entered into ...

October 30, 2023 | Monday | News
CPHI Annual Report predicts VC capital (re)-entry and contract services growth in 2024

New research from the CPHI Annual Report 2023, launched during CPHI Barcelona, the world’s largest ...

October 24, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Gates Foundation to accelerate mRNA vaccine innovation in Africa and globally

At the recently held 2023 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundati...

October 13, 2023 | Friday | News
Japan's GHIT joins hands with Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Africa to develop new diagnostics & vaccines

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund), headquartered in Japan, and the Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD...

October 16, 2023 | Monday | News
China to support localised vaccine production in Zimbabwe and Africa

Dr Deckster Tonny SAVADYE, CEO of Zimbabwe National Biotechnology Authority (NBA), and Dr Yang Yili, Internati...

October 11, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Merck announces two strategic collaborations to strengthen AI-driven drug discovery

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced two new strategic drug discovery collaborations aimed at ...

September 20, 2023 | Wednesday | News
GE HealthCare receives $44 M grant to develop AI-assisted ultrasound technology for LMICs

American medtech firm GE HealthCare has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for more than $44 ...

September 18, 2023 | Monday | News
NURA Health Screening Centre by Fujifilm opens in Mongolia

Fujifilm Corporation has announced the upcoming opening of a new "NURA" health screening centre focusing on cancer and l...

September 18, 2023 | Monday | News
Africa CDC, France sign MoU to strengthen public health systems in Africa

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the government of France have signed a Memorandum...

September 14, 2023 | Thursday | News
AI to transform all processes in drug development by 2026: CPHI report

The first part of the influential CPHI Annual Report predicts sizeable progress ahead for artificial intelligence (AI)&r...

September 13, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Takeda Pharma commits $30+ M in five new global CSR partnerships

Japanese pharmaceutical firm Takeda has announced five new partnerships to its Global Corporate Social Respons...

September 13, 2023 | Wednesday | News
MIT and Harvard announce new research alliance with Novo Nordisk for treatment of diabetes & CVDs

The Broad Institute of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)  and Harvard, in the US, hav...

September 6, 2023 | Wednesday | News
World’s largest genetic study reveals new insights on why epilepsy develops

Specific changes in our DNA that increase the risk of developing epilepsy have been discovered, in the largest genetic s...

September 4, 2023 | Monday | News
WHO signs new licensing agreements on COVID-19 technologies

The World Health Organisation (WHO) COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), a multi-stakeholder partnership to facilita...

August 29, 2023 | Tuesday | News