Australia's Firebrick Pharma secures $732k in strategic investments

Australia-based Firebrick Pharma has secured firm commitments from strategic investors for approximately $732k, through ...

October 12, 2026 | Monday | News
Ono Pharma inks $100 M agreement with Biohaven to develop and commercialise IgG degraders in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and ASEAN countries

Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Biohaven, together with its wholly o...

October 12, 2026 | Monday | News
Korea's Lunit collaborates with US-based Discovery Life Sciences to expand AI-powered tissue analysis for biopharma research

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of AI for cancer diagnostics and precision oncology, has announced a strateg...

October 12, 2026 | Monday | News
Foresee Pharma announces China NMPA approval of CAMCEVI® 42 mg for treatment of advanced prostate cancer

Taiwan-based Foresee Pharmaceuticals has been notified by its licensing partner, Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical (G...

October 12, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's Shimadzu initiates validation of mass spec solution for core labs in Australia

Japan-based Shimadzu Corporation has started the development and validation of a mass spectrometry (MS) solution for cor...

October 9, 2026 | Friday | News
Danaher accelerates Life Sciences research with new AI-powered autonomous lab

US-based Danaher Corporation has announced plans to launch its first AI-powered autonomous lab, designed to help researc...

October 9, 2026 | Friday | News
Korea's LOTTE Biologics inks US-based manufacturing agreement with Alvotech to increase global supply

South Korea-based LOTTE Biologics, a contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) organisation, and Alvotech, a global ...

October 9, 2026 | Friday | News
GE HealthCare buys SOFIE Biosciences for $945 M to establish 'Final Mile' footprint for PET Radiopharmaceutical Supply in US

GE HealthCare has announced a definitive agreement to acquire SOFIE Biosciences, a leading US-based CMO for PET radiopha...

October 8, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's Third Way: BioJapan Day 2 Maps the Routes Out and the Reasons to Come In

If the opening day of BioJapan 2026 diagnosed the gap between Japanese science and global deals, the second day at PACIF...

December 8, 1899 | Friday | News
China's XtalPi debuts Kodexia™ as world's first closed-loop siRNA platform

China's XtalPi Holdings, an AI and robotics-driven drug and materials discovery company, has debuted Kodexia™, the...

October 8, 2026 | Thursday | News
Korea's GC Cell and Israel-based QuantHealth collaborate to optimise clinical cevelopment of cell therapy product

South Korea-based GC Cell, a leader in the cell and gene therapy (CGT) sector within the biopharmaceutical industry, and...

October 8, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's Shionogi continues rare disease expansion with acquisition of IntraBio for $2 B

Japan-based Shionogi & Co. is entering into an agreement to acquire IntraBio Inc, a biopharmaceutical company develo...

October 8, 2026 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca opens new global strategic R&D centre in Massachusetts, US

AstraZeneca has announced the opening of its newest global strategic research and development (R&D) centre, in Kenda...

October 7, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Beyond Self-Reliance: BioJapan Turns 40 by Asking Japan to Orchestrate

Yokohama, 7 October 2026  |  BioJapan 2026, Regenerative Medicine JAPAN and healthTECH JAPAN, PACIFICO Yokoham...

October 7, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Merck inks up to $2.13 B oncology deal with China's SciBrunch

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, and China-based startup SciBrunch Therapeutics have entered...

October 6, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Novartis signs licensing deal worth $7.2 B with China's Abogen for mRNA therapies

China-based startup Abogen Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotechnology group pioneering RNA innovation, has entered...

October 7, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan's Energenesis Biomedical joins hands with Korea-based Yoo Young Pharm to develop treatment for diabetic foot ulcers

Taiwan-based Energenesis Biomedical has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Yoo Young Pharm (YYO), a South K...

October 6, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Korea's SK pharmteco invests more than $200 M to expand small molecule and peptide capacity in US

SK pharmteco, a subsidiary of SK Inc., the strategic investment company for SK Group, South Korea’s second-la...

October 6, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Qiagen expands AI-powered bioinformatics for research and drug discovery

Qiagen has announced new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to help researchers analyse complex biological and ge...

October 7, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japanese startup Celaid Therapeutics completes second close of Series B financing round with $2.6 M

Japanese startup Celaid Therapeutics Inc. has announced the completion of the second close of its Series B financing rou...

October 5, 2026 | Monday | News
Australia's CSL inks $1.2 B deal with Swiss firm Alentis to develop lixudebart for rare kidney and liver diseases treatment

Australia-based CSL and Swiss firm Alentis Therapeutics have entered into an exclusive global collaboration agreement to...

October 5, 2026 | Monday | News
Bayer to invest $2.2 B in new manufacturing site in US to create highly-skilled jobs

Bayer has announced plans to invest $2.2 billion in a new pharmaceutical manufacturing site in New Albany, Ohio, US. Bui...

October 3, 2026 | Saturday | News
China's Hengrui Pharma inks $2.6 B deal with Novo Nordisk for Once-Weekly oral GLP-1/GIP dual receptor agonist HRS-1596

China-based Hengrui Pharma has entered into a license agreement with Novo Nordisk for HRS-1596, a phase I-ready glucagon...

October 3, 2026 | Saturday | News
Toho, Reprocell partner for domestic distribution of regenerative medical product Stemchymal® in Japan

Reprocell Inc. has entered into a basic agreement with Toho Holdings toward a partnership concerning the domestic distri...

October 3, 2026 | Saturday | News
Korean govt expands market entry support for dermatology companies in Europe

The Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea government, has announced that it will open K-Beauty experience and reta...

September 30, 2026 | Wednesday | News