Somerset smashes fund target, raises $288M to power India’s healthcare transformation

Government constitutes National Dental Commission to transform dental education

The government has appointed Dr. Sanjay Tewari as Chairperson, National Dental Commission and Dr. Mousumi Goswami, Part-Time Member, National Dental Commission

$7 million grant to UW Institute for protein design to fuel next-gen enzyme breakthroughs

The initiative will be led by David Baker, 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, IPD director, professor of biochemistry, and HHMI Investigator at the University of Washington

Touchlight & NEB launch game-changing benchtop DNA kit

This linear, covalently closed, double-stranded DNA offers a rapid, cell-free alternative to traditional plasmid DNA, addressing a critical bottleneck in nucleic acid therapeutics development

Zydus and Torrent Pharma to co-market Semaglutide injection in India

Zydus has developed an innovative formulation of Semaglutide Injection in a prefilled cartridge administered using a reusable patient-friendly pen device

Merck’s SPARK program hits 10-year milestone, sets sights on reaching 75 million students

SPARK has extended its influence to an additional 9.47 million students worldwide

Zydus, Lupin join forces to expand access to semaglutide in India

The deal also includes upfront licensing fees and milestone-based payments from Lupin to Zydus

Samsung Biologics, Eli Lilly team up to launch major biotech hub in Korea

The planned facility, to be built at Samsung’s Bio Campus II, is set to become a launchpad for up to 30 emerging biotech firms

Aptar Pharma teams up with COVIRIX Medical to explore next-generation antiviral inhaler

COVIRIX Medical says its broad-spectrum antiviral portfolio has already shown positive virology results against key pandemic threats

QIAGEN bags FDA nod for full GI testing on QIAstat-Dx Rise system

The approval means US laboratories can now run both respiratory and gastrointestinal panels on the high-throughput QIAstat-Dx Rise