Thermo Fisher Scientific to acquire Sanofi’s steriles manufacturing site in Ridgefield, New Jersey

Enables additional US manufacturing capacity to serve increased demand for pharma/biotech customers

Lupin launches Loteprednol Etabonate ophthalmic suspension 0.5% in US

Loteprednol Etabonate Ophthalmic Suspension, 0.5% is indicated for the treatment of steroidresponsive inflammatory conditions of the palpebral and bulbar conjunctiva

Suven Life Sciences announces first patient randomized in Phase-2b clinical trial of Ropanicant

There is a significant unmet medical need for antidepressants that are effective, rapid onset of action and to be well tolerated

FDA approves Bayer’s Finerenone for new indication in patients with HF and LVEF of ?40%

Finerenone significantly reduced the combined risk of cardiovascular death and total (first and recurrent) heart failure events,

Valneva lifts EMA’s temporary restriction on use of chikungunya vaccine IXCHIQ in elderly

The agency concluded that for people of all ages, IXCHI should be administered when there is a significant risk of chikungunya infection

Merck launches AAW workstation to advance lab automation

New platform powered by Opentrons expands lab automation to accelerate scientific discovery

AstraZeneca's Baxdrostat met the primary and all secondary endpoints in BaxHTN Phase III trial

Baxdrostat demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction of systolic blood pressure compared with placebo

Merck to initiate Phase 3 trials for investigational once-monthly HIV prevention pill

In collaboration with the Gates Foundation, Merck advances MK-8527 pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) clinical trials globally

Jubilant Ingrevia appoints Kailash Ukhade as VP – Projects

Ukhade brings deep expertise in large-scale infrastructure planning, cross-functional leadership, and project innovation.

DKSH and Bayer partner across multiple markets in Southeast Asia