Biocon Biologics gets credit boost from S&P, outlook stable

The rating on senior secured notes issued by Biocon Biologics Global PLC was also upgraded to ‘BB+.’

Moderna teams up with Recordati to commercialize rare disease therapy

AstraZeneca pledges $15 billion investment in China through 2030

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised the initiative, saying: “Unlocking opportunities for British businesses across the globe and delivering for working people back home is always the driving force behind my international engagements."

Fides launches imaging CRO focused on early-phase clinical decision-making

Fid?s brings core strengths across imaging applications and human biology, supporting work in digestive disease, GI oncology, and select solid tumors

Insilico Medicine’s AI-designed Parkinson’s drug cleared for human trials by FDA

The upcoming Phase I trial will test the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of ISM8969 in healthy volunteers and determine the optimal dosing for future studies

Bayer and Vanderbilt launch five-year partnership to accelerate innovative therapies

The partnership initially will focus on cardiovascular and kidney diseases

Shionogi boosts stake in ViiV Healthcare in $2.125 billion deal, Pfizer exits

Under the deal, ViiV Healthcare will issue new shares to Shionogi for $2.125 billion and cancel Pfizer’s holding

iRegene’s Parkinson’s therapy gains FDA designation

The RMAT designation accelerates the development of regenerative medicine therapies for serious or life-threatening diseases

Brenig Therapeutics launches first-in-human trial of novel neurodegenerative therapy

The Phase 1 single and multiple ascending dose study is set to begin dosing in early Q1 2026

Novo Nordisk deepens Aspect Biosystems alliance in push for curative diabetes cell therapies

Aspect has acquired rights to Novo Nordisk’s stem cell-derived islet cell and hypoimmune cell engineering technologies