Budget 2026 -27: Pharma sector cheers Rs. 10,000 crore Biopharma plan

The Union Budget makes a clear and timely choice by placing biopharma at the centre of India’s next manufacturing wave

Siegfried expands US footprint with major acquisition of Noramco & Extractas Bioscience

The deal brings three high-quality small-molecule drug substance sites into Siegfried’s portfolio

Lonza posts CHF 6.5 billion in 2025 sales, marks strong profit growth

Excluding Vacaville-related business, organic CER sales growth reached the low-teens with improved CORE EBITDA margins, in line with Lonza’s CDMO Organic Growth Model

INDIA-EU FTA unlocks access to $572.3 billion EU pharmaceuticals & medical devices market

Growth across inorganic & organic chemicals, fertilisers, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, soaps and detergents

Telangana unveils ambitious next-gen Life Sciences Policy at Davos

A dedicated Life Sciences Innovation Fund, scalable up to Rs. 1,000 crore, will catalyze early- and growth-stage innovation, support deep-tech ventures – particularly biotherapeutics

G Square acquires majority stake in Finnish surgical solutions leader Serres

FDA go ahead for Eli Lilly’s therapy for hard-to-treat ovarian cancer

Sofetabart mipitecan is a novel folate receptor alpha (FR?) antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) leveraging proprietary linker technology and an exatecan payload to target tumor cells

Kindeva appoints David Stevens as new CEO

Stevens succeeds Milton Boyer, who has stepped down as CEO but will remain closely involved with the business as an independent member of Kindeva’s Board of Directors

Alto Neuroscience bags new US patent for depression drug ALTO-207

ALTO-207 combines pramipexole, a dopamine D3-preferring D3/D2 agonist approved for Parkinson’s disease

Symeres rehires Jurgen Berendsen as CFO amid strategic growth push

Berendsen brings over 15 years of financial leadership experience spanning professional services and international trade