Manthan 2026 wraps up, spotlighting India’s life sciences & clinical research future

India in the Changing Landscape of Life-Sciences Research & Development

Agno Pharma acquires Actylis Eugene, expanding US API manufacturing footprint

The Eugene facility, with more than 20 years of history, houses a 16,000-square-foot R&D lab and a newly constructed 30,000-square-foot manufacturing facility

Venus Remedies secures marketing authorisation for Ceftazidime + Avibactam in Indonesia

Approval marks Venus Remedies’ first anti-infective marketing authorization in Indonesia and enables the country’s first generic entry for this critical antibiotic combination

BD announces $110 million investment in Nebraska to expand prefillable syringe production

The BD Neopak Glass Prefillable Syringe platform is designed for the complex needs of biologics and combination products

Codexis teams up with Axolabs to advance enzymatic RNA manufacturing

The collaboration gives Axolabs access to Codexis’ innovative RNA manufacturing technology

GEA to power new biotechnology fermentation hub in Netherlands

BFF provides bookable fermentation upscaling capacity, process expertise, and quality procedures for pilot campaigns, generating decision-grade data without companies needing to build their own facilities

Firstsource acquires TeleMedik

The acquisition combines Firstsource’s market-leading AI and automation capabilities with TeleMedik’s operational footprint in Puerto Rico

NVIDIA & Eli Lilly launch $1 billion AI Lab to reinvent drug discovery

InflaRx shifts focus to lead drug, cuts costs by 30% to extend cash runway

InflaRx is streamlining operations and largely discontinuing non-essential activities outside izicopan’s development

Alveus Therapeutics launches with $159.8m Series A to advance next-gen obesity drugs

ALV-100 is a bifunctional fusion protein combining glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) antagonism with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonism