The FDA has approved new versions of Pfizer/BioNTech's Comirnaty and Moderna's Spikevax COVID-19 vaccines that target the Omicron KP.2 strain of SARS-CoV-2 which was dominant in the US in recent ...
Astellas has struck a deal with fellow Japanese pharma company Elpiscience to develop up to four cancer immunotherapies that work by revving up the activity of macrophages against tumour cells.
The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...
Transitioning from my role as a pharmacist to becoming a project manager in healthcare technology was not just a professional milestone, but a deeply transformative journey. As a pharmacist, I saw ...
French biotech Pharnext has seen the value of its shares collapse after it revealed that its lead drug, a treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, failed to make the grade in a phase 3 trial.
In 2023, the life sciences industry was rocked by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), which showed the potential to revolutionise everything from genetic understanding and drug research to ...