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Moderna Receives MHRA Approval for Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Variant LP.8.1

The LP.8.1 vaccine is the first commercially licenced mRNA vaccine to be manufactured in the UK at the Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre in Oxfordshire The updated vaccines will be...

Category: Biotechnology, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: February 10, 2026

Moderna
info@modernatx.com
Global Headquarters 200 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139

Kainova Therapeutics Secures $32M CAD to Accelerate Development of Immuno-Oncology and Inflammation Therapies

Financing led by Investissement Québec with continued support from long-standing investors Plans include the acceleration of clinical development of breakthrough GPCR targeting treatments for patients. 10 February 2026 -- Montreal,...

Category: Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: February 10, 2026

Kainova Therapeutics
contact@kainovatx.com
7171 Frederick Banting Montreal, QC H4S 1Z9 Canada

SPT Labtech and BellBrook Labs Introduce High-Throughput Screening Platform for Cancer Research

Automated workflow to be highlighted at SLAS 2026, 7-11 February, Boston Collaboration combines precision liquid handling technology with Transcreener ADP2 fluorescence polarization assay for screening of VPS4B ATPase inhibitors. 9...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: February 9, 2026

SPT Labtech
discover@sptlabtech.com
SPT Labtech Ltd. Melbourn Science Park Melbourn Hertfordshire SG8 6HB United Kingdom

ALTx Therapeutics launches into the Slingshot accelerator with £12.55 million of funding

Based on the pioneering work of British scientist Simon Boulton, ALTx leverages fundamental insights in cancer cell immortalisation to develop novel treatments for cancer Spinning out of The Francis Crick...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: February 5, 2026

Slingshot Therapeutics
info@slingshot-accelerator.co.uk

Johnson & Johnson receives CHMP positive opinion for AKEEGA (niraparib and abiraterone acetate dual action tablet) for the treatment of patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) with BRCA1/2 mutations

AMPLITUDE is the first clinical trial to evaluate potential therapies for patients with mHSPC and known HRR gene alterations, with positive results supporting the niraparib-based combination regimen as a new standard...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 30, 2026

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
mediaenquiries@its.jnj.com
Janssen-Cilag Limited 50-100 Holmers Farm Way High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP12 4EG

Tempus Reveals Its AI-Driven IPS Test More Accurately Predicts Immunotherapy Benefit Compared to Conventional Biomarkers

27 January 2026 -- Illinois, US -- Tempus AI, Inc, a technology company leading the adoption of AI to advance precision medicine, today announced results from a new study demonstrating that...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 27, 2026

Tempus
support@tempus.com
600 W Chicago Ave. Ste 510, Chicago, IL 60654

Syngene International extends long-term research collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb until 2035

19 January 2026 -- Bengaluru, India -- Syngene International, a global contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDMO), today announced the extension of its long-standing strategic collaboration with Bristol Myers...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 19, 2026

Syngene
Biocon Park, SEZ, Bommasandra Industrial Area – Phase-IV, Jigani Link Road, Bangalore, Karnataka – 560 099

Fresenius Kabi, TQ Therapeutics Announce Cell Therapy Technology Agreement

Initiative Focused on Scaling Advanced Cell and Gene Therapy to Enhance Patient Access 14 January 2026 -- Illinois, US -- Fresenius Kabi, an operating company of Fresenius, and TQ Therapeutics, announced...

Category: BioManufacturing, Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Manufacturing and Packing, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 14, 2026

Fresenius Kabi
communications.USA@fresenius-kabi.com
Three Corporate Drive Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047

Integrated DNA Technologies Expands Synthetic Biology Portfolio with Ansa Biotechnologies’ Clonal DNA and XL Clonal DNA Products

New collaboration empowers customers with sequence-perfect constructs as long as 50 kb 14 January 2026 -- California, US -- Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a Danaher company and a global leader...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 14, 2026

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT)
custcare@idtdna.com

Natera Announces Next Breakthrough in MRD-Based Risk Stratification, Leveraging Multi-Modal AI Modeling

New AI-derived model integrates longitudinal ctDNA and clinical data with digital pathology and tumor sequencing data, to refine recurrence risk assessment and outcomes prediction 13 January 2026 -- Texas, US...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 13, 2026

Natera
13011 McCallen Pass Building A Suite 100 Austin, TX 78753

Automata and CellVoyant Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver AI-Powered Closed-Loop Cell Culture Workflows

13 January 2026 -- California, US -- Automata, a leading provider of modular, fully-integrated and AI-ready lab automation, and CellVoyant, a pioneer in AI foundation models for ‘live’ label-free cell...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 13, 2026

CellVoyant
info@cellvoyant.com
Origin Workspace 40 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HP

Personalis Pioneers Advancement in MRD Testing with the Launch of its Real-Time Variant Tracker

New NeXT Personal extension empowers clinicians to identify emerging resistance and therapeutically targetable mutations during disease monitoring and surveillance 12 January 2026 -- California, US -- Personalis, Inc, a leader...

Category: Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 12, 2026

Personalis
info@personalis.com
6600 Dumbarton Circle Fremont, CA 94555 USA

ConcertAI and Foundation Medicine Integrate Genomic and Clinical Data to Transform Translational Research and Efficient Drug Development

ConcertAI now offers industry’s most comprehensive clinically-linked dataset to life science organizations Dataset encompasses ConcertAI’s full network of industry partners, representing nearly half a million patients Applications span entire drug...

Category: Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 12, 2026

Foundation Medicine
Biopharma.leads@foundationmedicine.com
400 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210

Relmada Therapeutics Provides Regulatory Update Confirming FDA Alignment on Registrational Studies Design for NDV-01 for Two Separate Indications

FDA written feedback supports: a single-arm, open-label registrational trial in 2nd-line refractory high-grade NMIBC with CIS a randomized vs observation single trial in intermediate-risk NMIBC in the adjuvant setting Phase...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 12, 2026

Relmada Therapeutics
info@relmada.com
2222 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Floor 3 Coral Gables, FL 33134

Allogene Therapeutics Positions 2026 as a Program-Defining Year for Scalable, Real-World Allogeneic CAR T

1H 2026 Catalyst Stack Anticipated to Validate Scalable, Off-the-Shelf CAR T in Oncology and Autoimmune Disease Interim Futility Analysis of MRD Clearance from the Pivotal Phase 2 ALPHA3 Trial with...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 8, 2026

Allogene Therapeutics
210 E. Grand Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080