The Antibiotic Manufacturing Gap: Why Europe Can't Just Buy More of What It Needs

What made the episode significant was not its novelty — antibiotic shortages have been recurring across Europe for...

July 27, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's Axcelead DDP joins Eli Lilly TuneLab to advance AI drug discovery

Japan-based startup Axcelead Drug Discovery Partners (DDP), Inc. has entered a collaboration with Lilly TuneLab, a colla...

June 18, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's Eisai invests £48 M to build cold-chain capability in UK

Japanese pharma firm Eisai Co. has announced a strategic investment supported by the UK Government under the Life Scienc...

June 17, 2026 | Wednesday | News
J&J highlights endoscopic remission as key goal in APAC IBD care

Inflammatory bowel disease is becoming a growing focus within immunology innovation across Asia-Pacific, as the region s...

June 15, 2026 | Monday | News
China's Simcere Pharma enters into research collaboration with Stanford Medicine for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

China-based Simcere Pharmaceutical Group has entered into a research collaboration agreement with Stanford Medicine, US ...

June 12, 2026 | Friday | News
Taiwan's Formosa Pharma partners with Samil to sell ophthalmic drug in Vietnam

Taiwan-based Formosa Pharmaceuticals has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with South Korea's Samil Pharmace...

June 12, 2026 | Friday | News
Dong-A ST inks licensing agreement with Australia's Arrotex for commercialisation of anti-seizure therapy

Korea-based Dong-A ST has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Melbourne-based Arrotex Pharmaceuticals, fo...

June 12, 2026 | Friday | News
DFE Pharma earns third consecutive EcoVadis Gold Medal for sustainability performance

DFE Pharma, a global leader in pharmaceutical excipients, has earned its third consecutive Gold Medal from EcoVadis, the...

June 11, 2026 | Thursday | News
PharmaEssentia announces Taiwan approval of BESREMi® for Essential Thrombocythemia treatment

PharmaEssentia USA Corporation, a subsidiary of PharmaEssentia Corporation, a global biopharmaceutical innovator based i...

June 11, 2026 | Thursday | News
Pfizer Secures FDA Approval for Expanded Hympavzi Use in Hemophilia

Pfizer has received US FDA approval for an expanded indication of Hympavzi for hemophilia A or B, broadening its use to ...

June 10, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Shionogi Receives US FDA Approval for Oral COVID-19 Post-Exposure Prophylaxis

Shionogi has received US FDA approval for XOCOVA, or ensitrelvir, as an oral post-exposure prophylaxis option for COVID-...

June 9, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Lilly’s Oral GLP-1 Foundayo Shows Superior Phase III Diabetes Results

Eli Lilly has reported detailed Phase III results from three ACHIEVE trials evaluating Foundayo, or orforglipron, an ora...

June 9, 2026 | Tuesday | News
VERTANICAL Secures First European Marketing Authorisation for Exilby in Chronic Low Back Pain

VERTANICAL has received marketing authorisation in Germany for Exilby, or VER-01, for the treatment of chronic low back ...

June 9, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Japan's GNI Group buys Ayumi Pharmaceutical for ¥44.8 B

Japan-based GNI Group Co. has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Ayumi Pharmaceutical Holdings C...

June 9, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Everest Medicines expands cardiovascular product portfolio with license agreement for Sumecigrel in Asia-Pacific

China-based Everest Medicines has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Jiangsu Vcare PharmaTech Co., ...

June 9, 2026 | Tuesday | News
FDA Approves Genentech’s Tecentriq for ctDNA-Guided Adjuvant Bladder Cancer Treatment

Genentech has received US FDA approval for Tecentriq and Tecentriq Hybreza as adjuvant treatment for adults with muscle-...

June 8, 2026 | Monday | News
Otsuka Reports Phase III Data Showing VOYXACT Preserved Kidney Function in IgA Nephropathy

Otsuka has reported positive interim Phase III VISIONARY data showing that VOYXACT preserved kidney function over 12 mon...

June 8, 2026 | Monday | News
Iovance’s Amtagvi® (lifileucel) receives approval for treatment of Advanced Melanoma in Australia

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc., a US-based biotechnology company focused on innovating, developing, and delivering novel ...

June 8, 2026 | Monday | News
FDA Approves TREMFYA Label Expansion for Structural Joint Damage in Psoriatic Arthritis

Johnson & Johnson has received US FDA approval for a supplemental Biologics License Application to include evidence ...

June 5, 2026 | Friday | News
Amgen Receives EC Approval for IMDYLLTRA in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Amgen has received European Commission marketing authorisation for IMDYLLTRA, or tarlatamab, as monotherapy for adults w...

June 5, 2026 | Friday | News
AbbVie Secures EC Approval for AQUIPTA as Acute Migraine Treatment

AbbVie has received European Commission approval for AQUIPTA, or atogepant, as an acute treatment for migraine in adults...

June 5, 2026 | Friday | News
Perfusion, PAT, And Smart Manufacturing Are Redefining Bioprocessing Economics Across APAC

As biologics manufacturing continues to evolve, Asia Pacific is emerging as a key region for innovation in process inten...

June 5, 2026 | Friday | Opinion
Korea's Daewoong Pharma partners with China's Chime Biologics for Dupixent biosimilar development

Chime Biologics, a China-based biologics CDMO dedicated to enabling partners’ success, and South Korea-based Daewo...

June 5, 2026 | Friday | News
Vertex’s Povetacicept BLA Accepted by US FDA for IgA Nephropathy

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has received US FDA acceptance of its Biologics License Application for accelerated approval of p...

June 4, 2026 | Thursday | News
Henlius and Organon Secure EC Approval for First Pertuzumab Biosimilar in Europe

Shanghai Henlius Biotech and Organon have received European Commission marketing authorisation for POHERDY, a pertuzumab...

June 4, 2026 | Thursday | News