Oncolytic virus development is gaining increasing attention in cancer immunotherapy research because of its ability to combine direct tumor cell killing with immune activation. Unlike conventional therapeutic strategies that focus on one pathway or one target,...
Radiation therapy is one of the important tools in the fight against cancer. About 50% of all cancer patients receive radiation therapy. Few modalities have had the same lasting impact across such a broad range of tumor types. In central nervous system (CNS) oncology,...
There are FDA-approved therapies on the market today that can permanently resolve a disease in a single administration, for a price of one to three million dollars. The reimbursement system responsible for covering that cost was built around medications that people...
A record year of out-licensing pulled the West's early pipeline sourcing toward Shanghai and Suzhou. The discount that started it is already being competed away. What outlasts it is a two-source model for global pharma innovation. For most of the past decade, a...
When Kailera Therapeutics priced its initial public offering on 16 April 2026, it did more than raise money. The Kailera Therapeutics IPO set a new benchmark for an industry that had spent the better part of three years in the wilderness. Priced at $625 million, it...
Biotech has never lacked scientific innovation. What the industry continues to underestimate is how difficult it is to turn promising science into an actual therapy that reaches patients. Over the last several years, I have seen strong assets struggle for reasons...
The Billion-Dollar Race to Slow Ageing Billions of dollars are pouring into the idea that ageing is a disease we can treat. The longevity biotech sector attracted $8.49 billion in private investment across 325 deals in 2024, according to Longevity.Technology's Annual...
For decades, the global medical community has looked to Japan with a sense of wonder, specifically regarding the Japanese paradox of longevity. Epidemiological data consistently highlights a significant cardiovascular health gap between Japan and Western nations like...
For years, induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, have stood for one of the most ambitious ideas in modern medicine - that it may be possible to create replacement human cells on-demand and use them to restore lost function in the body. With 20 years of history...
An axolotl loses its leg to a predator. Four weeks later, it has a functional replacement bones, nerves, muscles, and skin are perfectly re-formed. It is a biological masterpiece that has fascinated science for centuries. For decades, the prevailing dogma in...
When we say "diamonds," most people think of a luxurious necklace or a super sparkly ring. A research lab would be the last place people imagine them being used. Interestingly, natural diamonds are getting a lot of attention in science and healthcare research. And...
Cell and gene therapies are approved — so why aren’t they reaching patients? New industry report warns access systems — not science — are now the primary bottleneck A new report from Phacilitate argues that the biggest threat to cell and gene therapy (CGT) expansion...
Life science organizations are under pressure to do two things at once: communicate complex science with precision and keep pace with a digital market that moves in days, not quarters. This tension defines one of the most consequential challenges in modern life...
Imagine a virus so cunning it hides in your body's own cells, evading detection for decades while you take daily pills just to keep it at bay. That's the reality for nearly 40 million people living with HIV worldwide. But what if we could flip the script—turning those...
In pre-commercial life sciences environments, marketing technology (MarTech) platforms are often implemented well before launch. Teams select, configure, and integrate systems quickly, expecting campaigns to perform flawlessly. But small gaps in governance, ownership,...
70,000 sq. ft. facility expands the company's biopharma, chemical and cold chain storage capacities DUBLIN, Ireland, (March 6, 2026) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, the world leader in serving science, today announced the opening of a new, 70,000 sq.ft. distribution...
Over the next decade, modern medicine is poised to undergo a redefinition that has not been seen in generations. The surge in innovation, transformational scientific discoveries and rapidly maturing technologies is redefining patient outcomes. The biotech industry is...
Did you know that your body has its own biological process for clearing out old or damaged cells, and recycling dysfunctional components to prioritize healthier, more productive ones? For billions of years, autophagy has acted as a kind of evolutionary survival...