Questioning almost 9,000 participants across 12 countries in Latin America and Europe, the research revealed significant knowledge gaps surrounding human papillomavirus (HPV) and highlighted several significant barriers preventing women from screening for it.

French start-up Bioptimus has announced that its H-optimus-o biology reference artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model has been wholly integrated into Proscia’s Concentriq embeddings software platform, with the aim of enabling quicker and more efficient breakthroughs in ai development for therapeutic research.

Hosted again in Barcelona, Spain, the Immunoskin conference ran from 26-27 October and brought together leading experts in dermatological conditions and treatments.

Liveo Research, a leading primary packaging manufacturer, has had the EcoVadis rating of its Singapore site increased from gold to platinum. This means that the pharma packaging site is now rated in the top 1% of the 100,000 companies evaluated by ecovadis in its annual global surveys.

In late October, HUTCHMED’s partner Takeda will pay a milestone payment of $20m as the result of over $200m worth of sales for Fruzaqla (fruquintinib), which treats metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC).

Running from 26-28 November 2024, the largest pharma event in India is expected to have a record attendance of delegates from more than 150 countries, with over 2,000 exhibitors also expected.

Announced by PacBio, known for developing sequencing solutions, SPRQ has the potential to significantly reduce the cost of sequencing genomes.

Sumagen Canada Inc, a biotech company based in both South Korea and Canada, has partnered with CDMO Naobios to industrialise Sumagen’s human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-1 vaccine candidate (sav0001) at bench scale.

The partnership between the two companies has resulted in the launching of a first-of-its-kind blister packaging, utilising polyethylene terephthalate (PET) instead of the more traditional poly vinyl chloride (PVC).

NRG Therapeutics has announced that its NRG5051 inhibitor has secured a $5m grant from the Michael J. Fox foundation for Parkinson’s research (MJFF).

Announced by PacBio, known for developing sequencing solutions, SPRQ has the potential to significantly reduce the cost of sequencing genomes.

The partnership between the two companies has resulted in the launching of a first-of-its-kind blister packaging, utilising polyethylene terephthalate (PET) instead of the more traditional poly vinyl chloride (PVC).