Hardy Diagnostics bets on chemiluminescent testing with NEMIS’s N-Light platform

Hardy Diagnostics bets on chemiluminescent testing with NEMIS’s N-Light platform

Hardy Diagnostics has announced an exclusive partnership with NEMIS Technologies to introduce the N-Light rapid pathogen detection platform across North America. The move brings chemiluminescent-based hygiene monitoring—already validated in several European food manufacturing segments—into the U.S. market at a time when regulatory focus on proactive food safety and decentralized diagnostics is accelerating. The announcement positions […]

Meiji Seika Pharma’s alliance with MBC BioLabs signals a bold shift in global R&D sourcing strategy

Meiji Seika Pharma’s alliance with MBC BioLabs signals a bold shift in global R&D sourcing strategy

Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. has announced a strategic partnership with MBC BioLabs, a leading biotech incubator based in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, to expand its global drug discovery initiatives. The Tokyo-headquartered pharmaceutical firm aims to deepen its open innovation approach by tapping into early-stage biotech talent in the United States, with a focus […]

PADCEV plus Keytruda meets survival endpoints in cisplatin-eligible bladder cancer patients

PADCEV plus Keytruda meets survival endpoints in cisplatin-eligible bladder cancer patients

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Pfizer Inc. have announced that their antibody-drug conjugate PADCEV (enfortumab vedotin), in combination with the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab (marketed as Keytruda by Merck), met key survival endpoints in the Phase 3 EV-304 trial. In cisplatin-eligible patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), the combination significantly improved both event-free survival and overall survival […]

AstraZeneca gains EU approval for Saphnelo self-injection pen in lupus treatment

AstraZeneca gains EU approval for Saphnelo self-injection pen in lupus treatment

AstraZeneca has received European Commission approval for a new subcutaneous formulation of Saphnelo (anifrolumab), allowing adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to self-administer the drug via a once-weekly pre-filled pen. The regulatory decision follows a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use and is supported by data from the Phase […]