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I spent 3 days with pharma executives. They're suddenly taking longevity seriously.
For decades, ' longevity' was a word serious drug makers avoided. It conjured images of supplement gurus, Silicon Valley biohackers, and anti-aging hucksters — not legitimate medicines backed by clinical trials. The 2026 Aging Research and…
As big pharma meets AI, new career paths open in Switzerland
Pharmaceutical companies like Swiss giants Novartis and Roche are betting big on artificial intelligence to discover and develop new drugs. In 2025, the top 20 pharma firms spent some $29.5 billion (CHF24.5 billion) on AI drug discovery deals, up…
Set up committee to regulate marketing practices of pharma cos: Supreme Court to Centre
4 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google Underlining the need to regulate marketing practices of pharmaceutical companies, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to set up a committee which would recommend to the government…
Zealand Pharma announces positive Phase 2 ZUPREME-2 topline results for amylin analog petrelintide in people with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes
Company announcement – No. 54 / 2026 Zealand Pharma announces positive Phase 2 ZUPREME-2 topline results for amylin analog petrelintide in people with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes Petrelintide achieved up to 9.2% mean body…
Supreme Court orders Centre to form panel to regulate unethical pharma marketing
The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 8, 2026) directed the Union government to constitute an expert committee to examine whether pharmaceutical companies should be brought under a legally enforceable framework to curb unethical marketing…
Pharma freebies: Supreme Court orders panel to stop unethical gifts to doctors
2 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Centre to form a committee to examine representations and recommend measures against pharmaceutical companies allegedly engaging in unethical drug…
SC directs Centre to form expert panel to regulate unethical pharma marketing
Underlining the need to strengthen the existing regulatory regime to curb unethical pharmaceutical marketing practices and ensure access to “ethical and affordable healthcare”, the Supreme Court on Thursday (October 8, 2026) directed…
Rockwell Automation and Industry Leaders Launch the Digital CMC Consortium to Accelerate Digital Transformation in Pharmaceutical Development
New industry collaboration addresses pharma's most complex development challenges and expedites patient access to breakthrough therapies MILWAUKEE, Oct. 8, 2026 /CNW/ -- Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world's largest company dedicated…
AIoT in Pharma Manufacturing: It's Mostly a Data Plumbing Problem
If you've ever looked at the systems inside a pharmaceutical plant, the first thing you notice is that there's no shortage of data. Machines log operational data, sensors watch the environment, RFID and BLE tags track assets, the lab keeps test…
SMEs drive AI job market boom in Switzerland
The job market for artificial intelligence (AI) is booming in Switzerland. Between July 2025 and June 2026, just under 5,000 AI vacancies were advertised. This was 32% more than in the previous year, as shown by a study published on Thursday by the…
Roche inks drug discovery deal with Chinese biotech, focused on molecular glue medicines
Roche is digging deeper into the biotech industry in China, striking a new partnership with a drug startup there. But rather than licensing the startup's clinical-stage medicines, Roche is enlisting it to discover new ones, signaling a potential…
Health Care Up on Defensive Bias -- Health Care Roundup
Health-care companies rose amid deal activity and a rotation back into defensive sectors. An investment vehicle controlled by Canada's Weston family struck a deal to buy U.K. pharmacy chain Boots from investment firm Sycamore Partners for $8.9…
Free breast cancer therapy offered to 100 Hong Kong patients
The Greater China Cancer Foundation will provide a free two-year course of CDK4/6 inhibitor adjuvant therapy to 100 patients with HR+/HER2- early-stage breast cancer treated in public hospitals. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Patients assessed as…
Indian Stock Market Crash: Sensex Dips 1,045 Points, Nifty Hits 52-Week Low on Global Cues
The Indian stock market witnessed a significant downturn as the Sensex crashed over 1,000 points and the Nifty plunged to a fresh 52-week low, driven by aggressive foreign institutional investor selling, the RBI's monetary policy tightening, and…
Bloodbath on Dalal Street: Sensex crashes 1,045 points
The Indian stock market witnessed a bloodbath on Thursday, with the Sensex crashing over 1,000 points and the Nifty plunging below 22,250 to hit a fresh 52-week low of 22,179, as continued selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and the…
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