Merck, Protillion Launch AI Drug Discovery Collaboration with Up-to-$510M in Milestone Payments
Merck & Co. will partner with Protillion Biosciences to discover multiple new therapy candidates through a collaboration that could generate up to $510 million in milestone payments for the artificial intelligence-based drug design company...
BioTrinity 2026 Showcases Delivery Technologies and Promising Therapeutic Candidates
European biotechs presented a range of interesting technologies and novel therapeutic biotechs at the recent BioTrinity conference, organized by BioUK, formerly OBN. The meeting highlighted a spectrum of cell and protein-based therapies, as well...
StockWatch: Parabilis Medicines Makes Wall Street History with $770.5M IPO
In what’s shaping up to be a historic year for biotech initial public offerings, Parabilis Medicines (Nasdaq: PBLS) made its mark on Wall Street this past week by pricing the largest-ever IPO by a drug developer. This...
Collagen Resides Inside Cells in Liquid Condensate-Like Form
A study by scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona has found that collagen, the protein that builds skin, bones, tendons, and organs, exists inside cells as a liquid-like droplet rather...
SonoThera Raises $125M to Develop Ultrasound-Mediated Genetic Medicines
Biotechnology company SonoThera has raised $125 million in an oversubscribed Series B financing round. The financing was led by Vida Ventures, with participation from ARK Invest, CureDuchenne Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, SymBiosis,...
Laser‑Driven Phase Contrast Enhances Cryo‑EM Resolution of Small Proteins
You know when you are at the eye doctor getting an updated prescription, and suddenly the world snaps into sharper focus? Physicists at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, have now done something similar...
Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance with Biomaterials and Phages
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant global health threat, with its impact felt across all regions of the world.1 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), AMR is responsible for an estimated 700,000 deaths...
Symeres Expands Spray Drying Capabilities at Its U.S. New Jersey Site
Netherlands CRDMO Symeres expanded its spray drying capabilities at its Cranbury, NJ CMC development site to support formulation development for poorly soluble and development-challenged small-molecule drug candidates.
The expanded capability is designed to support bioavailability...
AI Reimagines Caffeine as a Molecular Off‑Switch for Engineered Cells
A cup of coffee can mean many things: a daily part of our routine, a moment of calm, a midday boost. But zoom in past the steam, past the roasted aromatics, down to the...
CiteSentinel Launched to Detect and Prevent AI Hallucinations in Legal Citations
Legal tech startup BrentWorks reports that it has launched CiteSentinel, a dedicated platform built specifically to detect and prevent AI hallucinations in legal citations, including those related to biotechnology. The tool scans legal documents...
