FDA Announces Major Steps to Implement Real-Time Clinical Trials
On Apr. 28, 2026, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced two major steps as part of an…
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Purdue Pharma sentenced in connection with its 2020 Plea Agreement with U.S. Department of Justice
On Apr. 28, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey sentenced Purdue Pharma in…
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Sun Pharma, India’s Largest drug Firm to Buy U.S., to Acquire Organon for $11.75 Billion
On Apr. 27, 2026, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Organon announced they have entered into an agreement under which…
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Princeton scientists make 3D bio-electronic hybrid system using brain cells
On Apr. 24, 2026, researchers at Princeton University announce they have developed a 3-dimensional device that merges living…
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UK Trials Show Paxlovid speeds recovery, but doesn’t reduce hospitalization in vaccinated patients
On Apr. 23, 2026. two national trials published in the New England Journal of Medicine report Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir)…
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Girl’s sight restored after ‘life-changing’ gene therapy
On Apr. 23, 2026, a research team at the University College London (UCL) and Great Ormond Street Hospital…
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CU Medicine reveals interplay between epigenetic changes and gut microbiome in newborns with neurodevelopment later in life
On Apr. 23, 2026, a multidisciplinary research team from the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Medicine…
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Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Therapeutics
FDA Approves First-Ever Gene Therapy for Treatment of Genetic Hearing Loss
On Apr. 23, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Otarmeni (lunsotogene parvec-cwha), the first-ever dual…
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Researchers Develop DNA-Based Bio-Transistor Enabling Molecular Computation and Memory
On Apr. 22, 2026, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced that a research team…
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U.S. Military Makes Flu Vaccine Optional
On Apr. 21, 2026, the annual influenza vaccines are no longer mandatory, said Pete Hegseth in a video…
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Lilly to acquire Kelonia Therapeutics for $3.25 billion to advance in vivo CAR-T cell therapies
On Apr. 20, 2026, Eli Lilly and Kelonia Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering in vivo gene delivery,…
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Kailera nets $625M, biotech’s biggest-ever IPO
On Apr. 17, 2026, Kailera Therapeutics, a high-profile drug startup aiming to compete with Novo Nordisk and Eli…
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Cancer Center at Illinois Earns Prestigious National Cancer Institute Designation
On Apr. 16, 2026, the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) announced it has been designated as a Basic…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | Oncology | Therapeutics
Roche Expands Foundation Medicine With Acquisition of SAGA Diagnostics’ Tumor-Informed Molecular Residual Disease Platform for $595 million
On Apr. 15, 2026, Foundation Medicine, an independent affiliate of the Roche group, announced it is set to…
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Amazon Bio Discovery Launches lab-in-the-loop drug discovery
On Apr. 14, 2026, Amazon announces launching AI BioDiscovery Contract Research Orgainzation. Lab-in-the-loop drug discovery has transformed research…
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Scientists reverse brain aging, with a nasal spray
On Apr. 14, 2026, a landmark study from researchers at the Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College…
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Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI in weight loss drug race
On Apr. 14, 2026, Novo Nordisk, the maker of popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, is partnering with OpenAI…
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Hidden mutations in immune cells linked to autoimmune disease
On Apr. 14, 2026, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH), the…
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Biotechnology | CDC | Chemistry | Genomics
Hackers meet their match: New DNA encryption protects engineered cells from within
On Apr. 11, 2026, in Science Advances, a team of U.S. researchers present a new approach to genetically…
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Genome loaded onto a quantum computer in world first
On Apr. 9, 2026, scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Melbourne,…
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Trump administration drops court fight to cap NIH payments for research overhead costs
On Apr. 8, 2026, the Trump administration will not be asking the Supreme Court to take up its…
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Gilead to Acquire Tubulis for $5 Billion to Further Strengthen Oncology Pipeline
On Apr. 7, 2026, Gilead Sciences announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tubulis, a…
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Cornell Scientists take big step toward safe, reversible male contraception
On Apr. 7, 2026, Cornell scientists announce they have taken a major step toward developing a safe, reversible,…
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Life Science Industry’s Rapid Growth in Washington State Challenged by NIH Budget Cuts
On Apr. 7, 2026, LifeScienceHistory.com, formerly WashingtonLifeScience.com, announces release of a report highlighting the challenges of Washington State’s…
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UCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sample
On Apr. 6, 2026, scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) announce they have developed a…
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New microscopy technique reveals hidden magnetic chemistry in living systems
On Apr. 6, 2026, a research team at the University of Tokyo announced they have developed a new…
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L’Oréal and Institut Pasteur announce historic partnership to advance skin health science
On Apr. 2, 2026, L’Oréal and the Institut Pasteur announced a landmark research partnership, marking a historic first…
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Zhang Kai, Yale scientist leaves for China university
On Apr. 2, 2026, Zhang Kai, a rising cryo-electron microscopy researcher, has resigned from his tenure-track position at…
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Johns Hopkins Team Develops Therapeutic, Nasally Delivered DNA Vaccine for Tuberculosis
On Apr. 1, 2026, a research team at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of…
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FDA approves Lilly’s Foundayo™ (orforglipron), the only GLP-1 pill for weight loss that can be taken any time of day without food or water restrictions
On Apr. 1, 2026, Eli Lilly announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Foundayo™ (orforglipron) for…
