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Dominic Tyer
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Editor | European Pharmaceutical Review
https://www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com
Galapagos set for small molecule and biologics pivot after cell therapy exit triggers deep cuts to its workforce

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#pharma #celltherapy #genetherapy
Galapagos set for small molecule and biologics pivot after cell therapy exit
But the Belgium biotech’s decision to winddown the cell business will cause it to cut around 90 percent of its headcount.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Crime gangs in UK start making own branded weight-loss drugs

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Crime gangs in UK start making own branded weight-loss drugs
Medicines watchdog says criminals are designing packaging and branding to look like legitimate product
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November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Novartis opens third US radioligand manufacturing facility, with the California site filed with the FDA for approval as an additional US point of supply.

www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/267819/...

#pharma #manufacturing
Novartis opens third US radioligand manufacturing facility
California site adds to the Swiss pharma company’s operations in Florida and Texas.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Pfizer’s Metsera hunger sees it win out over Novo Nordisk’s last minute competition to acquire the obesity-focused biopharma company

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#pharma
Pfizer’s Metsera hunger sees it beat Novo Nordisk’s obesity biopharma offer
After a week of high stakes drama Pfizer’s plans to acquire the US firm, and a portfolio that includes weekly and monthly injectable GLP-1 drugs, are back on track.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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This image shows a mass of human stem cells, collectively known as an ‘organoid’.

We stained the neural crest cells of this organoid to better understand diseases related to defects in their development, such as Hirschsprung's disease and Neuroblastoma.

Image credit: @carmenmorenogon.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds

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No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds
Wide-ranging review finds no convincing connection after Trump said women should ‘fight like hell’ to avoid painkiller
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November 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts

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Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
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November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot

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Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot
A Dundee professor carried out the first remote thrombectomy on a human cadaver.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Wireless internet with the Motorola MicroTAC and HP 100LX
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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The Department of Health and Social Care has announced 45 pilot schemes across England using remote monitoring and self-reporting tools through the NHS App.

www.digitalhealth.net/2025/11/remo...
Remote monitoring hoped to free up 500,000 appointments a year
DHSC has announced 45 pilot schemes across England using remote monitoring and self-reporting tools through the NHS App.
www.digitalhealth.net
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Launched in March, three months ahead of Novo Nordisk's rival, Lilly's obesity drug Mounjaro was India's top-selling drug by value in October (with volumes 10x higher than Wegovy)

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Obesity drug Mounjaro becomes India's top-selling drug by value in October
Eli Lilly's Mounjaro drug has become India's top seller for October as sales reached one billion rupees. This anti-obesity medication helps control blood sugar and slows digestion. Demand for such dru...
economictimes.indiatimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.

It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
CPHI Europe adds AI and tech zone for its 2026 Milan return.

‘Adding AI’ is commonplace. But once you’ve hiked through CPHI’s 14 halls, having an AI area at the huge European trade fair is a marker for its place in pharma manufacturing.

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#CPHI
CPHI Europe adds AI and tech zone for its return to Milan in 2026
Following 2025’s event in Frankfurt, Informa’s flagship pharma exhibition will next year include an area for artificial intelligence.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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🆕 Norovirus data: Activity has varied in recent weeks but remains within expected levels.

🔗 Full report: https://bit.ly/3LLFfbL
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Axplora talked reliability-first investments to secure API supply at CPHI Europe and the “anti‑Field of Dreams” capacity building strategy behind them

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#pharma #manufacturing #CPHI
Axplora talks reliability-first investments to secure API supply
The CDMO’s programme, presented at CPHI 2025, combines responsiveness to new demand and operational rigour without jeopardising supply.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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The inside story of COVAX, started in January 2020, and led to 2 billion doses of Covid vaccines given in 146 countries, with 2.7 million lives saved. FAIR DOSES, by
@drsethberkley.bsky.social

A clip from our Ground Truths conversation today
Link to full: erictopol.substack.com/p/seth-berkl...
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hovione doubles spray drying capacity at New Jersey manufacturing site with $100m US investment round

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#pharma #manufacturing #spraydrying
Hovione doubles spray drying capacity with $100m US investment round
The CDMO’s New Jersey manufacturing site expansion will eventually cover more than 200,000 square feet.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix. Nice review of Matthew Cobb's brilliant Crick bio by Georgina Ferry in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix
A thoroughly researched account of the history and relationships that shaped the scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA.
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Dreadful traffic this morning
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
FDA follows in footsteps of the EMA to streamline biosimilar development with new US draft guidance on biosimilars that offers “regulatory relief”

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#pharma #fda #biosimilars
FDA draft guidance on biosimilars offers “regulatory relief”
US agency follows in footsteps of European Medicines Agency (EMA) in efforts to streamline biosimilar development.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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#Breaking: Trump administration nears deals for cheaper weight-loss drugs with Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/t...
Trump administration nears deals for cheaper weight-loss drugs with Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly
A deal with Lilly and Novo would be significant for the administration’s push for lower drug prices for Americans.
www.statnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Deaf and Deaf-adjacent folks, I need some help.

I have a student who needs to hire a writing coach that specialises in helping folks who are primarily ASL speakers write in English. Where do I look to find one who is able to assist with dissertation-level academic writing? Does anyone know someone?
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM