
Breaking news from across the pharma sector

6 May 2026 — Bubendorf, Switzerland — CARBOGEN AMCIS has launched SPRINT, a dedicated approach to early-phase drug substance development designed to deliver faster, more efficient progression to clinical phases without compromising scientific rigour.

6 May 2026 -- Bubendorf, Switzerland -- CARBOGEN AMCIS, a Switzerland-based pharmaceutical process development and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing company, today announces that its Shanghai facility has successfully completed an unannounced Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspection by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), with no observations.

5 May 2025 -- California, US -- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc, a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostics products, today announced the expansion of its TrailBlazer StarBright Dye Label Kits, offering a convenient method for conjugating antibodies to premium fluorophores.

5 May 2026 -- Singapore, Singapore -- Hongene Biotech Corporation today announced its support of SiranBio’s SA1211 program, a dual-target siRNA candidate for chronic hepatitis B, underscoring Hongene’s ability to deliver end-to-end development and manufacturing solutions for structurally complex oligonucleotide therapeutics.

30 April 2026 -- Silverstone, UK -- Lab Thread Ltd, a UK-based life science software company, today announced the worldwide commercial release of its Unified Lab Software Platform.

29 April 2026 -- Seoul, South Korea -- Ecolab Life Sciences is expanding the bioprocessing business with the launch of a new Bioprocessing Applications Lab (BPAL) in Dongtan, Korea, giving biopharmaceutical manufacturers across Asia better local access to downstream process development support.

23 April 2026 -- Essen, Germany -- Brenntag, the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution, unveiled BYPHAR yesterday in an online live press event.

22 April 2026 -- Birmingham, UK -- Impli, a pioneering health technology company developing implantable biosensors for real-time hormone monitoring, has become the first commercial lab resident at Birmingham’s PHTA, targeting team growth, human trials and manufacturing readiness.

22 April 2026 -- Loughborough, UK -- Myomaker Bio, a spin-out from Loughborough University, is scaling its technology to support pharmaceutical and biotech companies in developing new treatments faster, more accurately and without the need for testing on animals.

21 April 2026 -- Glasgow, UK -- CMAC, led by the University of Strathclyde, the UK’s foremost academic research centre for pharmaceutical manufacturing and digital CMC, can now draw on a decade of accumulated manufacturing knowledge. This will accelerate the development of new medicines and processes, connecting data across multiple interconnected systems that were previously impossible to interrogate together.

21 April 2026 -- Hannover, Germany -- Dassault Systèmes and OMRON, a global leader in industrial automation technologies, today announced their partnership to bridge the gap between information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT). This collaboration enables manufacturers and machine builders to design, simulate, and deploy smarter, more flexible, and higher-performing production systems through a unified approach that merges virtual and real environments.

20 April 2026 -- Irving, Texas -- iProcess Global Research Inc. today announced the launch of AxisOne (axisone.ai), an AI-powered platform the company calls the R&D operating system for the world.