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In an interview with Pharma Commerce Editor Nicholas Saraceno, Kevin MacDonald, Bluesight’s Co-founder and CEO, discusses why mitigating the impact of rising costs is imperative, while explaining the benefit of advanced analytics tools.

The company boosts its healthcare logistics services by agreeing to purchase Frigo-Trans and its sister company BPL.

The joint venture aims to disrupt pathological lncRNA interactions with RNA-binding proteins using NextRNA’s platform.

Partnership adds supply chain efficiencies, while prioritizing patient safety.

The partnership creates an integrated solution that also tackles compliance challenges within the sector.

A conversation with Matthew Bardell, managing director, nVentic, about a perhaps overlooked but useful strategic component of company performance and overall business benchmarks: inventory optimization.

The collaboration—which is now active until 2031, features a $25 million payment to Evotec for progress made in neurodegenerative disease research.

Making sense of the accelerating trends and challenges—including store closings, pharmacy deserts, and the rise of polypharmacy.

Balancing innovation focus with optimized decision-making.

ROCTAVIAN will only be sold to the United States, Italian, and German markets, as the company eyes its profitability by 2025.

Per the deal, DKSH inherits the specialty pharma company’s Asia-Pacific medication portfolio.

In deal that has the potential to reach $1.1 billion, Otsuka aims to grow its drug pipeline, specifically in the field of rare and autoimmune diseases.

The parties’ combined portfolio help tackle the rising demand for advanced cell and gene therapies.

Gallagher’s 2024 US Physical & Emotional Wellbeing Report outlines ways to meeting evolving needs in the workforce.

The partnership—which features a $150 million investment—is also centered around vaccine development in the respiratory and immunology space.

The acquisition provides Ardian with greater insight into the life science industry.

The parties will continue to create new candidate therapies for the treatment of a severe form of TUBB4A leukodystrophy.

The deal exponentially grows the CDMO’s biopharma capabilities.

In a transaction valued at $250 million, the deal makes Grünenthal the new owner of Movantik, which treats OIC in adult patients with chronic non-cancer pain.

The financial commitment includes a pair of expansion plans occurring in the United States and Europe.

The clinical supply facility undergoes a $25 million expansion, welcoming 32,000 more square feet of temperature-controlled storage.

The construction of 100,000 square-foot facility will boost the site's filling capacity to 140 million units per year.

The acquisition in the ophthalmology space features a $1.3 billon cash payment, with the potential for an additional $1.7 billion if various milestones are met.

The merger combines the companies under the MedPharma name, creating a topical and transepithelial CDMO in the process.

The investment is expected to help enhance the company temperature-controlled services in the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Hungary.

The Stelara biosimilar will be commercialized by Sandoz, and is expected to launch by February 2025 for multiple indications, including for the treatment of adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis.

The deal provides the CDMO with ownership of the Lexington facility, allowing for late-phase and commercial gene therapy development and manufacturing of a branded severe Hemophilia B product.

Following the evaluation, the company will decide whether it wants to move forward with the IDMO’s automated, end-to-end, cell therapy manufacturing platform.

The company’s latest investment—featuring new cGMP suites at its Devens, MA plant—is valued at $30 million.

The North Carolina project adds 1.4 million square feet of dedicated production space for aseptic manufacturing and finished production processes.