AI biotechnology startup Valinor has raised $13 million in seed funding to further develop its multiomics-powered machine learning models to boost clinical trial success rates for drug development.

Against the background of an increasingly aging global population, the incidence of thrombotic and hemostatic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, remains high.

Contract research organization Inotiv said Thursday that it has partnered with Lithuanian multiomics data analysis firm Vugene on artificial intelligence-assisted drug discovery.

Ovation.io, a leading human omics and clinical data company, and PrecisionLife, a precision medicine company transforming how complex chronic diseases are understood and managed, today announced a collaboration to develop drug-response biomarkers for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1) therapies. The resulting insights will potentially underpin a payor-facing test to inform reimbursement policy for these widely prescribed drugs based on a patient's potential to tolerate and respond to a drug in specific indications.

Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drugs have made it the first pharma company to hit a $1tn market valuation, a sharp turnaround from this summer when its stock was hit by disappointing results for a new obesity pill.

From January 2024 and June 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 39 in-vitro toxicology testing products through the 510(k). This period marked a significant reshaping of the global market: Chinese companies, driven by rapid product iteration and precise market positioning, surged in the market share. At the same time, the worsening fentanyl crisis in the U.S. fueled an unprecedented demand for fentanyl testing, making it the most competitive and dynamic segment in the field.

Point-of-Care drugs of abuse testing is estimated at $576 million and is anticipated to grow at 2.4% over the next five years.

President Donald Trump has demanded “binding commitments” from 17 pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices, escalating his efforts to cut consumer costs and sending their share prices lower.

Livzon Pharmaceutical Group said it will take a controlling stake in Vietnam’s Imexpharm for VND5.73 trillion (USD220.7 million) so as to further expand the Chinese drugmaker’s business overseas.

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (“Poseida”, NASDAQ: PSTX), a public clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering donor-derived CAR-T cell therapies. Based in San Diego, California, Poseida’s R&D portfolio includes pre-clinical and clinical-stage off-the-shelf (also referred to as allogeneic) CAR-T therapies across several therapeutic areas including haematological malignancies, solid tumours, and autoimmune disease, as well as manufacturing capabilities and technology platforms.