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Particology has been selected for an £8.2 million Government-funded research consortium to make the manufacture of medicines more efficient and sustainable. 

Coulter Partners, the global expert building leadership teams for Health, Science and Technology innovation businesses, today announced a further strengthening of its senior leadership with Ian Coyne joining the Managing Partners group. In addition to this strategic leadership expansion, the firm further refined the structure of its Senior Leadership team, with Joe Coulter assuming a new role as Chief Business Officer (CBO) and Charlotte James being promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Relation today announced a further $26 million investment from existing investors NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm) and leading deeptech investors DCVC and Magnetic Ventures.

Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult), an independent innovation and technology organisation specialising in the advancement of the cell and gene therapy industry, has established a consortium to demonstrate how safety tests that detect potentially dangerous undifferentiated residual cells, which can affect product purity, could be applied to a range of a cell therapies.

Scancell Holdings, the developer of active immunotherapies to treat cancer, announces updated positive data from the SCOPE Phase 2 trial of iSCIB1+ in combination with ipilimumab and nivolumab, current standard of care (SoC).

Relation Therapeutics has announced a multi-program, strategic collaboration with Novartis to discover and advance novel targets for atopic diseases.

Four projects aimed at identifying the most promising repurposed drug candidates to treat motor neuron disease (MND) have been launched by the self-funded medical research organisation, LifeArc.

Cellular Origins, a TTP company that enables the manufacturing of cell therapies at scale, has completed a $40 million (EUR 34.3 million) over-subscribed Series A round.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has appointed Francis Van Parys as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Francis will join the Company and the Board as an Executive Director on 2 March 2026.

Poolbeg Pharma will act as the lead business partner, alongside Johnson & Johnson and other partners, on The University of Manchester and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust research programme which will facilitate wider research into cancer immunotherapy-induced CRS and the safer delivery of these treatments.

Enedra Therapeutics appoints Adrian Ibrahim, PhD, MBA, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dr Ibrahim will also join the Company’s Board of Directors.

Just one month after launch, five early-stage science companies have moved into the Leap incubator lab space at ARC West London. The first cohort of innovators joining Leap includes: Solveteq, Reseda Life Sciences, Tachmed, IgEDAPT, and Sea2Carbon.

IRCA Group, a global leader in high-quality food ingredients, has signed a lease at Pioneer Group’s new food and beverage incubator, Gastronomica at Colworth Science Park in Bedfordshire.

Brainomix has published a prospective real-world study demonstrating that its AI imaging platform, Brainomix 360 Stroke, significantly increased rates of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) treatment.

BioPartner UK is delighted to announce the appointment of Nathalie Huther to its Advisory Board.

NRG Therapeutics, an innovative neuroscience company targeting a novel mechanism to address mitochondrial dysfunction, is pleased to announce expansion of its team with the appointment of Paul Thompson PhD as Chief Development Officer (CDO).

Autolus Therapeutics plc, an early commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing, manufacturing and delivering next-generation programmed T cell therapies, announces that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidance recommending AUCATZYL® (obecabtagene autoleucel, or “obe-cel”) for use in the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales as a treatment option for adult patients (≥26 years) with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (r/r B-ALL).

eXmoor Pharma, the integrated cell and gene therapy CDMO with embedded consultancy expertise, and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, through its Cell and Vector Innovation Centre (CVIC), have entered a strategic collaboration to build a seamless, scalable pathway for cell and gene therapy development and manufacturing in the UK.

Novo Nordisk announced the submission of a sNDA to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a higher dose of semaglutide injection 7.2 mg, to be used along with a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in adults with obesity. Under the CNPV expedited program, review is expected within 1–2 months following the FDA’s acceptance of the filing.

Sai Life Sciences, Agility Life Sciences, and Centrix Pharma Solutions announce an ‘Integrated CMC Partnership’ to accelerate drug development for innovators.