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Aug 12, 2026
China's lab monkey prices nearly doubled to 178,000 yuan as drug development demand surges. The shortage is delaying preclinical studies, and the annual shortfall could reach 20,000 monkeys.
Jun 12, 2026
Personalized mRNA vaccines showed promise in pancreatic cancer trials with 7 of 16 patients in remission after five years. Stage 2 melanoma patients saw a 50% decreased death risk with personalized mRNA vaccines. U.S. funding cuts and policy shifts have stalled domestic mRNA cancer research while companies move trials abroad.
Apr 16, 2026
A major evidence review of 17 clinical trials involving more than 20,000 participants found anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drugs had absent or trivial effects on cognitive decline and dementia. The review also said the drugs likely increase the risk of brain swelling and bleeding.
Apr 14, 2026
University of Missouri researchers released PSBench, a database of 1.4 million annotated protein structure models verified by independent experts. The resource aims to improve AI assessment of protein models as biologic drug discovery moves toward data-driven design.
Mar 13, 2026
The blood-brain barrier continues to block most treatments for glioblastoma and central nervous system diseases, with only 0.01% of biologic drugs reaching the brain. New intellectual property coverage and synthetic methods aim to address delivery challenges.
Feb 20, 2026
Drug discovery is expanding beyond traditional protein targets to include RNA-targeting small molecules, cell surface proteins, and sequence-based AI platforms capable of screening billions of candidates across the entire genome.
Feb 25, 2026
Protein biomarkers and self-sampling methods are transforming drug development and occupational health surveillance, enabling more efficient clinical trials, improved target selection, and minimally invasive continuous monitoring.
Feb 16, 2026
Three comprehensive reports examine the monoclonal antibody landscape, covering CD47-targeted immunotherapy pipelines, competitive analysis of 180+ companies developing mAb therapeutics, and recombinant antibody market forecasts through 2033.
Feb 18, 2026
Unnatural Products entered a research collaboration and licensing agreement with Novartis worth up to $1.8 billion to develop orally-delivered macrocyclic peptide therapeutics for an undisclosed cardiovascular program.
Feb 13, 2026
Isomorphic Labs introduced IsoDDE, a drug discovery engine that outperforms AlphaFold 3 by a factor of two in prediction accuracy. Google also updated Gemini 3 Deep Think, which now outperforms competing models in complex scientific tasks.
