Alchemab extends Series A with £25m from British Business Bank
Why it matters: The investment is the British Business Bank’s largest direct life sciences investment to date, and comes as the UK tries to keep more high-growth biotech companies scaling at home.
Fujifilm Selected with Six Others in FDA PreCheck Pilot Manufacturing Program
Fujifilm Biotechnologies reports that its commercial-scale cell culture manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, NC, has been selected as one of only seven participants in the FDA’s PreCheck Pilot Program. The program, which also includes Amneal Pharmaceutical, Cellares, Eli Lilly, Kriya Therapeutics, Kyowa Kirin, and Regeneron, is a strategic initiative designed to strengthen America’s pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities and help accelerate patient access to critical medicines.
AZ buys ex-China rights to Sino’s COPD drug for $2.1bn
By the numbers: UK-based AstraZeneca is paying $200 million upfront plus $1.9 billion for the PDE 3/4 inhibitor TQC3721. The deal also includes tiered royalties ranging up to double-digit percentages based on the annual net sales of TQC3721 products.
科迪华提供原药、Crystal负责制剂开发与市场：双方共拓印度植保市场
世界农化网中文网报道：近日，Crystal Crop Protection Limited与科迪华签署合作协议，双方将在印度市场共同开发并商业化新型作物保护制剂和混配产品。根据协议，两家公司将合作进行产品开发、生产和商业化推广。
Olam Agri on what it takes to build self-reliant food systems across Africa
Africa has long been a part of the heritage and growth strategy for global agribusiness giant Olam Agri, which has opera…
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世界农化网中文网报道： 南通泰禾化工股份有限公司正式官宣，其里程碑式自主创制化合物环丙氟虫胺确定专属中文商标——凌翘®。历经名称征集筛选、集团项目组全员票选等一系列流程，中文商标顺利完成注册并发布使用，标志着泰禾股份正式搭建起统一的全球化品牌体系，为自研产品出海、全球上市、长期品牌价值运营筑牢根基。
FAO-WHO 49th Session Of The Codex Alimentarius Commission Adopts New Standards
July 2026, Rome: The United Nations’ international food standards-setting body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, is me…
Astrocytes Preserve Memory Persistence Through Ankyrin-2 Protein in Mice
Although scientists have long studied how memories are formed in the brain, how certain memories persist over time for learning and cognitive function remains unclear.
🎥 Inside Faraday Earth’s bid to make cheap green ammonia without Haber-Bosch
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Faraday Earth] Can a container-sized plasma reactor…
FAO Boosts Support For Codex, Calls For Stronger Implementation Of Global Food Safety Standards
July 2026, Rome: The 49th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission opened today in Geneva, with Food and A…