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Why it matters: The agreement takes IMPACT’s first approved medicine beyond China and gives Pharmanovia a near-market ovarian cancer asset that is already under European regulatory review.

世界农化网中文网报道：2026年7月30日，农业农村部农药检定所公示2026年第8批拟批准登记农药产品，其中，749个新申请登记的农药产品拟批准登记。

Why it matters: The deal moves Relation’s relationship with GSK beyond the discovery of targets in specific diseases and into the infrastructure underlying its broader AI platform. The new funding will help Relation generate the large, experimentally produced datasets needed to train MORGAN, its newly unveiled model of cellular biology.

世界农化网中文网报道：2026年7月27日，农业农村部种植业管理司发布最新版《全国农业植物检疫性有害生物分布行政区名录》。这份截至2026年6月30日的名录覆盖32种检疫性有害生物，合计分布记录3358个县次。

Why it matters: The decisions remove two externally sourced drugs from Sanofi’s immunology pipeline, days after the French pharmaceutical group also abandoned amlitelimab, the eczema antibody obtained through its $1.1 billion acquisition of UK biotech Kymab. The decision was announced as part of Sanofi’s Q2 2026 financial results.

Why it matters: A new class of cholesterol drug is finally close to reaching the European market. Obicetrapib will be the first CETP inhibitor to ever gain a regulatory nod and to do so on this side of the Atlantic first.

世界农化网中文网报道：近日，Sipcam Nichino Brasil借Coopercitrus Expo 2026展会之机，提前披露了其新型内吸性杀菌剂Cortina® Gold（丙硫菌唑+百菌清），该产品瞄准大豆、玉米和棉花等大田作物的主要病害防控。