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Healthium, Romsons in Race to Acquire 70–80% Stake in BL Lifesciences at Up to ₹2,000 Crore Valuation

Healthium and Romsons are reported to be bidding for a 70-80% stake in BL Lifesciences at a valuation of up to Rs 2,000 crore. What is known so far.

October 6, 2026

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Medical Device

GE HealthCare to Acquire SOFIE Biosciences for $945 Million in Major Radiopharma Expansion

GE HealthCare will buy SOFIE Biosciences for $945 million in cash, adding 15 PET radiopharmaceutical sites and 21 cyclotrons. Close expected in H1 2027.

October 6, 2026

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Pharmaceutical

Roche Bets Up to $1.27 Billion on Alector’s Brain-Penetrating Parkinson’s Therapy AL050

Genentech, part of Roche, licenses Alector AL050, a brain-penetrant GCase enzyme for Parkinson's, in a deal worth up to $1.27 billion.

October 6, 2026

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Medical Device

Abbott Gets FDA Approval for CardioMEMS HF System Upgrade With CardioGuide HF App

FDA approves new CardioMEMS HF System capabilities. The CardioGuide HF app lets patients see pulmonary artery pressure when their care team enables it.

October 6, 2026

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Pharmaceutical

Samfara Acquires Chr. Olesen Synthesis to Expand Pharmaceutical API Business

Samfara completed its first investment, buying Danish controlled-substance API maker Chr. Olesen Synthesis. What the plant makes and why it matters.

October 5, 2026

Branded card reading Replimune Launches Tudriqev in the US for Advanced Melanoma

Pharmaceutical

Replimune Launches TUDRIQEV in US for Advanced Melanoma Following FDA Approval

Tudriqev, used with nivolumab, is now available in the US for advanced melanoma after PD-1 therapy, following accelerated FDA approval.

October 5, 2026

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Pharmaceutical

Datroway Plus Ivonescimab: What the TROP2 ADC and PD-1/VEGF Combination Aims to Do in Breast and Lung Cancer

Why pair an ADC with a PD-1/VEGF antibody? What Datroway and ivonescimab do, the TNBC data so far and what remains unproven.

October 5, 2026

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TIL Healthcare Pharma Plant Blast in Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City Leaves Workers Dead and Injured

A boiler explosion at the TIL Healthcare unit in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh killed five workers and injured over 10 on 3 October; the cause is under probe.

October 3, 2026

Pharmaceutical

FDA Approves Lilly Jaypirca as First-Line CLL/SLL Treatment

FDA approved Lilly Jaypirca (pirtobrutinib) for previously untreated CLL/SLL without 17p deletion on 2 October, based on the BRUIN CLL-313 trial.

October 3, 2026

Medical Device

SkinStylus Microneedling Expands to Six European Markets

SkinStylus microneedling is now available in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain and Portugal as SkinHealth Systems expands the SteriLock device.

October 2, 2026

Vetter Expands Commercial Fill-and-Finish Capacity with Ten New Manufacturing Lines

Bristol Myers Squibb Q3 2026 Results: What the Pipeline Data on CELMoDs and Admilparant Show

Laurus Labs Galenvs Acquisition: The Oligonucleotide and Nanoparticle Technology Behind the Deal

Fortis Healthcare Acquisition of Suguna Hospital: What Consolidation Means for Care Quality in Bengaluru

Healthium, Romsons in Race to Acquire 70–80% Stake in BL Lifesciences at Up to ₹2,000 Crore Valuation

GE HealthCare to Acquire SOFIE Biosciences for $945 Million in Major Radiopharma Expansion

Roche Bets Up to $1.27 Billion on Alector’s Brain-Penetrating Parkinson’s Therapy AL050

Abbott Gets FDA Approval for CardioMEMS HF System Upgrade With CardioGuide HF App

Samfara Acquires Chr. Olesen Synthesis to Expand Pharmaceutical API Business

Replimune Launches TUDRIQEV in US for Advanced Melanoma Following FDA Approval

Datroway Plus Ivonescimab: What the TROP2 ADC and PD-1/VEGF Combination Aims to Do in Breast and Lung Cancer

TIL Healthcare Pharma Plant Blast in Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City Leaves Workers Dead and Injured

FDA Approves Lilly Jaypirca as First-Line CLL/SLL Treatment

SkinStylus Microneedling Expands to Six European Markets

Vetter Expands Commercial Fill-and-Finish Capacity with Ten New Manufacturing Lines

Firefly Neuroscience and NeuroSigma Expand Access to Non-Drug Pediatric ADHD Treatment

InSilicoTrials Joins ARPA-H CIRCLE Program to Advance Digital Health Through Critical Care Digital Twins

Grünenthal and DKSH Expand Pain Medicine Partnership Across Eight Asia-Pacific Markets