Italian non-profit Fondazione Telethon set for European gene therapy first in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome with Waskyra www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/267986/... #pharma #genetherapy #rarediseases

Medicines manufacturing in the UK to receive £54m sustainability boost www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/268086/... #pharma #manufacturing #sustainability

Turns out interest in Metaverse had about a ~9 month half life.

Largest ever prostate cancer screening trial launched. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

Heading to PharmaLab 2025 in Dusseldorf for EPR next week and the pharmaceutical laboratory meeting's conference agenda looks like it will keep me very busy. www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/268004/... #pharma #PharmaAnalytics #BioAnalytics #microbiology #pharmalab2025

My comments with @cidrap.bsky.social @lizszabo.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

Elon Musk can't get humans to love him so he made a robot to love him instead and now all the humans are making fun of the robot. This is the smartest man in the world, a once-in-a-generation genius and clear member of the natural aristocracy

‘The half life of the teaspoons was 81 days.’

We’re thrilled to partner with Channel 4 on ‘Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures’ - a new series which is shining a light on three trailblazing scientists taking on cancer, and explores how their work is changing patients’ lives right now. 👇 1/2

The private notes and secret documents that tell the inside story of the UK's Covid response - By MJA member @jimreedbbc.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hey #chemsky - it's time to vote for your favorite molecule in @cenmag.bsky.social's Molecule of the Year contest (curated by the amazing @bribarbu.bsky.social). Some strong candidates in here. I'm excited to see which molecule will win. cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...

you get a twofer here, with a fantastic initial thread by @klonick.bsky.social & then a theory-in-response from @mmasnick.bsky.social. read 'em both 👇

Last week UK Govt's Strategy for Replacing #Animals in #Science was published. It's a solid commitment to not only support the development, validation, and uptake of alternative methods, but to eliminate the use of #animals wherever possible. 🧪 www.gov.uk/government/p...

Latest on the Ellison Institute. “People who like Larry say that he’s just being agile. I’d say volatile,” said one former employee. on.ft.com/4i3qs8u

Have you heard about the Night Science Podcast, where we talk about the actual creative process of doing science? We explore this with discussions with brilliant scientists & also philosophers and artists, to figure out the tricks of the creative scientific trade. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

I enjoyed writing this piece for the LSE Impact Blog on Musk's latest swing at Wikipedia, and its future in a hostile AI-skewed political landscape 👇

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The @newyorker.com discovers Daniel Pullen and his incredible photographs of the Outer Banks. www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...

Pharma’s sustainability push continues as Merck signs renewable energy deal for its South Korean sites www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/267879/... #pharma #CDMO #sustainability

Gift link for a story that is sure to be overhyped. WaPo does a pretty good job contextualizing the AI bio story (and does not suggest LLMs were involved): “We have not yet started or done anything towards making artificial life,” Hie said. “It would be quite difficult.” wapo.st/4hR6A8t

Baby pigeon mystery. My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...

How Rosalind Franklin was so much more than a wronged heroine and was in fact an equal contributor solving the structure of DNA. This is from a few years ago but worth a re-read

Canada lost its #measles elimination status today. Here's something @jwnickerson.bsky.social and I wrote a while back in @theconversation.com for @msf.ca: "Measles is a humanitarian issue, and its unwelcome reappearance in Canada is a reminder of its importance" theconversation.com/measles-is-a...

Galapagos set for small molecule and biologics pivot after cell therapy exit triggers deep cuts to its workforce www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/267720/... #pharma #celltherapy #genetherapy

Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men

Crime gangs in UK start making own branded weight-loss drugs www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Novartis opens third US radioligand manufacturing facility, with the California site filed with the FDA for approval as an additional US point of supply. www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/267819/... #pharma #manufacturing

Pfizer’s Metsera hunger sees it win out over Novo Nordisk’s last minute competition to acquire the obesity-focused biopharma company www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/267793/... #pharma

This image shows a mass of human stem cells, collectively known as an ‘organoid’. We stained the neural crest cells of this organoid to better understand diseases related to defects in their development, such as Hirschsprung's disease and Neuroblastoma. Image credit: @carmenmorenogon.bsky.social

No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot www.bbc.com/news/article...

Failure to scale-up innovation is causing UK economy to ‘bleed to death,’ Lords warn sciencebusiness.net/news/eu-budg...

Wireless internet with the Motorola MicroTAC and HP 100LX

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced 45 pilot schemes across England using remote monitoring and self-reporting tools through the NHS App. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/11/remo...

Launched in March, three months ahead of Novo Nordisk's rival, Lilly's obesity drug Mounjaro was India's top-selling drug by value in October (with volumes 10x higher than Wegovy) economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/hea...

Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online. It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

CPHI Europe adds AI and tech zone for its 2026 Milan return. ‘Adding AI’ is commonplace. But once you’ve hiked through CPHI’s 14 halls, having an AI area at the huge European trade fair is a marker for its place in pharma manufacturing. www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/267611/... #CPHI

🆕 Norovirus data: Activity has varied in recent weeks but remains within expected levels. 🔗 Full report: https://bit.ly/3LLFfbL

Axplora talked reliability-first investments to secure API supply at CPHI Europe and the “anti‑Field of Dreams” capacity building strategy behind them www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/267463/... #pharma #manufacturing #CPHI

The inside story of COVAX, started in January 2020, and led to 2 billion doses of Covid vaccines given in 146 countries, with 2.7 million lives saved. FAIR DOSES, by @drsethberkley.bsky.social A clip from our Ground Truths conversation today Link to full: erictopol.substack.com/p/seth-berkl...

Hovione doubles spray drying capacity at New Jersey manufacturing site with $100m US investment round www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/267633/... #pharma #manufacturing #spraydrying

Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix. Nice review of Matthew Cobb's brilliant Crick bio by Georgina Ferry in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Dreadful traffic this morning

FDA follows in footsteps of the EMA to streamline biosimilar development with new US draft guidance on biosimilars that offers “regulatory relief” www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/267537/... #pharma #fda #biosimilars

Raman-based PAT tool could advance continuous vaccine manufacturing for pharma www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/267503/... #pharma #manufacturing #vaccines

#Breaking: Trump administration nears deals for cheaper weight-loss drugs with Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/t...

Deaf and Deaf-adjacent folks, I need some help. I have a student who needs to hire a writing coach that specialises in helping folks who are primarily ASL speakers write in English. Where do I look to find one who is able to assist with dissertation-level academic writing? Does anyone know someone?