BioSpace News Archive

Events

[Webinar] Mass Spec Enables More Definitive Biologics Drug Discovery and Optimization

Discover how Mass Spec enables high-resolution protein characterization and quantitative analysis for target validation and PK studies. Join our Oct 30 webinar packed with practical case studies and expert guidance. Reserve your spot now!

October 9, 2025

Events

K’Nex & Connect

Join the Life Sciences Career Alliance for a networking experience that goes beyond business cards and small talk.

October 9, 2025

People determined to be free, freedom and confinement vector art

Rare diseases

Nearly Three Quarters of FDA Breakthrough Designated Drugs Win Approval: Report

New analysis from Jefferies shows that rare disease and cancer drugs granted the status are especially likely to be approved.

October 9, 2025

·

3 min read

·

Dan Samorodnitsky

Photo of female scientist using microscope

Job Trends

9 Companies Hiring in Oncology

Looking for a job in oncology? Check out the BioSpace list of nine companies hiring life sciences professionals like you.

October 9, 2025

·

2 min read

·

Angela Gabriel

2006 James Gathany Captured by James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control's biomedical photographer, this 2006 image depicted the exterior of the new "Tom Harkin Global Communications Center", otherwise known as Building 19, located on the organization's Roybal Campus in Atlanta, Georgia. The facility houses the CDC's Information Center/Library, auditoria and meeting halls, which are used to accommodate in-house staff meetings, and national/international conferences hosted by the CDC, and the National Center for Health Marketing's, Division of Creative Services, which includes a full service television broadcast facility. The exhibit area currently features the "Global Symphony", the first of several permanently installed exhibitions, and changing exhibitions that focus on a variety of public health topics. The exhibits in the Center are self-guided, and require no advance reservations. Additional curriculum-based exhibits and programming will be added in the future. Tom Harkin Global Communications Center Exhibit Area Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30333 - Hours: Monday Friday, 9 am 5 pm, except for federal holidays Admission is free - Government-issue photo ID is required for entry. Please note that CDC is a working federal facility and as such does not provide public tours of its campus and laboratories. - For more information please call 404-639-0830.

Vaccines

ACIP Meeting Delayed Indefinitely; COVID-19 Vaccines Continue To Show Benefit in New Study

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was scheduled to convene Oct. 22 to 23, but this meeting has been postponed, with no new date specified. The delay comes as the VA published new research showing that COVID-19 shots prevented hospitalizations and death.

October 9, 2025

·

2 min read

·

Tristan Manalac

Illustration showing a handshake, signaling cooperation, goodwill

Mergers & Acquisitions

Novo Strikes up to $5.2B Deal for Akero in Red-Hot MASH Space

Novo will add Akero’s efruxifermin to its MASH portfolio, which includes Wegovy after the GLP-1 gained an FDA nod in the indication earlier this year.

October 9, 2025

·

2 min read

·

Annalee Armstrong