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1. Trump backs psychedelics, but CDMOs hold back for now
2. After 'redesign,' WuXi Biologics sets new timeline for Massachusetts factory completion
3. Merck KGaA makes largest deal in a decade in $11.3B buy for Bio-Techne
4. HHS rolls out sweeping clinical trial reforms to counter China, RFK Jr. says
5. US government launches probe into Germany's plan to pay less for drugs 
6. BIO board spoke with national security, health officials on China, CEO says
7. Achieve Life Sciences gets a CRL; UPS invests $48M in healthcare logistics
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The US Trade Representative is asking for public comments on an investigation into Germany’s drug pricing. This comes after Germany said it will review how it can cut costs in its healthcare budget. The probe could result in new tariffs against the European country, among other outcomes. Read more below.

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Anna Brown
Biopharma Breaking News Reporter, Endpoints News
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by Anna Brown

Drug­mak­ers do not ex­pect third-par­ty man­u­fac­tur­ers to in­crease their psy­che­del­ic ser­vices just yet, even af­ter Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump is­sued an ex­ec­u­tive or­der de­signed to ex­pe­dite...

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by Anna Brown

A WuXi Bi­o­log­ics fac­to­ry un­der con­struc­tion in Mass­a­chu­setts is slat­ed to be com­plet­ed in 2028 — a decade af­ter the com­pa­ny first an­nounced its plans...

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by Ayisha Sharma

Mer­ck KGaA has said it is shop­ping for deals. And on Thurs­day, the Ger­man con­glom­er­ate re­vealed it will make its largest ac­qui­si­tion in a decade...

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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by Max Bayer

The Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion is re­spond­ing to a drum­beat of calls from the biotech and phar­ma in­dus­tries to mod­ern­ize and ex­pe­dite clin­i­cal tri­als with a sweep­ing...

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by Anna Brown

Amid Ger­many's on­go­ing re­view of its health­care spend­ing, the US gov­ern­ment has start­ed a trade in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the Eu­ro­pean coun­try's drug pric­ing sys­tem.

The in­ves­ti­ga­tion...

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John Crowley, BIO CEO
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by Max Bayer

As com­pa­nies grap­ple with how to best com­pete with — or voice con­cerns over — Chi­na’s grow­ing biotech prowess, craft­ing a po­lit­i­cal strat­e­gy has be­come...

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by Anna Brown

Plus, news about Ad­van­Cell and Ju­bi­lant.

🔴 FDA re­jects drug for nico­tine de­pen­dence: Achieve Life Sci­ences