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FDA approves GSK's bepirovirsen for chronic hepatitis B after a 19% functional cure rate, raising oligonucleotide scale-up stakes for manufacturers.

AI accountability, faster FDA pathways, rare disease CMC review, and next-gen GLP-1 formulation lead this week’s PharmTech roundup.

MASH and cardiomyopathy AI collaboration: AstraZeneca pays insitro $40M upfront for target discovery, then leads clinical development and CMC planning.

Nate Edwards of Arya Consulting moderates a discussion with Elisabeth Gardiner of Tevard Biosciences and Donny Xu of the RTW Institute about rare disease treatment development and navigating the FDA’s Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher Program.

NVIDIA’s $250M, five-year compute donation funds UK agentic AI safety research, with implications for how GMP teams validate and govern autonomous AI.

Ron Scarboro, Azurity Pharmaceuticals, explains how cross-functional development, disciplined reformulation, and post-approval metrics can help proven medicines work in everyday use.

This week, drug formulation and manufacturing experts showcased their knowledge, and companies exhibited their products, at CPHI Milan.

FDA approves Teva’s Weltruza, a once-monthly subcutaneous olanzapine for schizophrenia whose copolymer depot eliminates post-injection monitoring.