June 2026 – M A N O X B L O G

Ukraine Issues Its First Medical Cannabis Prescriptions to Veterans

The first medical cannabis prescriptions have been issued in Ukraine, marking the start of a program for people suffering from serious and chronic conditions, including veterans affected by the ongoing…

admin June 30, 2026

Biologic Drugs BioTech Medicines Pharmaceutical

Beyond better chemistry: The evolution of pharma process development

The integration of chemical engineering into process development has transformed how companies scale, control, and optimize manufacturing for a new generation of therapies. Over the past three decades, pharmaceutical manufacturing…

admin June 29, 2026

Biologic Drugs BioTech Medicines

US biotech leadership at risk as China dominates manufacturing

Chinese biopharma companies lead when it comes to manufacturing scale, CDMO capacity, and raw materials, according to analyses from the Cure Innovation Index. America’s biotechnology leadership is in jeopardy due…

admin June 26, 2026

Biologic Drugs BioTech Medicines

Ebola’s Crisis: A Biotech’s Radical Plea to Sidestep Science’s Pace

900+ confirmed cases of Bundibugyo Ebola in DRC, with 230+ deaths (26% fatality rate). No approved treatment exists for this strain, leaving patients with only supportive care. 309-patient trial showed…

admin June 24, 2026

AI Pharmaceutical

AI could boost Phase I trial success rates from ~10% to 80-90%.

Pharma's New Playbook: AI's Billion-Dollar Bet on De-Risking Medicine 📊 Key Data $1 billion+ committed by major pharma companies like Takeda and Sanofi to AI-driven drug development. AI could boost…

admin June 19, 2026

Cannabis

Europe authorizes the first cannabis-derived medicine for the treatment of chronic pain

German biopharmaceutical company Vertanical, which we reported on last Friday after receiving «breakthrough therapy» status from the FDA for its pain relief treatment, has obtained European marketing authorization for…

admin June 17, 2026

Pharmaceutical

Ibogaine Inspires New Treatments for Addiction and Depression

Targeted Molecules Are More Powerful Than SSRI Antidepressants and Avoid Dangerous Side Effects Scientists have developed two new drug candidates for potentially treating addiction and depression, modeled on the pharmacology…

admin June 16, 2026

Pharmaceutical

How does ibogaine work?

Ibogaine’s unconventional “matrix pharmacology” may underlie both its therapeutic promise and unpredictable cardiac risks. Unraveling this mechanism could help drug developers hoping to bring ibogaine analogs to market. Though ibogaine…

admin June 15, 2026

Cannabis

Epidolex – It’s coming the Generics Cannabinoid Medicines

1. Regulatory Framework for Generic Cannabinoid Medicines Generic versions of Sativex and Epidiolex are "not possible" until the patents covering the active substance, formulation, and medical use have expired, or…

admin June 10, 2026

Cannabis

Cannabis: Precision Fertigation in Pharmaceutical Cannabis: Sizing Tanks, Mixing Logic, and PLC Control

In pharmaceutical cannabis cultivation, the irrigation system is not merely a utility—it is a drug delivery system for the plant. Unlike agriculture, where overwatering is an efficiency issue, in GACP/EU-GMP…

admin June 9, 2026