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Chemicals & Pharma in 2026: The Technologies and Shifts Reshaping the Industry
The chemicals and pharmaceutical industries continued to evolve during 2026 as manufacturing technology advanced, sustainability influenced process decisions and digital tools entered laboratories and production environments. Developments in specialty chemicals, APIs, biotechnology and advanced materials further expanded the industry's technological landscape. This edition brings together the important shifts across chemicals and pharma during the year, examining how science, engineering, regulation and manufacturing continued to influence the sector's direction.
Editor's Note
Chemical and pharmaceutical innovation develops across many interconnected areas, from laboratory science and process engineering to manufacturing and quality. Our final edition of 2026 brings those developments together to examine how the industry changed during the year. Rather than ranking individual breakthroughs, we focus on the wider technological and structural shifts shaping chemicals, pharmaceuticals, materials and biotechnology.
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