BRIDGES are aimed to brigde the valley of death in funding with mutual utility for all contributing partners. © Evotec AG
Evotec and Sanofi have launched a Public Private Partnership (PPP) aimed at partnering with academic groups in early stage drug discovery across multiple therapeutic areas. 
The engineered bispecific antibody targets p95HER2 (blue fragment), which is unique to malignant breast cancer cells (brown). The antibody can therefore guide T cells (blue cells) to cancer cells without attacking healthy breast epithelial cells (pink). © Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO)

Researchers at at VHIO in Barcelona, Spain, and Roche in Schlieren have presented a bi-specific antibody that prevents the side effects of HER2-targeting compounds.

Medigene is developing the next generation of effective TCR cell therapies aimed at establishing better control over cancer at reasonable production cost.

Albert Bourla. Picture: Pfizer Inc.

Pfizer Inc. today announced its Board of Directors has unanimously elected Dr. Albert Bourla, 56, Pfizer Chief Operating Officer (COO), to succeed Ian Read as CEO effective January 1, 2019. Ian Read will transition from his current role as Chairman and CEO to Executive Chairman of Pfizer’s Board of Directors.

150 bioprocessing specialists at Rentschler Biopharma's 5th Biotech Days.Picture: Rentschler Biopharma SE

Roughly 150 life science professionals met at the 5th Biotech Days to discuss the latest progress in bioprocess intensification.

Michael Scholl is the Chief Executive Officer of Leukocare AG (Martinsried), where he heads the division's strategy, finance, corporate law, marketing and sales, and human resources. Before co-founding Leukocare in 2003 with Prof. Dr. Martin Scholz, the business engineer worked as a business consultant at Boston Consulting Group and led the foundation and business development of a range of technology and IT companies. Picture: Leukocare AG

Back in February 2017, CDMO Rentschler Biopharma SE and formulation specialist Leukocare AG joined forces to give biologics and biosimilar makers a competitive edge through significantly stabilised end products. European Biotechnology spoke with Leukocare’s CEO Michael Scholl about the impact of formulation on drug product performance.

Life Sciences venture capitalist Forbion has closed its  new flagship fund, Forbion IV, at €360m, €90m above its original target of €250m.

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Matured, diversified and willing to expand – this is how the Spanish biotech sector presented itself during BIOSPAIN 2018 in Seville. Andalusia has launched the first bioeconomy policy strategy in Spain.