Swiss, French and German researchers have unraveled a molecular pathway that might be useful to prevent Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD) in leukemic recipients of blood stem cell transplants.
UK-based biotech startup Fluidic Analytics has raised €27m for its proteomics platform. The financing round was led by Draper Esprit, with participation from Delin Ventures, BGF, IQ Capital, and Amadeus Capital Partners.
Diagnostic results must be readily available to diagnose critically ill patients in emergency settings and at ICUs. So far, diagnostic blood tests, which demonstrably could help emergency meds recognise residual congestion in heart failure, septic shock, or acute kidney injury before patients reach critical condition, have not been available in the automated format required at ICUs. After Sphingotec acquired Nexus IB-10 POC testing platform in May, investors wait in line.
French Carbios SA has signed a letter of intent with PVC giant Kem One to implement a demonstration plant to provide proof of concept of Carbios groundbreaking enzymatic PET depolymerisation technology.
German Adrenomed AG has bagged €24m in equity financing from HBM Healthcare Investments and Wellington Partners.
Researchers at Genentech have locally blocked lung inflammation in a mouse model for asthma by administration of an inhalable JAK1 inhibitor.
Merck today announced the appointment of Jasper Bos as the new Managing Director of its strategic corporate venture capital arm M Ventures.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has lent antiinfectives company F2G Biotech Ltd €24m for antifungal research and innovation under the InnovFin Infectious Diseases Finance Facility (IDFF).
Bergenbio ASA (OSE: BGBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, oral, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for multiple cancer indications, has announced the appointment of Alan Barge MD as Interim Chief Medical Officer and member of the leadership team.
Researchers at Cancer UK have slowed down tumour growth by simply feeding mice that carry human tumour xenografts with mannose instead of glucose.