A UK Biobank analysis of data from 200,000 people over more than ten years,
carried out by British researchers, have linked consumption of ultra-processed foods to an
increased risk of developing and dying from cancer. However, according to the authors from
Imperial College London it doesn’t provide a causal relationship.
Molecular diagnostics specialist Mainz Biomed NV has inked a research collaboration with precision microbiome firm Microba Life Sciences Inc.
French pancreatic beta-cell modulator specialist DiogenX SA has raised €27.5m in a Series A financing led by Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund and Roche Venture Fund.
Jeff Borcherding, President of Immunovia’s US subsidiary since April 2022, has been the new Global CEO of Sweden’s Immunovia AB since the end of April.
Munich-based Wacker Group has purchased all shares of the Spanish CMO ADL BioPharma from financial investor Kartesia for €100m.
Single-use bioreactor technology offers a set of benefits compared to common glass or stainless-steel vessels, including reduced downtime between runs, minimal cleaning effort, or decreased cross-contamination risk. Advantages like these have generated an ever-growing demand for this technology over the years. In that regard, BioBLU® Single-Use Bioreactors combine the benefits of single-use bioreactor technology with the reliable performance of conventional glass or stainless-steel bioreactors.
The French Abivax SA has had a new CEO since the beginning of May. Marc de Garidel took over the position and became interim chairman of the supervisory board.
Swedish AI specialist Neogap Therapeutics AB will secect antigens for Cellerys AG, which wants to establish immune tolerance in a Phase II MS trial.
In 2016, PharmaMar filed a European marketing authorisation application for Aplidin as a treatment for patients with multiple myeloma. After the European Medicines Agency rejected the MAA twice, which was accepted in Australia with the same data, PharmaMar sued the EC. European Biotechnology spoke with PharmaMar’s Chairman José María Fernández Sousa-Faro.
The State of the Netherlands, and the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport will sell all shares of vaccine maker Intravacc B.V.