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New developments under the current U.S. administration may be a challenge for the pharma/biotech industry: the Inflation Reduction Act, Orange Book Challenges, Most Favored Nation Policy, and the new Trump-Lutnick Patent Tax. And it will likely affect European pharma and biotech.
After two challenging years marked by rising interest rates and frozen capital markets, European biotech is back in the spotlight. The catalyst? Late-stage clinical success.
The French AI-synbio specialist Abolis Biotechnologies SAS has entered a strategic €140m alliance with API manufacturer EuroAPI SA under the IPCEI Med4Cure funding programme. Within the collaboration, Abolis is developing production chassis for microbial corticosteroid manufacturing. The goal: to make Europe independent from imports from Asia.
The global biologics industry is entering a new phase of maturity. As costs tighten and timelines accelerate, CDMOs must deliver uncompromised quality while driving efficiency. Rezon Bio, an EU-based biologics CDMO with state-of-the-art facilities and a client-centric approach, was established to meet biotech and pharmaceutical client needs with agility, pragmatism, and trust.
VC investments in biotech rose 70.9% in Q3 2025 to US$3.1bn, driven by Series D growth, M&A activity, and Fed interest rate cuts, reports Global Data. J.P. Morgan reports same trends but different figures.
California-based biotech Electra Therapeutics Inc has secured US$183m in Series C financing. The investment comes from a consortium of four European investors and Mubadala Capital. Contrary to some reports, more SIRPα modulators exist than the investors initially indicated.
Pharma giant Ipsen will pay US$1bn to acquire French immuno-oncology firm ImCheck Therapeutics SAS. The deal includes US$350m upfront and up to US$650m in milestone payments. ImCheck focuses on butyrophilins, a new class of immune regulators, through its antibody programme ICT01, currently in Phase I trials.
Following its US$361 m Series C financing, Tubulis AG presented first Phase I/IIa data on its lead ADC, TUB-040, at ESMO 2025 in Berlin. The study focuseds on patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC). TUB-040 shows clear differentiation potential
Danish companies H. Lundbeck A/S (Lundbeck) and Contera Pharma A/S have inked a strategic research collaboration aiming at accelerating the development of oligonucleotide-based treatments for medically underserved neurological conditions.


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