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Barcelona-based Integra Therapeutics appoints George Church to its Scientific Advisory Board.

The world's first cultured hamburger was presented at a news conference in London on 5 August 2013. The cultured meat product was developed by a team of scientists from Maastricht University led by Mark Post at a cost of €250,000. © World Economic Forum/Wikimedia

The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund has announced its final closing at €300m, €50m above its target.

Team. © TargED Biopharmaceuticals BV

TargED Biopharmaceuticals will use €39m from a Series A financing to bring its thrombolytic treatment to patients.

CEO Maija Itkonen at the pilot production plant. © Onego Bio Ltd.

The cellular agriculture spin-off Onego Bio Ltd has been seeded with €10m to use its Trichoderma platform to establish an animal-free egg protein production.

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine production site at Lonza in Vith, Switzerland © Lonza AG

The former mRNA start-up Moderna Inc is set to expand its commercial network in six European nations to become a gobally active vaccine company.

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InDex Pharmaceuticals needs a new COO. After ten years as Chief Operating Officer, Pernilla Sandwall will leave the Stockolm-based company at the end of April.

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Antimicrobial resistance specialist Centauri Therapeutics Ltd has closed a £24m Series A round to identify novel therapeutic candidates using the Alphamer technology.

© Prof. Dr. Ali Tavasoli in the lab from which Curve Therapeutics span out in 2019. © University of Southampton

Curve Therapeutics has inked a contract with US pharma giant Merck & Co. (MSD) to screen novel small molecule drug candidates against five MSD targets.

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Newton Biocapital has launched a new life sciences fund with initial capital commitments of €50m and a target size of €150m.

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European investment firm LSP has closed its European life sciences fund LSP at €1 bn. Additionally, a €10bn fund of funds was greenlighted at the EU Council in Paris.