Japanese CDMO Minaris Regenerative Medicine Co. Ltd  will invest US$64.5m to expand its facilities in Europe and Asia.

Lead investor Novo Growth has led a €22m Series A investment in The Protein Brewery, a Dutch company that is to supplement the market for protein alternatives by fungal protein.

Growing sector – growing guide: The 22nd edition of the Guide to German Biotech Companies has been published. Almost 120 companies from the vibrant biotech sector present themselves in the English-language yearbook.

HBM portfolio company Galecto has raised US$85m through the placement of 5.67 million new shares at a price of US$15 per share at Nasdaq.
 

In March 2021, Dr Jane Robertson will take over the position of Chief Medical Officer at Redx Pharma Plc in Alderley Park.

Boehringer Ingelheim announced the start of Phase II studies of its oral TRPC6 blocker code-named BI 764198 in patients hospitalised for COVID-19.

AP-Protector® is a long-term stabilizer for alkaline phosphatase (AP) coupled to antibodies or Neutravidin/Streptavidin.

British SpyBiotech has outsourced GMP manufacturing of its VLP vaccine platform to Navarra-based 3P Biopharmaceuticals.

Swedish BioInvent AB has licensed its anti-Fc?RllB antibody BI-1206 for $95m to CASI Pharmaceuticals for distribtion in the Greater China region

   

Transgene SA has reported positive results of an exploratory Phase Ib/II study in HPV-16-positive cancers combining its cancer vaccine TG4001 with Merck KgaA’s PD-L1 blocker avelumab.