The European Commission has taken up the European Council’s demand for deregulation of new plant breeding techniques (NBT). A new study is being conducted to form the basis for a campaign from the Commission to inform the public about the benefits of targeted mutation technologies and to break the resistance to genetically engineered crops.

Researchers at the University Oxford and AstraZeneca have started enrolment for a Phase II/III trial to test a COVID-19 vaccine in 10,000 volunteers.

From the beginning of July, Sarah Gordon Wild will be an Independent non-Executive Director at Redx Pharma in Alderley Park, UK.

An international research consortium provides data demonstrating that SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests are only useful for population-based analyses.
 

Two companies have presented a novel vaccination concept that might protect risk groups from new SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Chromatography methods and practical tips to simplify and reduce the costs of your processes

French Abivax SA has received a €36m non-dilutive funding from Bpifrance for its ABX464 Covid-19 programme.

4TEEN4 Pharmaceuticals GmbH published data suggesting that high plasma levels of dipeptidyl peptidase 3 were indicative for upcoming multiple organ failure in burn patients.

Aviv Regev will follow Michael Varney as Head of Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED) at Roche subsidiary Genentech. Varney will retire from the company at the end of July.

The funding pot of the Innovation Medicines Initiative has been boosted to €117m. IMI has also selected eight projects to fund.