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Illumina has opened its first accelerator outside the US in Cambridge to fund genomics start-ups. Meanwhile, Epidarex Capital has raised £102m for UK biotechs.

Schlieren-based proteomics specialist Biognosys AG announces the appointment of Dr Patrick Vink as Chairman of the board.

The vaccine is based on MHC class II Invariant chain molecule fused to a hepatitis C virus (HCV) antigen and encoded in an adenoviral vector. When injected into volunteers, we saw that the vaccination was able to induce HCV specific CD4+ T cells and a high proportion of HCV specific CD8+ T cells with an increased expression of activation and cytolytic markers.
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Researchers from Italy, Denmark and the UK have devised a new vaccination strategy to tackle hepatitis C and boosting the required strong T cell response.

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A clinical trial has identified the first immuno-modulatory drug to significantly reduce COVID-19 mortality in ventilated patients.

Curevac has developed a vaccine printer which has a high production capacity. © CureVac AG

In the race aimed at securing access to COVID-19 vaccines, Germany has acquired a minority stake in the local mRNA vaccine producer Curevac AG.

David Loew, formerly executive vice president of Sanofi Pasteur, was appointed as CEO of French Ipsen Pharma SA at the beginning of July.

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Emperor Nero, reportedly, fiddled as Rome burned in 64 A.D., much like society for a long time ignored and repressed the pending crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Duobody technology. © Genmab A/S

AbbVie is partnering with Genmab A/S to commercialise up to seven new antibody formats.

Functionalised exosome with drug payload. © Evox Therapeutics Ltd

Evox Therapeutics Ltd has licenced its exosome-based RNAi/antisense RNA delivery technology to Eli Lilly to target selected neurological diseases. 

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Swedish budenoside formulation specialist Calliditas Therapeutics  AB has successfully raised US$90m in an oversubscribed NASDAQ IPO.