Roche had a nose for success when the pharma giant ended the CHF500m deal with Polyphor in November 2015. Now, the antibiotics maker stopped a Phase III trial of its lead murepavadin (Pol7080).

Medica Group Plc (LSE:MGP) announces that Dr Stuart Quin has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer. Dr Quin will join Medica and its Board of Directors on 1 September 2019. John Graham will remain as Chief Executive Officer until Dr Quin joins the company.

Following the birth of genome-edited twins in China, the German Ethics Council has provided a complete ethical review about human germline intervention.

Immunotherapy and infection specialist BioNTech SE (Mainz, Germany) has acquired preclinical and clinial antibody assets and infrastructior from MabVax Therapeutics Holding, Inc.

Epigenetic changes in immune cells may provide the trigger of multiple sclerosis. Researchers have now identified MS-specific epigenetic biomarkers that change upon drug treatment.

Oncology drugs developed through a biomarker-guided precision medicine design are 38% more likely to be commercialized.  But success relies on following a plan from the start — learn how in this free whitepaper

With partner Indivior exchanging a late-stage addiction programme for early-stage alternatives, 2019 did not start exceptionally well for Addex Therapeutics. But, the Swiss drug developer has shown the stamina to withstand far more serious setbacks in the past. For EuroBiotech, Addex’s CEO Tim Dyer recounts the company’s history and outlines its future.

The round was led by BioGeneration Ventures and Wellington Partners, with Fund+, Perceptive Advisors and existing investors Capricorn Venture Partners, MINTS, PMV, QBIC and V-Bio Ventures contributing.

LEA, the Lipidomics Excellence Award, was founded to strengthen life sciences through lipidomics.  Over the course of April, the LEA jury deliberated on the submitted projects to announce the three LEA awardees.

US scientists have found that the complex interactions between fat tissue and the immune system are mediated by interleukin 33 (IL-33).