Finnish Solar Foods Oy has started microbial production of its protein powder Solein in Factory 01, Solar Foods’ first commercial-scale production facility in Vantaa, Finland.

German AdrenoMed AG has got FDA Fast Track designation for its targeted septic shock medicine enibarcimab that restores endothel integrity.

ALS specialist NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd announces it will be collaborating with Swiss Lonza AG to identify exosome-based biomarkers to advance theranostics in neurodegeneration.

ALS specialist NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd announces it will be collaborating with Swiss Lonza AG to identify exosome-based biomarkers to advance theranostics in neurodegeneration.

Essential Pharma has acquired Renaissance Pharma Ltd to commercialise  the company’s Phase II program Hu14.18K322A in pedriatric high-risk neuroblastoma.

Global health agency Unitaid has awarded French Medincell Corp (Jacou) an extension grant of up to US$ 6 million over three years to fund thesatety testing of its malaria vaccine mdc-STM.

Genmab announced today that it will acquire privately held biotech company ProfoundBio for $1.8bn in cash. The deal is designed to help the Danish pharmaceutical company deepen its cancer pipeline with next-generation antibody-drug conjugate therapies where the company has already an inlicensing deal with former Synaffix´s ADC technology platform (which was acquired mid of 2023 by Lonza).

TME Pharma (France/Germany) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for NOX-A12 (olaptesed pegol), TME Pharma’s CXCL12 inhibitor, in combination with radiotherapy and bevacizumab for use in the treatment of the aggressive adult brain cancer glioblastoma.

At a recent event researcher and founder of Bit.bio, Prof. Mark Kotter, Babraham Research Campus in Cambridge/UK, was asked what healthcare looks like in 2050. He gave a twofold answer, that it will be driven by data, but also will be personalised. Mark Kotter elaborates here in more detail what is needed to unlock a healthcare of tomorrow.

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