Immuncheckpoint specialist Oxford BioTherapeutics has licenced the right to develop five bispecific antibodies for combination therapies using Wuxi Biologics’ WuXiBody platform.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) announced today that its Board of Directors has named Daniel O’Day Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, effective March 1, 2019. Mr. O’Day is currently the CEO of Roche Pharmaceuticals. He has held the position since 2012, and prior to that led Roche Diagnostics.

Liquid Plate Sealer® is a coating stabilizer for antibodies and antigens coated on polystyrene- or glass-surfaces.

An analysis of health records of the whole Scottish population aged ?30 years revealed that people with diabetes have an increased risk for heart failure.

William Anderson, currently CEO of Genentech, will be appointed CEO Roche Pharmaceuticals effective 1 January 2019. He will be based in Basel, report to Severin Schwan, Roche Group CEO and become a member of the Corporate Executive Committee.

DIA Europe is more than a traditional meeting. It’s a chance to learn, engage, and grow as a healthcare professional alongside thousands of cross-functional collaborative leaders.

British drugmaker AstraZeneca (AZ) has missed another opportunity to secure a share in the lucrative immunoncology market: a Phase III trial combining durvalumab with tremelimumab missed the survival endpoint.

BioEcho Life Sciences develops novel kits for the isolation and processing of DNA and RNA. The new EchoCLEAN CleanUp kits for rapid single-step purification of RNA or DNA samples with removal of any residual denaturating salts or organic solvents increase the reliability in PCR and NGS analysis.

LSP and Sofinnova Ventures co-led the financing of the Amsterdam-based gene therapy specialist  XyloCor Therapeutics.

For two days, Lille was the place to be for partnering in early stage innovation. On December 5th, Europe’s leading tech transfer event BioFIT wrapped up, recording a record number of participants.