A new gene drive can cause the complete collapse of caged malaria-carrying mosquito populations, researchers from Imperial College report in Nature Biotechnology. 

CYPs have a number of disadvantages, including low stability or inactivity. The Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib), together with an consortium within the EU-project ROBOX, created lyophilised CYP biocatalysts that have proven to be very promising for a variety of industrial applications for the pharma, flavour and fragrance, and material science industries.

Integrating the disparate stages of drug development is the most time and cost-efficient way of turning a promising candidate compound into a pharmaceutical product. A CDMO that offers coordinated end-to-end services simplifies oversight.

The CHMP elected Harald Enzmann as its new Chair on Friday, and recommended thirteen medicines for approval, three thereof orphan medicines.

European stock exchange operator Euronext kicked off its fourth annual capital markets training programme for non-listed companies – this time also including companies from Germany, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland.

Novo Nordisk A/S (NOVOB:DC) said it plans to restructure its entire Research & Development (R&D) organization. Consequently, the company will lay off 400 employees from R&D roles in Denmark and China.

Following last year’s approval by the US FDA, the EU’s EMA has  now also approved the first two T-cell-based immunotherapies against certain types of cancer. This marks the ultimate proof-of-concept for the acceptance of patient-individualised cellular immunotherapies. The regulatory authorities have moved fast, together with the companies and manufacturers, to bring these products to patients as quickly as possible. This is a good start – but what does the future hold?

The FDA has requested additional clincal data demonstrating that Pharming Group’s recombinant C1 esterase blocker Ruconest can prevent hereditary angioedema attacks (HAE).

Virion Biotherapeutics announced the appointments of Vanessa King, PhD, as President & Chief Executive Officer this week.

CRISPR Therapeutics AG announced a development partnership with ViaCyte Inc to develop genome-edited pancreatic islet cells, which do not require immunosuppression, to treat diabetes.