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German pharma major Boehringer Ingelheim has taken over Swiss cancer immunotherapy player AMAL Therapeutics.

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French microalgae specialist Microphyt has raised €28.5m to develop its microalgae portfolio for nutrition and cosmetics.

Healx, a Cambridge, UK, technology company developing treatments for rare diseases, today announces the appointment of Dr Neil Thompson, PhD, as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO).

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French biotech Osivax has raised €8m to fast-track development of its lead flu vaccine candidate – and branch out to Belgium.

Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical Company active in the discovery and development of T-cell redirecting cancer immunotherapies, today announced that Harpreet Singh has been appointed the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

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It is one of the largest single private funding rounds a biotech company in Europe has ever pulled off. German biotech BioNTech managed to raise US$325m (€290m) in an upsized Series B round to boost its immuno-oncology pipeline.

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Biophytis has priced its IPO on Nasdaq Paris. The company aims to raise up to €10.8m to advance its lead drug candidate under development for the treatment of neuromuscular diseases.

German biotech group Evotec has once more launched a spin-off: Breakpoint Therapeutics GmbH is focusing on treating cancer patients by targeting DNA damage responses.

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A new collaboration aims to the urgent fight against antimicrobial resistant bacteria. Lyon-headquartered biotech Nosopharm has teamed up with German drug discovery company Evotec SE to develop a novel antibiotics class.

Zelluna Immunotherapy, a biotechnology company specializing in T-cell receptor (TCR) immunotherapies, announced the appointment of Jens-Peter Marschner as chief medical officer (CMO) at the end of June.