Gene therapy specialist Uniqure NV announced new executive appointments to its leadership team and nominations to its Board of Directors. Scott McMillan, for instance, will be responsible for all current Good Manufacturing Process (cGMP) activities and all product development functions.

British biotech company Vernalis has to deal with another Complete Response Letter by US authority FDA – this time regarding the New Drug Application for its cough and cold treatment CCP-08.

Sweden’s Hansa Medical AB presented data showing its experimental drug allowed doctors to perform successful kidney transplants in patients with a particularly high risk of organ rejection.

EuropaBio has developed recommendations for changes to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) of biosimilars that would result in an enhanced level of transparency for the label.

The Scottish biotech company TC Biopharm (TCB) has been awarded a €4m grant from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme.

We are living in a world of cutting-edge science, which holds the potential to transform the landscape for patients living with common and rare diseases within the next five years. This is of particular importance as we face a demographic evolution that will see an already-aging population expand significantly and rapidly across the globe.

Danish diabetes biotech Zealand Pharma has started its initial public offering in the US at Nasdaq Global Select Market. It plans to raise US$75m to fund clinical trails.

In preparation for the development and commercialisation of Autolus’ T-cell products, the London based company announced four new senior leadership appointments.

Following Novo Nordisk, Dr. Stanislav Glezer has joined the French biopharmaceutical company Adocia as the new Chief Medical Officer. He will be responsible for designing and executing the clinical development plan of its diabetes treatments.

Italian pharma company Chiesi Farmaceutici withdraws from a co-development agreement with gene therapy pioneer Uniqure. This will add US$1.5m to Uniqure’s expenses this year.