Wth a Series B €40m financing, Novadip Biosciences SA has raised investements to a total of €88m. It will use the proceeds to push two single-use cell therapies designed to accelerate healing.

Three small-scale studies hinted at new COVID-19 vaccination boosters not significantly enhancing the immune response to Omicron variant.

Aurobac Therapeutics has appointed Florence Séjourné as CEO. The French company is a joint venture, founded by Boehringer Ingelheim, Evotec and bioMérieux and focuses on combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Takeda, Boehringer Ingelheim and Novartis do it repeatedly. Global players make ­major investments in their Austrian facilities. Not only multinationals but start-ups and scale-ups such as ­Apeiron Biologics and ViraTherapeutics benefit from a comprehensive ecosystem – from basic research to production and distribution. The business location agency ABA is the first point of contact for setting up operations in Austria.

Eppendorf Tubes® BioBased reduce the product-specific carbon footprint and ­support environmental friendly lab workflow.

Antibody developer Memo Therapeutics AG has snaged a R&D partnership with Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd in the immuno-oncology field.

Keeping biologicals at low temperatures is an established and effective way of maintaining their potency. This is critical for many types of medicines, vaccines, reagents, and biological samples, which is the reason why laboratories, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and more employ medical-grade refrigerators to protect their samples from ambient conditions.

Catalonia’s healthcare start-ups raised €238m in 2021, a new record and 4% up from 2020. Four fifth (83%) of VC came from international investors.
   

The European Council has adopted three regulations aimed at improving pandemic preparedness, which together with two other pillars complete the EU Health Union.

Automotive company Audi AG and gas fermentation specialist Krajete GmbH are building a highly effective industrial-scale CO2 Direct Air Capturing plant in Linz.