BioInvent has successfully carried out a directed share issue of approximately SEK 300 million (approximately USD 28.3 million). A number of international and Swedish investors participated, including new investors such as AXA Investment Managers and a US institutional investor and the existing shareholders Forbion, HBM Healthcare Investments, Redmile Group, Invus, the Fourth National Swedish Pension Fund and Swedbank Robur Fonder, with demand for the new shares exceeding the size of the planned volume.
Ring exchange at Roche’s top executive level
AppointmentsSchwan follows Franz, Schinecker follows Schwan.
French-German Novasep-PharmaZell Group invests EUR7.3M at Mourenx site
Latest NewsThis new investment will support the growth of the Mourenx site and sustain the growing demand for production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), particularly the highly potent drugs (HPAPIs) used to treat cancer.
Oxford Science Enterprises raised a further £250 million ($300 million) in funding
Latest NewsOxford Science Enterprises (OSE), the independent investment company created to found, fund and build transformational businesses via its unique partnership with the University of Oxford, announced it has raised a further £250 million ($300 million) in funding. This brings the total amount raised by OSE to more than £850 million (>$1 billion) since inception in 2015 according to the company´s statement.
New president of Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
AppointmentsBeckman Coulter Life Sciences announces that Suzanne Foster has been appointed as president of the company. She succeeds Greg Milosevich, who has left the company.
Swedish Bioinvent issues shares worth SEK299m (USD28m)
Latest NewsBioInvent has successfully carried out a directed share issue of approximately SEK 300 million (approximately USD 28.3 million). A number of international and Swedish investors participated, including new investors such as AXA Investment Managers and a US institutional investor and the existing shareholders Forbion, HBM Healthcare Investments, Redmile Group, Invus, the Fourth National Swedish Pension Fund and Swedbank Robur Fonder, with demand for the new shares exceeding the size of the planned volume.
Accelerom Automated Sample Preparation Platform
ProductsBreak free from the long reaction times, high costs, and method complexity of manual proteomic sample preparation with the Thermo Scientific AccelerOme automated sample preparation platform. With factory-supplied reagents and kits, and step-by-step onscreen instructions, high reproducibility and confident results are delivered for both label-free and tandem mass tag (TMT) multiplexing strategies with minimal effort. The AccelerOme platform is optimized to fit into the Thermo Scientific Orbitrap mass spectrometer ecosystem, streamlining the entire workflow from sample preparation to data processing.
Immunocore has a sip with USD140m private placement
Latest NewsImmunocore sells around 3.7m shares in a private placement with a 20% discount and gets USD140m to advance its pipline.
Worldview national ranking of health biotech sectors
BackgroundA current Nature study specifies the most competitive health biotech sectors worldwide and puts Switzerland at the top, Sweden second and the USA third. Does the new math convince?
GSK splits off consumer health as Haleon – first stock listing today
Latest NewsGlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the UKs large pharma player, has voted to spin-off its consumer healthcare business into a new company called Haleon. Shareholders gave the go-ahead for GSK to demerge on 6, July, first trading day is today, 18th of July.
Polpharma Biologics Announces EMA Acceptance for Proposed Biosimilar Natalizumab (Tysabri)
Latest NewsEuropean Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the application for biosimilar natalizumab, a proposed biosimilar to Tysabri® (Biogen) in the indication of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).