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Swedish food and feed supplement specialist Bactolife A/S has received US$5m in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to address gastrointestinal infections.

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For the second time within a short period of time, a competitor has sued the mRNA vaccine developer BioNtechPfizer for patent infringement.

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Moderna co-founder Kenneth Chien and Novalis LifeSciences LLC are the lead investors of a €39m Series B2 financing in eTheRNA.

A fundus photo showing intermediate age-related macular degeneration. © National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG has raised US$20m in financing through the issuance of convertible bonds to YA II PN, Ltd.

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A study in the scientific journal The Lancet shows that half of all global cancer deaths are due to life style-related risk factors such as smoking and alcohol use.

Ryvu Therapeutics' R&D centre at Krakow. © Ryvu Therapeutics

Polish cancer drug developer, Ryvu Therapeutics, has received €22m funding from the European Investment Bank via its venture debt instrument.

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Avantium and AmBev, part of AB InBev Group, have inked an agreement on PEF for soft drink bottles.

SHREAD-transduced cells (blue), expressed trastuzumab (yellow), and tumour vasculature (red). © PNAS, 10.1073/pnas.201792511

With a Series A funding of CHF 30m from Versant Ventures, Vector Biopharma AG set out to solve several of the current gene delivery problems.

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Swiss-headquarterd Novartis AG has reported two cases of fatal liver failure after treatment with the gene therapy Zolgensma.