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Just over a year and a half ago, Swiss biotech Numab AG, based in Horgen on Lake Zurich, made the headlines when it sold a single antibody to Johnson & Johnson for US$1.25 billion via a spin-out vehicle. No back-loaded milestones, no future contingencies — but cash up front, as one might say, straight into the pocket.
Patent disputes are part of everyday life in pharma. What is unusual is the timing. More than three years after the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Bayer has launched a broad patent offensive against the makers of mRNA vaccines – just as the market has cooled and the pandemic feels firmly in the rear-view mirror. Understandable from a financial perspective, perhaps, but still raising questions about the timing.
The acquisition of Oxford-based Dark Blue Therapeutics by US biotechnology company Amgen Inc. has produced a German beneficiary: Hamburg-based Evotec SE. Through an early collaboration with the Oxford scientists, Evotec secured an equity stake and will now participate in the proceeds of the transaction.
The new year at Cologne-based Disco Pharma has begun much as the old one ended: with a headline-grabbing announcement. Just weeks after closing a sizeable financing round, the company has now unveiled an equally notable collaboration with US biotech pioneer Amgen, a partnership with a potential value of up to US$618 million.
One year after the inauguration of Bayer Co.Lab — the open workspace for start-ups in Berlin — it is time to take stock. European Biotechnology News Magazine
spoke with tenants and with Dr Ruth Shah, Head of Bayer Co.Lab Berlin, about the concept, the offering, and the feedback Bayer has received so far.
This article examines the critical success factors for PEGylated therapies and the decision-making process for when a custom PEG may be warranted rather than an off-the-shelf solution. The essential role of a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with deep expertise in activated PEG chemistry is highlighted.
Authors: Raymond Behrendt, Silvia Kaden-Vagt, Lotfi Bouchekioua, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
French Afyren secures €23m to accelerate biorefinery expansion as first plant enters full industrial ramp-up. Most of the money comes from US company Kemin Industries.
The company Captain T Cell, spin-out from Max-Delbrück center in Berlin, now has a total of €20 million in funding and grants to push forward its novel cell therapies for solid tumours. New backers include Springboard Health Angels, Pluton Asset Holding, Sintra Limited and the Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen, joining the existing investor base. The new tennant in Bayer´s Co.Lab in Berlin City does starts with positive vibes.
Solid tumours pose major obstacles for cell therapies, but German-American biotech T-knife is tackling them head-on. CEO Tom Soloway and CTO Elisa Kieback share how their “supercharged” TCR-Ts are engineered to overcome these challenges.
Munich-Martinsried-based biotech Tubulis has closed a €308 million (USD 361 million) Series C financing round – the largest of its kind for a still existing European biotechnology company at the Series C stage and also the world’s largest financing for a private ADC (antibody–drug conjugate) developer. The attractivity lays in the technologyplatform of linking the payload.