From make-up to jet fuel: Breakthrough for Global Bioenergies
The French company has taken big steps to scale up its process for converting plant-based feedstocks into isobutene, bringing affordable aviation biofuels into reach.
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BICO raises €600m and acquires QInstruments
With €600m from a directed share issue in its coffers, BICO finalises the acquisition of QInstruments, a specialist in advanced sample preparation automation.
European sustainability fund raises €200m
The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, initiated by the EU, has raised more than €200m that will be used to drive the transformation towards a bio-based economy.
Idorsia: Failure in Phase III
Bad news for Swiss drug discovery company Idorsia: Its Fabry disease hopeful lucerastat failed to reduce neuropathic pain in patients.
Thermo Fisher opens Swiss biologics manufacturing plant
Lengnau will become the newest site in Thermo Fisher Scientific’s biologics manufacturing network. The site is to be completed in 2022 and its staff of 200 will join the company.
UK clears the way for gene-edited crops
Post-Brexit, UK ditches the strict EU regulation for genetic engineering: in future, gene-edited crops will be assessed just like any other new variety, the government said.
AstraZeneca invests in saRNA platform
AstraZeneca has teamed up with RNA vaccine and therapeutic developer VaxEquity, investing US$195m in milestone payments alone.
Boehringer Ingelheim: Takeover in immunooncology
Boehringer Ingelheim has acquired Texan biotech Abexxa Biologics Inc., further expanding its cancer immunotherapy pipeline.
Bayer: Peptide deal with Gubra
Bayer AG has joined forces with young Danish biotech Gubra ApS in a research collaboration and license agreement for the development of peptide therapeutics to treat cardiorenal diseases.
Foundation launches Harvard research hub
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is investing US$47.5m into a research collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, intending to dive into the disease mechanisms of diabetes and obesity.