Acoustofab LtdThe Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) has selected 12 start-ups to exhibit at Europe’s premier automation conference as part of its Innovation AveNew programme at SLAS Europe 2025, which takes place from 20-22 May in Hamburg, Germany.
Lee Haines, photographerA drug named nitisinone, EU-approved for the treatment of metabolic diseases, also shows strong mosquito-killing properties. According to researchers headed by Lee Haines, it turns human blood toxic to Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly form of malaria.
MPI for Biochemistry - AusserhoferResearchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have developed and patented the new UbiREAD technology, which decodes the complex ubiquitin code that marks target proteins for E3 ligase-mediated degradation in cells.
pleiotrope - wikipedia.orgLeuven-based Augustine Therapeutics NV will use the proceeds from a €77.7m in Series A financing led by Novo Holdings and Jeito Capital to advance its preclinical HDAC6 inhibitor AGT-100216 for the treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease to Phase I testing.
Adobe Stock photos - ARTMAXX The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee wants to improve technology transfer in industrial biotechnology through better regulation, more funding, and improved access to scale-up infrastructure for biomanufacturing and bioengineering start-ups.
Dren Bio IncFrench Sanofi SA announced that it will acquire Dren Bio Inc’s bispecific myeloid cell engager DR-0201 for upfront US$600m and US$1.3bn in milestones. The deal is expected to close in Q2/2025.
Brainomix Ltd.University of Oxford spinout Brainomix Ltd has closed a £14m Series C round to advance its commercial expansion in the US. Funding will also support clinical uptake of its AI imaging technology in stroke and lung fibrosis.
EvonikThe U.S. administration of President Donald Trump has revoked Executive Order 14081, “Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy,” originally issued on September 12, 2022. This decision will have far-reaching consequences for the U.S. biotech industry.
Adobe stock photos - DARIKASofinnova Partners has raised €165m within its biotech acceleration fund Biovelocita II that attracted investments fromBig Pharma including Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Pfizer Ventures.
Polish Ministry of Agriculture - MRiRWAt the third attempt, the Polish Council Presidency has broken the resistance of the member states against the deregulation of crops produced by new genomic technologies (NGT). The new draft will enter trilogue discussions in April.