Antibody manufacturing at Bioinvent. © Bioinvent AB

Swedish BioInvent AB has licensed its anti-Fc?RllB antibody BI-1206 for $95m to CASI Pharmaceuticals for distribtion in the Greater China region

   

HPV, © NIH

Transgene SA has reported positive results of an exploratory Phase Ib/II study in HPV-16-positive cancers combining its cancer vaccine TG4001 with Merck KgaA’s PD-L1 blocker avelumab.

Antiviral drugs are hoped to eliminate the novel Coronavirus right from the beginning of infection and thus ameliorate severe courses of COVID-19. Besides nucleoside analogues, blockers of the highly conserved viral main protease or antibodies that target the spike protein are under clinical development. © Roche

Roche AG has paid US$350 in cash to co.develop and market Atea Pharmaceutical’s oral direct-acting antiviral, AT-527, to limit proliferation of SARS-CoV-2.

Araris' linker technology enables site-specific payload attachment to a specific amino acid (Q295) within the IgG-Fc framework. When a payload is attached to this site, the antibody still maintains nearly identical performance (e.g. pharmacokinetics and effector functions) to the unconjugated, original antibody. Furthermore, the linker-payload is connected to the antibody through a very strong peptide bond resulting in exceptional stability in the blood stream and thus minimal adverse effects. © Araris Biotech AG

New ADC company Araris Biotech has got backing by Pureos Bioventures and co-investors in a CHF15.2m seed round to develop a new class of antibody drug conjugates.
 
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Vifor Pharma headquarters. © Vifor

Vifor Pharma and Cara Therapeutics have signed a US license agreement for Korsuva to treat dialysis patients with pruritus.

EIB building in Luxembourg. © wikimedia/Palauenc05

Atriva Therapeutics has secured a €24m loan to push the development of its COVID-19 programme ATR-002, an antiviral, anti-inflammatory MEK inhibitor.

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Topas Therapeutics GmbH will use the €22m proceeds from a Series B Financing to advance two pipeline candidates.

© Siemens Healthineers

Siemens Healthineers has launched its Clinitest Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test in Europe, which can identify persons infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 15 minutes.

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Priothera Ltd. wants to use €30m from a Series A financing to develop a licenced therapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has inked a contract with the European Commission to supply 200 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union.