iPSC-derived embryoid body. © Universal Cells

Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc and Japanese Astellas Pharma, Inc. have signed a discovery partnership to develop off-the-shelf allogeneic T cell-based cancer therapies from stem cells.

Liquid biopsy tests such as Illumina's TSO500 are set to transform cancer diagnosis. © Illumina

Twelve years after Roche’s $6.8bn hostile takeover bid for Illumina, the companies have entered into a 15-year partnership to boost personalised NGS-based cancer testing.

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Incyte Corp. has signed a global license agreement for commercialisation of Morphosys AG’s anti-CD-19 programme tafasitamab.

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In silico clinical trials pioneer Novadiscovery SA has raised €5m in a series A financing led by Swiss Debiopharm Innovation Fund.

Schematic representation of the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. © Mirzaei, 2017, Frontiers in immunology. 2017, 8, 1850.

Following a €1.5m seed financing in 2017, cancer specialist Alderaan Biotechnology SAS has raised €18.5m in a Series A round led by Advent France Biotechnology and Medicxi.

Steatohepatitis © Nephron/commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7747223

NorthSea Therapeutics BV has raised US$40m to provide proof-of-concept of its NASH drug icosabutate.

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4SC AG and Merck KgaA  have signed a supply agreement to start clinical tests of Merck’s checkpoint blocker avelumab plus 4SC’s HDAC I blocker domatinostat.

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Mutabilis and IBT Vaccines have successfully bagged US$12m from the Novo Holdings REPAIR Impact Fund.
 

Postulated mechanisms of mortality in sepsis. © Sphingotec GmbH

Critical care experts have presented data supporting the thesis that three specific pathways are the cause for about 90% of sepsis mortality.

P. aeruginosa. © CDC

Antabio SAS has got a US-$4.4m tranche from CARB-X to advance preclinical development of its P. aeruginosa treatment in Cystic Fibrosis patients