Besides DONIMI, 4SC AG is conducting clinical testing of domatinostat in a range of indications. © 4SC AG

The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) has joined 4SC AG as a partner in conducting a multicentre study of dominatostat/checkpoint blocker combos in treatment-naive melanoma patients.

© Mogrifiy

British start-up company Mogrify Ltd (Cambridge, UK) has added US$16m from a Series A round to its US$3.7m seed financing in February 2019. Existing investor Ahren Innovation Capital led the round, with Parkwalk, 24Haymarket, and the University of Bristol Enterprise Fund III participating.

Bright field image of patient-derived organoids in culture. © S.N. Ooft and M. Mertz

A new test based on tumour organoids can predict how patients with advanced colorectal cancer respond to chemotherapy treatment.

Affimer. © Avacta Group plc

ADC Therapeutics SA has entered a R&D pact with Affimer developer Avacta Group plc aimed at creating and licencing Affimer drug conjugates.

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Licencing bluebird bio’s Inc know-how and technology in one-time gene therapies, Novo Nordisk A/S tries to get a foothold in the emerging haemophilia A gene therapy market.

© Evotec SE

Evotec SE has expanded its drug discovery customer base with US women’s health specialist Celmatix Inc.

Qiagen NV's headquarters in Venlo. © Qiagen

QIAGEN and Illumina join forces in the next-gen sequencing-based IVD testing and companion diagnostics market announcing a 15-year collaboration. 

Three cryo-electron microscopic views of the protein complex ClpX-ClpP. © C. Gatsogiannis / MPI of Molecular Physiology

German researchers have determined the mechanism of a ADEPs, a novel class of antibiotics, allowing for pharmacological optimisation.

Christian Eggeling from Leibniz IPHT and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena © Jan-Peter Kasper/ Friedrich Schiller University Jena

A new method allows real-time-visualisation of how the HI virus spreads between living T helper cells and which molecules it requires for this purpose.

Source: EuropaBio

How can biotechnology and bioeconomy contribute to establish a sustainable and circular economy? Nearly 500 attendees discussed latest trends at EFIB 2019 in Brussels.