AC Immune and Takeda have inked an exclusive option license agreement for ACI-24.060, a first-in-class active immunotherapy designed to delay or slow Alzheimer’s disease progression.

Swiss antibody specialist Memo Therapeutics AG has added CHF20m to  its Series C financing, bringing the total amount raised in the funding round to CHF 45 million.

More than 900 experts from clusters and the EU Commission discussed at the sold-out 9th European Cluster Conference what cluster policy is needed to make Europe a world leader in prioritised technology fields  such as the green and digital transitions and biotechnology.

Danish CDMO 21st.BIO A/S has unveiled a new pilot plant facility to accelerate scaling of biotech processes ranging from food and beverages, agriculture, biomaterials, and biopharma.
  

  

Flagging of CAR-T cells with the B7H6 protein weakened the response to human leukaemia in models as it marks them for NK cell attack, German researchers report.

Belgian AgTech specialist Biotalys BV an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company has initiated field trials for BioFun-6, the company’s second llama-antibody-mimicking biofungicide program.

AI specialist WhiteLab Genomics, the Vision Institute, and IT expert ADLIN Science, have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at developing new AAV vectors targetting retinal dystrophies.

A German-Danish team has discovered that a truncated version of the enzyme adenlyate cyclase 3 can be targeted to transform fat-storing white adipocytes into fat-burning brown adipocytes.

Paris-based Klineo SAS has raised €2M to speed up access to clinical trials for oncology patients using an AI platform.
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University Nottingham spin out Locate Bio Ltd has added £9.2m venture financing led by Mercia Ventures and Business Growth Fund to its £16.2m raised before.