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As a first result of the trilogue on the €100m+ Horizon Europe programme, MEPs backed the backbone of the EU’s future research and innovation programme.

Biotechpharma invested €50m in its microbial facility expansion. © Biotechpharma UAB

Lituanian CDMO Biotechpharma UAB has invested €50m in order to expand its production capacity to 5000 litres.

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Kiadis Pharma NV has entered a definitive agreement to acquire US-based CytoSen Therapeutics, Inc. in order to create a leader in cell-based cancer immunotherapy.

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Researchers at University of Glasgow report that modulation of a specific GPCR results in health benefits normally mediated by a healthy gut microbiome.

Chronic inflammatory disease company Immunic Therapeutics starts Nasdaq-trade following merger with Vital Therapies.
 

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Scientists from Belgium and the US have found a way to prevent the devasting consequences of herpes infections for newborn babies.

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Evotec SE and Indivumed GmbH have entered into a drug R&D collaboration aimed at developing first-in-class colorectal cancer treatments.
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Lyon-based neurology specialist Theranexus SA has launched a new bioinformatics partnership with systems biology data analysts from Dyliss (Dynamics, Logics and Inference for biological Systems and Sequences).

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Following the FDA granted AMT-130 fast track designation, uniQure NV announced it will start Phase I/II testing of the Huntington’s Disease gene therapy in Q2/2019.

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Sanofi and Alnylam have agreed to end the research and option phase of the companies’ RNAi therapeutics alliance in rare genetic diseases.