ARGX-110 mode of action. © Argenx SE
Argenx SE announced it achieved an overall response rate of 92% in patients with AML with its anti-TNFSF7 (CD70) antibody cusatuzumab. 
Denali Therapeutics raised $250m through an Nasdaq IPO in December 2017. © Nasdaq

Sanofi has acquired the global commercialisation rights for two preclinical programmes from Denali Therapeutics.

Dutch ProQR NV has licensed global commercialisation rights to IONIS-RHO-2.5Rx (QR-1123) from Ionis Pharmaceuticals, to treat autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP)

The EIB has agreed to support Italian CNS drug developer Newron Pharmaceuticals with up to €40m to support the development of the company’s late-stage pipeline.

© TES Pharma SRL

TES Pharma has presented a novel treatment approach for acute kidney injury and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Nature.

In mid-October, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and the Agence Française de Developpement launched a five-year €2bn initiative called "Clean Oceans", which is dedicated to sustainable solutions set to reduce the amount of 8 million tons of plastic that are littered into the oceans every year. About 90% of the plastic waste and the resulting microplastic particles come from Asia, Africa and the Middle East. © KfW

The European Parliament has approved measures that could lead to a ban of the top 10 single use plastic products that contribute to marine littering by 2021.
    

© Innate Pharma SA

AstraZeneca plc has extended its immunoncology pipeline by an extension of its partnership with French Innate Pharma SA.

Intestinal villi. © fololia.com/fololiaxrender

French Enterome SA has added a second licence agreement with Takeda to its deal portfolio, projecting possible payments of US$640m.

The European Medicines Agency delays the EU approval of Nivolumab/Ipilimumab in NSCLC and greenlights four biotherapeutics to be marketed in the EU.

Plantics NV won the EFIB PitchFest. © BIOCOM AG

Industrial biotech innovations, presented in at the 11th EFIB in Toulouse, could become the key enabler set to save our planet if supported appropriately.