Using a national supercomputer, Swedish researchers have analysed how protein expression of the 315 known cancer genes translates into cancer overall survival.
Finnish Metsä Group has started its mill for bio-based products. The €1.2bn investment’s production capacity is 1.3 million tonnes of softwood pulp a year.
UK-headquartered immunodiagnostics specialist Oxford Immunotec Global plc’s share value slipped by $1.31 to $16.02 after the company raised US-$40.125m on Monday in an public offering of 2.5 million ordinary shares at Nasdaq underwritten by BTIG LLC.
German CellAct GmbH has cashed in US$250m (€212m) from Mundipharma in a licence deal for CAP7.1, a Phase II drug to treat the rare biliary tract cancer.
Germany is the first country that has granted full approval to Adrenomed to conduct a Phase II study with the monoclonal antibody adrecizumab in patients with early septic shock. Within the ADR-02 study, 300 patients will be enrolled in Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands for proof of safety and efficacy.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is set to acquire a minority stake in diagnostic electrophoresis player Sebia Group from private equity investors Astorg and Montagu.
Serial drug licensee Roivant Sciences GmbH (Basel) has cashed in US$1.1bn (€937m) in an equity financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund and co-financed by existing investor Dexcel Pharma.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and Polish drug developer Selvita SA have entered a partnership to co-fund further preclinical and clinical development of a targeted therapy to treat patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).
In a multi-year collaboration with LEO Pharma A/S, Chinese Hitgen is poised to discover novel small molecule leads for multiple therapeutic targets chosen by the Danish skin treatment specialist.
British biotech company Vernalis has to deal with another Complete Response Letter by US authority FDA – this time regarding the New Drug Application for its cough and cold treatment CCP-08.