The European Commission started an investigation into Illuminas and Sequenoms 2014 patent agreement, UK-competitor Premaitha Health said. The two US companies had agreed to pool their Noninvasive Prenatal Testing IP.
Cinfa Biotech is shuffling for position on the lucrative biosimilar market. The Spanish-German company has published positive results in a study for a pegfilgrastim copycat with 172 healthy volunteers in Germany.
UKs Heptares Therapeutics and Paul Scherrer Institute spinoff leadXpro will collaborate to find new approaches for the determination of high-res X-ray structures of G protein-coupled receptors to find new drugs.
Nordic Nanovector has teamed up with Areva Med to develop a treatment for leukaemia. The compound in question is a lead-212 conjugated anti-CD37 antibody.
After the British people voted in favour of leaving the European Union, the industry is grappling with the profound impact this will likely have on the economy, research and politics. Representatives from biotech industry, research and policits have expressed their concerns and hopes on the upcoming Brexit.
UK investment vehicle Malin has secured another €70m to invest in innovation and research across the European life sciences. The European Investment Bank will provide a debt facility over a period of seven years.
TxCell has jumped on its option for a licensing agreement with the Weizmann Institute of Sciences tech transfer arm after it was granted a far-reaching patent for redirected, genetically engineered T regulatory cells by the EPO.
Circassia suffered a severe blow when its cat allergy immunotherapy failed to outcompete the placebo in a Phase III trial. The companys shares, listed in London, plunged to a third of its previous value.
CarTheras ultrasound device opens a gate for therapeutic molecules into the brain, study shows.
With support from the Medicines for Malaria Venture and Gates Foundation, Novartis will tackle resistant malaria with a new compound.