The EPO has granted a patent to Domain Therapeutics’ Phase I candidate DT-9081 designed to reverse PGE2-mediated immunosuppression used by tumours to bypass the immune system.

Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug donanemab has speedy removed amyloid plaques in a pivotal Phase III trail halting disease progression for one year in half of patients.

Although the EU Commission wants to abolish the internal combustion engine in individual transport through eMobility, biofuels are far from dead, according to a new study.

In an oversubscribed capital increase, Carbios SAS has raised €141m, the largest on Euronext growth since 2015.

Paris-based gene therapy vector specialist EG 427 SAS has closed a Series A financing at €18m raising additional €5m in the final closing.

Mallia Therapeutics GmbH has raised seed money to accelerate preclinical research and start Phase I testing of a baldness cure with unique MOA named soluble CD83.

German CRO Evotec SE enters licence agreement Bristol Myers Squibb within its neuroscience partnership providing US$40m upfront, milestones and double-digit sales royalities.

 

Paris-based Nanobiotix SA has signed a potential US$1.8bn oncology deal with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV for the global commercialisation rights of its radioenhancer NBTXR3.

Exeliom Biosciences, a French company focused on the microbiome-immunomodulation axis to develop next-generation immunotherapies, has announced the closing of its €24m (US$26m) Series A financing to advance the clinical development of its therapeutic pipeline, including several clinical trials of EXL01, a novel bacterial immunotherapy with applications in cancer and infectious diseases.

It is just announced that it will soon be possible to taste farmed meat and seafood in the Netherlands under controlled conditions. The Dutch government, in collaboration with cultured meat producers Meatable and Mosa Meat, and industry representative HollandBIO, has successfully developed a ‘code of practice’ that will allow tastings in controlled environments.