Lu 177-dotatate (pink and orange) binds to somatostatin receptors (green) on neuroendocrine tumor cells (blue) and kills the cells through the release of radioactive  particles.@ NCI. Credit: Adapted from Frontiers in Oncology. January 2019. Front. Oncol. doi: 10.3389/fonc.201800663

ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE has raised €188m ito boost radiopharma pipeline, contract manufacturing cpacity, and launch ITM-11.

Quantro used thiol(SH)-linked alkylation for the metabolic sequencing of RNA (SLAM seq), an orthogonal-chemistry-based RNA sequencing technology that detects 4-thiouridine (s4U) incorporation in RNA species at single-nucleotide resolution, to measure RNA-polymerase-II-dependent gene expression dynamics. © QUANTRO Therapeutics GmbH

Viennese biotech QUANTRO Therapeutics identifies small molecule targeting an onkogenic transcription factor in Boehringer Ingelheim collab.

DefiniGEN's hepatocyte NAFLD cell_model. © DefiniGEN' Ltd

DefiniGEN Ltd., and Atelerix Ltd. have successfully shipped in vitro liver models from the UK to the US without freezing them thus preventing cell damage and loss-of function.

Approvals for RNA-based drugs in the past decade. © IQVIA

With the opening of a production centRE for RNA vaccines and therapeutics, German CDMO Wacker Biotech is expanding its expertise in the field of RNA active ingredients.

Evotec headquarters in Hamburg. © Evotec SE

Drug discovery CRO Evotec SE announced has entered into a partnership with Inserm, Lille University Hospital and Inserm Transfert to screen new biomarkers and targets in obesity and metabolic diseases.

Award winner Jeroen Verheyen (CEO and co-founder, Semarion, left) with Ignite Award judge Severine Tamas-Lhoustau, Managing Director of Novoptim (Paris, France, right). © Jill Hronek, Director Marketing and Communication at SLAS

UK-based Semarion Ltd. was honoured as the most innovative company in the field of laboratory automation at SLAS Europe 2024 in Barcelona.

Fundus in diabetis retinopathy. © By Shaofeng Hao, Changyan Liu, Na Li, Yanrong Wu, Dongdong Li, Qingyue Gao, Ziyou Yuan, Guanyan Li, Huilin Li, Jianzhou Yang, and Shengfu Fan. - (2022). - wikipedia.org/PLoS One (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0275983.

US pharma giant Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) is decided to acquire London-based ophtalmology expert Eyebiotech Ltd for upt to US$3bn., US$1.7bn in future milestones.

Winning teams of the product award at SLAS Europe 2024 in Barcelona

Swiss Seed Biosciences SA and UK-based Cryologyx Ltd have won the SLAS Europe Product Award 2024 for product developments with transformational potential for the sector.

Eppstein Barr virus infected cells. © CDC

Hornet Therapeutics Ltd will use a US$5m seed financing to launch clinical tests of its IDO1 blocker HTX-201within the next 12 to 18 months to target post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease.

The obesity pipeline mainly consitsts of 1s5-3rd generation incretin combination therapies expected to decrease the BMI by 15, 17 and 22%, respectively. However, oral formulations and other drugs complementing the effect of GLP1 receptor agonists are coming up. © IQVIA

Swiss obesity start up SixPeaks Bio AG has made a good start, announcing a US$30m Series A financing led by Versant Ventures and a US$80m biobucks partnership with AstraZeneca plc.