Bone marrow aspirate showing acute myeloid leukemia. Several blasts have Auer rods (see arrow). © VashiDonsk/Wikipedia

Dutch Pleco Therapeutics BV has raised €17.3m in a Series A financing to push its lead candidate in acute myeloid leukaemia to market approval.

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Synaffix B.V. and Emergence Therapeutics AG have entered into a licensing agreement of up to $360m to find ADCs directed against target molecules from Emergence.

Paris-based Abivax SA has cashed in €49.2m in an oversubscribed financing with top-tier US and European biotech investors.

BioEcho Life Science Inc.'s headquarters. © BioEcho

German nucleic acid extraction specialist BioEcho Life Sciences has opened a subsidiary in Boston to supply the huge US-american market. 

 

Fluorescent microscopy image of the new cells (extraembryonic mesoderm cells) and placenta progenitor stem cells. The new cells are marked in red, and cells corresponding to placental stem cells are shown in green. The DNA (nucleus) of each cell is shown in blue.
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Researchers from KU Leuven for the first time have produced human cells able to mimic the molecular mechanisms of early human embryogenesis and related defects.

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Swedish food and feed supplement specialist Bactolife A/S has received US$5m in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to address gastrointestinal infections.

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For the second time within a short period of time, a competitor has sued the mRNA vaccine developer BioNtechPfizer for patent infringement.

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Moderna co-founder Kenneth Chien and Novalis LifeSciences LLC are the lead investors of a €39m Series B2 financing in eTheRNA.

A fundus photo showing intermediate age-related macular degeneration. © National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG has raised US$20m in financing through the issuance of convertible bonds to YA II PN, Ltd.