Ningbo R&D site building. © Enzymaster

Biocatalysis expert Enzymaster (Germany, China, Singapore) has cashed in $45m to expand its production capacity of engineered biosynthetic enzymes.

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The EU Commission has launched its final consultation on the deregulation of new breeding techniques in agriculture.

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Hamburg-headquartered Evotec SE has extended and expanded its three-year-old partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb in targeted protein degradation ("molecular glue degraders") for an additional eight years. 

The small molecule degraders link an E3 ubiquitin ligase with the molecular target, mostly in cancer and autoimmunity indications. The interaction results in ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of the recruited protein and is hoped to provide a ong-lasting therapeutic effect.
Bristol Myers Squibb brings in a huge library of E3 ligase modulators. Under the terms of the agreement, both parties will leverage all of Evotec’s appropriate platforms as well as AI/ML-based drug discovery.
Under the new agreement, Evotec cashes in an upfront payment of $200m and is eglible to obtain up to $5bn in milestone payments and tiered royalties on product sales. 
Deforestation of the Amazonas rain forest has reversed its function as a carbon sink. © Ibama/FLickr.com via wikipedia

Replacing 20% of global beef consumption with fermentation-derived microbial protein by 2050 could halve annual deforestation and associated carbon dioxide emissions.

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Deutsche Börse report key growth figures of the German biotech sector in 2021 in BIOTECH Insight, its new online information service published in collaboration with BIOCOM AG.

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Cancer specialist Engimmune Therapeutics has raised CHF15.5m in a seed financing to expand its pipeline of T-cell receptor therapeutics.

Dr. Michael Altorfer, CEO of the Swiss Biotech Association at the opening of the Swiss Biotech Day in Basel @ BIOCOM AG

The Swiss Biotech sector has again attracted record-breaking investments in 2021, according to the Swiss Biotech Report that was presented at the Swiss Biotech Day 2022 in Basel.

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Digital medicine holds great opportunities. The EU Commission is therefore presenting a draft law this week that defines rules for a European Health Data Space.

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Swiss and Swedish researchers have uncovered four previously unkown autoantigens that trigger multiple sclerosis in mice.

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Industrial biotech project managment specialist Toulouse White Biotech (TWB) has joined forces with process developer Processium and industrial synbio start-up Syngulon.