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Novo Holdings, together with Saminvest, Vækstfonden, the European Investment Fund and its three co-founders have put €110m in the first fund of Sound Bioventures AB.

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The new year begins with good news.

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Novo Holdings is set to invest €86m in 21st.BIO A/S – a new Danish bioindustrial scale-up company – to boost the production of proteins.

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Ocular gene therapy specialist Gyroscope Therapeutics Holdings plc is to be acquired by Novartis AG for up to $1.5bn.

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Dutch metabolic disease specialist NorthSea Therapeutics NV has baged US$80m in a Series C fundraising co-led by Ysios Capital and Forbion Growth.

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French-British magnetic trap specialist Depixus has raised €30,6m to develop a commercial instrument based on the company’s MAGNA technology.  

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Ichnos Sciences Inc. has licenced the gobal rights on its IL-1RAP antagonistic antibody ISB 880 to Almirall SA for the treatment of autoimmune disorders.

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Biologicals and vaccine specialist CSL Ltd is set to acquire Swiss Vifor Pharma Ltd for CHF10.9bn.

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German Apogenix AG has received a €26m in funding for a pivotal Phase III study of its CD95 ligand blocker asunercept for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

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The 2021 spin out of London-based Francis Crick Institute is the very first UK company formation deal of life sciences investor ATP (Apple Tree Partners).