© Ethris

German mRNA and LNP specialist Ethris GmbH has closed a $26m Series B round led by Laureus Capital.

Evotec's ipsc screening unit. © Evotec SE

Evotec SE will use its PanOmics platform to validate and screen targets and drug candidates in ophtalmology for Boehringer Ingelheim.

Atomic structure of the Omicron variant spike protein. © UBC Faculty of Medicine

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have started clinical safety testing of an Omikron-specific vaccine in healthy adults 18 through 55 years of age.

© Cytovation A/S

Norway’s immuno-oncology specialist Cytovation A/S has raised $20m in a Series A financing led by early-stage investor Sandwater.

© Valneva SE

French-Austrian vaccine specialist Valneva SE has demonstrated that its COVID-19 vaccine induced neutralisation of 87% of the Omicron variant.

© Neurimmune

Swiss Neurimmune AG has signed an expanded drug discovery collaboration agreement with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. covering antibody drug targeting neurodegenerative diseases

© Evotec SR

German Evotec SE  has entered into a US$1bn drug discovery and development partnership with Eli Lilly and Company in the field of metabolic and renal diseases and diabetes.

ProtaGene's European headquarters at Dortmund, Germany. © Protagene

Following their last year announcement to merge, Protagen Protein Services GmbH, BioAnalytix, Inc., and GeneWerk GmbH launch a CRO named ProtaGene.

© Crescendo Biologics Ltd.

BioNTech and Crescendo Biologics have signed a US-$790m deal to develop multi-specific precision immunotherapies .

Binding of MP420 to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. Binding to human serum albumin (HSA) supports a longer half-life of the drug candidate. © Molecular Partners AG

After Molecular Partners AG reported an 78% reduction of hospitalisation by a single ensovibep dose in infected COVID-19 patients, Novartis AG is to pay a CHF150m milestone.