Italian venture capital firm Panakès Partners, previously active in medtech, has closed the €150m purple fund with the goal to invest in underserved European Life Science companies.
Mainz-based BioNTech is expanding its portfolio for cancer therapies with the neoantigen TCR Cell Therapy R&D pipeline and manufacturing site from Gilead Science subsidiary Kite Pharmaceuticals.
Coventry-based NanoSyrinx plc has raised £6.2m in seed financing to develop a new cell engineering tool for novel targeted therapeutic modalities.
Dutch immunotherapy company ISA Pharmaceuticals has closed a €26m funding round that will go towards advancing its therapy targeting HPV16-related cancers.
As part of its ‘Clean Future’ strategy, Unilever NV has licensed enzyme technology from Arzeda Inc. to help rid detergent production of fossil carbon.
Danish Novo Nordisk is moving out of the diabetes space and taking over Prothena’s ATTR amyloidosis programme – including a Phase II-ready immunotherapy.
Sanofi is shelling out US$1bn for a license granting the French pharma company access to a potential multiple myeloma treatment.
Oslo-based microbiome expert Bio-Me A/S has raised NOK10m in a new funding round.
French biopharma company NFL Biosciences has raised €5m following its IPO at Euronext Growth Paris.