Amsilk's E.coli-made Biosteel fibre is being developed in partnerships to develop running ultra-lightweigt running shoes and composites with high mechanical robustness for use in the aerospace industry. © AMSilk GmbH

AMSilk GmbH has closed a Series C financing at €29m to accelerate and expand commercialisation of its microbially produced silk fibres.

Thanks to a grant by Germany's €45m funding programme for clinical COVID-19 therapeutics set up in January 2021, CORAT Therapeutics got money to start their Phase I/II programme with COR-101. In May the funding programme will be upgraded by €300m - a model for the EU? © NIAID

Immunoglobin G antibodies (IgG) produced in response to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein appear to play a role in how COVID-19 can turn more severe in some cases.

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International life sciences investment group Abingworth has closed a new clinical co-development fund at US$582m.

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The Biden administration has announced it will support the WHO proposal to temporarily waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines to speed up vaccination.

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Topical ophthalmic therapies developer Oculis S.A. has closed a US$57m Series C financing to push development of its pipeline.

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Cell reprogramming specialist Mogrify Ltd has announced the second closing of its Series A financing of $17m, bringing the total raised to $33m in this round.

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Moderna Inc. has signed a COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with vaccination alliance Gavi.

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Danish ADCendo ApS will use the funds from a Series A investment to advance Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) entering cancer cells through endocytic receptors.

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DNA Script will receive a $5m DARPA grant as part of the agency’s Nucleic Acids On-Demand World-Wide Program to prevent the next viral pandemic.

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Researchers at Novavax and from the University of Oxford reported an efficacy of 77% of their malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M from a Phase II trials in Burkina Faso.