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Italian Angelini Pharma and Swiss CNS disease specialist Arvelle Therapeutics have entered into a definitive merger agreement.

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University of Birmingham researchers have invented a COVID-19 RNA test that reduces testing time from 30 minutes to under five, and delivers accurate results. 

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Following a rapid FDA approval, the European drug authority EMA has recommended to conditionally  approve BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 in the EU.

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Only two and a half months after its launch, the EU bioecocomy venture capital fund ECBF has doubled the volume of its first closing.

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Danish Novo Holdings has founded Hemab ApS that is focussed on fighting orphan bleeding disorders by bi-specific antibodies.

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Austria has needed a biotech association for a long time. In just two months, entrepreneurs have launched Biotech Austria.

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Weathered microplastic particles may pose a greater risk than pristine ones, suggests a study of German researchers on mouse cells.

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Diagnostics developer Centogene NV and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals launched a clinical programme aimed at improving ATTRv diagnosis.

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Green chemistry company Avantium NV has secured a €7.5m funding from the National Programme Groningen to support the construction of a 5 kilotonnes FDCA plant.