Evotec and Celmatix enter strategic partnership Evotec SE has expanded its drug discovery customer base with US women’s health specialist Celmatix Inc. more ➔
Qiagen/Illumina: Earthquake in NGS IVD marketQIAGEN and Illumina join forces in the next-gen sequencing-based IVD testing and companion diagnostics market announcing a 15-year collaboration. more ➔
Researchers unravel how ADEP antibiotics workGerman researchers have determined the mechanism of a ADEPs, a novel class of antibiotics, allowing for pharmacological optimisation. more ➔
New method allows tracking of HIVA new method allows real-time-visualisation of how the HI virus spreads between living T helper cells and which molecules it requires for this purpose. more ➔
Successful EFIB in BrusselsHow can biotechnology and bioeconomy contribute to establish a sustainable and circular economy? Nearly 500 attendees discussed latest trends at EFIB 2019 in Brussels. more ➔
Rottapharm Biotech: POC in osteoarthritis painRottapharm Biotech (Monza, Italy) has published detailed results from a clinical Phase II trial of CR4056 in chronic pain from knee osteoarthritis. more ➔
Spanish sector attracting more and more investmentSpain’s biotech association Asebio announced new record numbers from its biotech investor day held as part of the European Biotech Week. more ➔
Creoptix AG closes CHF8m financing round Swiss drug discovery analytics specialist Creoptix AG has raised CHF8m in a Series C financing for commercial expansion. more ➔
AMR: GARDP and Entasis Therapeutics start pivotal studyEntasis Therapeutics Inc (Waltham, USA) and non for profit organisation GARDP (Geneva, Switzerland) have initiated Phase III testing of the novel antibiotic zoliflodacin to treat infections with the … more ➔
BASF broadens biotech business by Isobionics acquisitionBASF SE has strengthened its capabilities in recombinant production of natural ingredients by acquiring Dutch Isobionics BV and collaborating with Conagen Inc. more ➔