Hitachi expands European reach in cell and...Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd. is set to takeover cell and gene therapy CDMO apceth Biopharma GmbH to get a foothold in Europe, the second largest market for advanced therapies after the US. more ➔
Dewpoint Therapeutics kicks off with $60m...Dewpoint Therapeutics has attracted interested of investors with a completely new approach that might cure a huge array of devasting diseases. more ➔
IPO: Marinomed sets offer priceMarinomed has set the offer price for its IPO at Vienna Stock Exchange at the lower limit of €75 per new share. more ➔
Novozymes partners with Carbios subsidiary...Novozymes has entered into a partnership with French Carbios and its subsidiary Carbiolice, which aim to launch degradable bioplastics with limited lifespan for the packaging industry by 2020. more ➔
Biomarker predicts response to TNF blocker...A new assay that accurately measures how arthritis patients respond to treatment with TNFalpha blockers such as adalimumab, open up the way to predict efficacy. more ➔
UK launches new payment model for antimicr...In order to incentivise drug companies to re-enter development of antibiotics, the UK government announced it will establish a licence model to assure developers sufficient return on investments (RO … more ➔
BioNtech swallows MAB Discovery antibody u...Immunoncology and vaccine specialist BioNTech AG is broadening its antibody discovery capabilities by acquiring MAB Discoverys antibody generation unit. more ➔
Clariant inks cellulosic biodiesel pact wi...Swiss fine chemicals specialist Clariant has hammered out a R&D pact with ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group (REG) Inc to combine technologies in order of producing biodiesel from cellulose&n … more ➔
IMI launches €80m callThe Innovative Medicines Initiative II has earmarked €80m for pre-competetive research improving the pharmaceutical industry’s productivity. more ➔
AMR: Novo Holdings funds companies with ...Novo Holdings has invested €18m from its €135m REPAIR Impact Fund into four companies. more ➔