CHMP greenlights first two CAR-T cell ther...The EMAs CHMP recommended nine medicines including six orphan medicines for EU market approval on Friday. more ➔
Improving models of chronic hepatitisGerman and US researchers have designed a mouse model that exactly mimics the mechanisms of hepatitis infection in men. more ➔
GMO acreage growing globallyAgribiotech lobby group ISAAA reports that global GMO acreage has grown to 189.8 million hectares in 2017 -3% or 4.7 million hectares more than in 2016. more ➔
Chugai ends licence for PharmaMars lurbi...Roches Japanese arm Chugai today returned all rights from a 2016 licence agreement on the RNA polymerase II blocker lurbinectedin to Spanish oncology specialist PharmaMar SA. more ➔
Inflammasome specialist NodThera Ltd raise...Selvita spin-out NodThera Ltd raised £28 million (€31.8m) in a Series A financing round led by Sofinnova Partners and 5AM Ventures and co-financed by Epidarex Capital and F-Prime Capital Partners … more ➔
Researchers identify T cell guardians of t...Special immune cells that protect the lining of the gut remain in a semi-active state, ready to fend off a pathogen at any moment, thanks to the composition of their mitochondrial membrane, a new study … more ➔
Afatinib push back K-RAS-positive lung can...A team of Austrian, Hungarian and Canadian researchers has demonstrated that Boehringer Ingelheim’s FDA-approved ERB family kinase blocker afatinib prolonged survival in hard-to-treat K-RAS-mutated lung … more ➔
Novimmune enters US$195m option deal with...Swiss Novimmune SA has exclusively sold a licence option on its lead product NI-1701 (now renamed TG-1801), a bispecific anti-CD47/anti-CD19 antibody designed to trea B-cell blood cancers, to TG Therapeutics … more ➔
Chemspec Europe 2018 starting For two days, innovation in synthetic and bio-based fine chemicals will be in the focus of experts who meet at Chemspec Europe in Cologne (20-21 June, 2018, Koelnmesse). more ➔
Roche pays US$2.4bn for FMI take-overThree years ago Roche acquired a majority in shares of Foundation Medicines Inc (FMI), a specialist in cancer panel sequencing, which has build a huge database with cancer mutation profiles. Now Roche … more ➔
