Scientists crack down immune cells that pr...So far, there is no cure to stop fibrosis, the pathogenic proliferation of connective tissue of the skin and in organs, in autoimmune diseases such as systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). An US-Italian … more ➔
Truffle Capital closes new BioMedTech vent...French venture capitalist Truffle Capital announced the first closing of its BioMedTech venture fund aimed at investments into North American and European medical devices and biotechnology start-ups … more ➔
Ablynx rejects Novo’s €2.3bn bidNanobody developer Ablynx NV has stated that the take-over cash price of €28 per share + optional €2.50 per share as Contingent Value Right (CVR) offered by Novo Nordisk A/S at the end of December … more ➔
Roche further expands in digital medicineGlobal theranostics major Roche expands its digitalised medicine portfolio. The next agreed project is a digital diagnostics platform to improve oncology and critical care treatment. more ➔
New method identifies harmful medicines me...A new method to test the likelihood of a drug turning into a potentially harmful version of itself when it enters the body has been developed by researchers at Cardiff University. more ➔
Takeda bids €520m for TiGenixJapanese Pharma major Takeda had announced its intention to take over Belgian adipose stem cell therapy specialist Tigenix, which has already exclusively licenced its lead product darvadstrocel (Cx601) … more ➔
Boehringer Ingelheim expands Venture Funds... German human and veterinay medicines major Boehringer Ingelheim has more than doubled the amount in funding of its Venture Fund (BIVF) to €250m. Additionally, the investment focus has been extended … more ➔
Addex inks US$339m deal with IndiviorSwiss allosteric modulation specialist Addex Therapeutics has licenced its GABA modulator ADX71441 to US addiction therapeutics expert Indivior plc. more ➔
Diabetes drug halts Alzheimers A triple receptor agonist developed for diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer’s after scientists found it "significantly reversed memory loss" in mice through a triple mode of action. more ➔
Whats up in 2018?There is a lot of reports on technologies that have already entered the mainstream and will continue to grow in 2018 such as T-cell receptor targeted cancer, autoimmune and gene therapies. European Biotechnology … more ➔
