PwC reports high productivity of UK Life S... The UKs Life Sciences sector is more than twice as productive as the UK average, says a new analyst report. However, it doesn’t come close to the productivity in Switzerland or other leading life … more ➔
Roche restarts pivotal Gantenerumab testsMorphoSys AG has announced that its partner Roche plans to start two further pivotal Phase III studies with its licensed Alzheimers antibody Gantenerumab. more ➔
Sanofi and AZ ink €600m deal for RSV jab Sanofis vaccine arm Sanofi Pasteur has inked a deal with AstraZenecas biologics subsidiary MedImmune totaling €615m to acquire co-development rights for MEDI8897, a jab to prevent respiratory … more ➔
Nestle researchers link IBS to anxietyResearchers at Nestlé Research Center in Lausanne and Canadian collaborators have found that the microbiome of irritable bowel syndrome patients affects their susceptibility for anxiety disorders. more ➔
FDA grants Priority Review to avelumab Avelumab, Merck KGaAs and Pfizers Phase III checkpoint inhibitor, has been granted Priority Review from the US Food and Drug Administration in urothelial carcinoma patients who progressed on or … more ➔
Big Pharma pushing up orphan drug prices The times in which biotechs dominate the orphan drug market are over. A report from business intelligence provider Evaluate Ltd. concludes that only three in ten OD developers are still biotech SME … more ➔
European dynamics in AMRAround 130 antibiotics experts joined the 10th Berlin Conference on 24th February to highlight high dynamics of European AMR activities. more ➔
Oncopeptides raises €68m in IPOSwedish cancer med developer Oncopeptides AB has raised SEK649m (€68m) in an IPO at Nasdaq Stockholm. more ➔
Funding: ENABLE goes pre-clinicalSeveral promising antibiotic candidates, developed by ENABLE and its partners, are rapidly approaching the pre-clinical development stage. The European consortium is now seeking new partners to proceed … more ➔
Kick off for BaseLaunch acceleratorBaseLaunch, a new life sciences accelerator in Basel, has been kicked off. Its mission: to bring the most promising healthcare projects and ventures to Europes leading life sciences hub. more ➔
