Roche extends antibiotics collaboration While governments worldwide discuss to pay premiums to pharma companies offering novel antibiotics that fight multiresistant pathogens, Roche has extended its discovery deal with British Discuva … more ➔
Bioplastics market growth dropsGrowth of the bioplastics market in the EU is being hampered by lack of political support. According to market analysis from nova-institute, production capacity for bio-based polymers in 2016 dropped … more ➔
Roche combo doubles RCC survival vs suniti...A combination therapy of Roches checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab plus its VEGF blocker bevacizumab doubles median progression-free survival (PFS) compared to sunitinib, the standard care in renal … more ➔
BioMedPartners raise CHF75m fundBasel-based BioMedPartners announes the first round of BioMedInvest III, its third equity venture capital fund at CHF75m. Up to 16 private Swiss, German and EU early-to-midstage ventures might be selected … more ➔
Germany to allow GMOs without labellingWhile GMO opponents are protesting, German Research Minister Johanna Wanka has recommended to rely on modern genetic engineering methods such as genome editing to develop the next generation of crops. more ➔
Inventiva raises €48m in Euronext IPO Raising €48m by the sale of 5.7 million shares at €8.50, French Inventiva S.A. is set to secure capital to further its late-stage products until H1/2019. more ➔
Vifor Pharma expands ChemoCentryx partners...Swiss Galenica subsidiary Vifor Pharma has licensed commercialisation rights for ChemoCentryx Incs complement C5a receptor (C5aR ) blocker Avacopan (CCX168) in Asia and the Middle East. The drug is … more ➔
Novimmune partners with LegoChem Bioscienc...Swiss antibody specialist Novimmune has entered a R&D collaboration on antibody drug conjugates (ADC) with the South Korean conjugation chemistry expert LegoChem Biosciences. more ➔
Oncoinvent closes US$25m private placementAfter having issued a patent on its lead cancer treatment Radspherin, Oslo-based Oncoinvent A/S has bagged the funding needed to go ahead to proof-of-concept. more ➔
AMR: EU Commission awards €45,000Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, has awarded the EU Health Award for NGOs fighting Antimicrobial Resistance to BEUC for lobbying to reduce the threat of antimicrobial resistance … more ➔
