EU neonicotinoid ban causes environmental...Severe economic and environmental damage: A study commissioned by EU industry association Euroseeds says that the ban of a certain class of insecticides to protect bees causes a lot of ecologic and … more ➔
Curevac reports another failed cancer vacc... For thirty years, industry has worked hard to establish vaccines that can cure cancer. At the 35th JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, German Curevac reported another failure. It remains open whether cancer … more ➔
Researchers overcome chemotherapy resistan... German researchers have found a biomarker that reliably predicts outcomes of blood cancer treatment with the chemotherapeutic cytarabine. Targeting the biomarker restored cytarabine sensitivity. more ➔
Caution returns to European biotech stocksAfter the record-breaking year of 2015, biotech stock markets exercised more caution in 2016. However, according to a new report, this represents a healthy reset rather than a new crisis. more ➔
Roche gets FDA priority review for atezoli...Roche is expanding its indications in cancer immunotherapy. Following FDA approvals of its PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab in NSCLC and bladder cancer patients refractive to platinum-based chemotherapy, … more ➔
UK researchers find metastasis switch in b...Constitutive activation of the mechano-sensor and transcription factor Yes-associated protein (YAP) is key to metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition of triple-negative breast cancer, researchers … more ➔
NeRRe Therapeutics pushes leads by €26m...Neuronal hypersensitivity specialist NeRRe Therapeutics has closed an oversubscribed Series B financing round led by Fountain Healthcare Partners. more ➔
Bayer antibiotics spin-out Aicuris bags IM...The Innovative Medicines Initiative is pushing clinical development of a novel compound against Gram-negative bugs that cause urinary tract and intra-abdominal infections. Backed by IMI, Aicuris is launching … more ➔
Tiziana joins rheumatoid arthritis raceThe London-based immunotherapy specialist Tiziana Life Sciences bagged the license for the human anti-interleukin 6 receptor antagonist NI-1201 from Swiss Novimmune. more ➔
Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim close ?bus...French Sanofi is set to become a global market leader in the non-prescription market by acquiring Boehringer Ingelheims consumer healthcare (CHC) business in exchange for Sanofis animal health … more ➔
