Prize awarded to innovative productsIn early February, at the 20th edition of the Pharmapack Europe event, outstanding products were honoured with the Pharmapack Award. Organiser UBM EMEA also introduced a new Pharmapack Start-up Hub. more ➔
Molecule prevents oedema French researchers have identified a regulator which controls blood vessel permeability. Their findings open up the possibility to develop drugs preventing oedema that occur in large indications such … more ➔
Fighting AMR efficientlyMajor European stakeholders have released statements on how to fight antimicrobial resistance more effectively. Regulatory agencies such as EFSA and EMA call for locally adapted combination strategies … more ➔
uniQure gets FDA breakthrough status for A...Dutch gene therapy specialist uniQure Biopharma BV will be able to rapidly develop its haemophilia B gene therapy AMT-060. Based on data of a Phase I/II safety study, the FDA granted breakthrough therapy … more ➔
IBAM completes US$690m dealBelgian-headquartered IBA Molecular has completed the acquisition of British Mallinckrodt’s nuclear imaging business summing up to approximately US$690m. more ➔
€500m to push gene therapyGerman Christian democrats have started the election year underpinning their intention to pump money into life science research and into its translation into products. more ➔
Johnson & Johnson to buy Actelion for...Following a month-long take-over poker, J&J’s and Actelion’s boards have agreed to support an all-cash tender offer from J&J in which shareholders are set to receive US$280.08 per share and one … more ➔
HCC: resminostat boosts overall survivalGerman 4SC AG’s epigenetic cancer drug resminostat is back. What seemed to be a flop after Phase II failure has being transformed into a success story of personalised medicine. By accurate data analysis … more ➔
GM mosquitoes to be released in India Oxford-based Intrexion-subsidiary Oxitec plans to release male GM mosquitoes that produce nonviable offspring in India, in order to limit the spread of dengue and chikungunya fevers transmitted by Aedes … more ➔
Biotech CEOs advise EU on breakthrough inn...Two biotech CEOs have been selected by the European Commission for the High Level Group. The EU think tank will provide strategic input to Horizon 2020 and a €2.5bn fund to support innovation by 2020 … more ➔
