BioSpringCDMOBioSpring announces €100+m investment in new synthetic nucleic acid facilityBioSpring GmbH has broken found for one of the world’s largest production facilities for pharmaceutical nucleic acid-based therapeutics. The new high-tech plant will significantly expand the company’s … more ➔
Johnson & JohnsonAntiinflammationMorphosys’ antibody still shining – for J&JThe case of the psoriasis antiinflammation antibody guselkumab is a story of deals and cooperation and selling and buying royalties to fuel other innovation paths. J&J is right in the middle of the game … more ➔
American Academy of Dermatology;doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2019.03.056FinancingMoonLake in US$500m debt deal with Hercules CapitalSwiss MoonLake Immunotherapeutics AG has secured up to US$500m in non-dilutive financing from life sciences debt specialist Hercules Capital to finance the potential 2027 launch of sonelokimab in hidradenitis … more ➔
Audiovisual Librairy of the European CommissionEU CommissionEU bioeconomy strategy enters crucial phaseEurope’s decision on how to combine economic growth and decarbonisation in the future depends on the renewal of the EU bioeconomy strategy. The question is whether the EU will fall further behind globally … more ➔
market.usRegulatoryEMA set to simplify biosimilar approvalThe EMA has asked the industry to share their thoughts on its draft guidelines for developing and assessing biosimilars. The idea is to make it easier for patients in the EU to get access to biosimilars, … more ➔
Acoustofab LtdSLASSLAS selects 12 most innovative automation start-upsThe Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) has selected 12 start-ups to exhibit at Europe’s premier automation conference as part of its Innovation AveNew programme at SLAS Europe 2025, … more ➔
Lee Haines, photographerMalariaNew drug kills mosquitos by blood poisoningA drug named nitisinone, EU-approved for the treatment of metabolic diseases, also shows strong mosquito-killing properties. According to researchers headed by Lee Haines, it turns human blood toxic … more ➔
MPI for Biochemistry - AusserhoferMolecular BiologyResearchers crack the code of protein degradationResearchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have developed and patented the new UbiREAD technology, which decodes the complex … more ➔
pleiotrope - wikipedia.orgFinancingAugustine Therapeutics NV raises €78m in Series A roundLeuven-based Augustine Therapeutics NV will use the proceeds from a €77.7m in Series A financing led by Novo Holdings and Jeito Capital to advance its preclinical HDAC6 inhibitor AGT-100216 for the … more ➔
Adobe Stock photos - ARTMAXX Deep-tech bioeconomyUK to boost scale-up of biomanufacturing infrastructureThe House of Lords Science and Technology Committee wants to improve technology transfer in industrial biotechnology through better regulation, more funding, and improved access to scale-up infrastructure … more ➔