CGTPromising viral gene therapy for genetic kidney diseaseBritish researchers have proven that a new gene can prevent progression of hereditary kidney damage in mice. more ➔
DealAlianza Team invests in microbial oil maker Clean Food GroupLipid, nutrition and frozen bakery specialist Allianza Team puts £900,500 into pre-Series A financing of microbial palm oil producer Clean Food Group Ltd. more ➔
studyMore marine plastics than expectedA Dutch-German team of researchers has found out that the amount of not degradable plastics is lower than estimated but that they persist for longer than previously assumed. more ➔
CRo=Sygnature Discovery Ltd acquires leading Canadian CRO British drug discovery specialist Sygnature Discovery Ltd has taken over Canadian NuChem Sciences Inc., one of North America’s largest discovery CROs more ➔
ScienceEnzyme foams morer active and stableResearchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have transformed enzymes into a new form: as foams, the biocatalysts prove to be extremely stable and active. more ➔
FundingBavarian Nordic A/S bags US$120m for smallpox vaccineBavarian Nordic A/S will get US$120m from a contract for the manufacturing of smallpox and mpox vaccine from the US government. more ➔
FundingPureTech Health gets US$11.4m to advance LYT-300LSE-listed PureTech Health plc hat been granted p to US$11.4m from U.S. Department of Defense to advance LYT-300 to treat Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. more ➔
MSNeuraxpharm pays US$650m for MS drug commercialisationTG Therapeutics will receive US$140m upfront from German Neuraxpharm for Ex-US commercialisation rights of its deglycosylated anti-CD20 antibody ublituximab-xiiy. more ➔
DealMithra Pharmaceuticals SA in €17m licencing dealMithra and Searchlight Pharma have inked a licensing deal for Donesta commercialisation in Canada. more ➔
ScienceBacterial-fungal consortium denitrifies wastewater by 100%A German-Chinese reasearch consortium has identified a highly active denitrifying microbial consortium that denitrifies wastewater by almost 100%. more ➔