Experts discuss link between sepsis and Covid-19Scientists have discussed a link between Covid-19 and sepsis at a virtual symposium at Charité Berlin that might help reduce the burden of end-stage disease. more ➔
Evonik Industries AG establishes production of recombinant collagenEvonik Industries has established a new animal-free and fermentation-based industrial-scale recombinant collagen production platform. more ➔
BioNTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine attracts investmentChinese Fosun Pharma Ltd has made the largest investment in a foreign company for a COVID-19 vaccine development: BioNTech’d mRNA vaccine BNT162. more ➔
Commission relaunches circular economy action plan Under its Green Deal, the European Commission has presented a circular (bio)economay action plan that prepares the ground for a sustainable bio-economy. more ➔
Roche unravel biomarker for checkpoint blockadeResearchers at Swiss pharma giant Roche AG have found a subpopulation of dendritic cells to determine how cancer patients respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors. more ➔
Nutrition influences the course of MSNew data prove that propionic acid modulates the intestine-mediated immune regulation in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). more ➔
LSP launches US-$600m European life sciences fundLSP has closed its LSP 6 fund at the $600m hard cap. It is the largest fund ever raised in Europe focused on life sciences ventures. more ➔
Biotalys grabs €45m in Series C financingPest control specialist Biotalys NV has raised an additional €10m to its series C financing bringing its amount to €45m. more ➔
German and UK researchers cut time to sepsis diagnosisResearchers from German Fraunhofer IGBI have used next-generation sequencing (NGS) to diagnosis sepsis from tiny amounts of microbial DNA in the blood. more ➔
IMI launches €45m call for coronavirus emergencyThe Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has announced a €45m funding for the development of therapeutics and diagnostics to tackle coronavirus outbreaks. more ➔
