Biomarker predicts response to TNF blockersA new assay that accurately measures how arthritis patients respond to treatment with TNFalpha blockers such as adalimumab, open up the way to predict efficacy. more ➔
UK launches new payment model for antimicrobialsIn order to incentivise drug companies to re-enter development of antibiotics, the UK government announced it will establish a licence model to assure developers sufficient return on investments (RO … more ➔
BioNtech swallows MAB Discovery antibody unitImmunoncology and vaccine specialist BioNTech AG is broadening its antibody discovery capabilities by acquiring MAB Discovery’s antibody generation unit. more ➔
Clariant inks cellulosic biodiesel pact with ExxonMobil/REGSwiss fine chemicals specialist Clariant has hammered out a R&D pact with ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group (REG) Inc to combine technologies in order of producing biodiesel from cellulose&n … more ➔
IMI launches €80m callThe Innovative Medicines Initiative II has earmarked €80m for pre-competetive research improving the pharmaceutical industry’s productivity. more ➔
AMR: Novo Holdings funds companies with €18mNovo Holdings has invested €18m from its €135m REPAIR Impact Fund into four companies. more ➔
Boehringer expands neurology activitiesBoehringer Ingelheim has expanded its 2014 R&D collaboration with the BioMed X Innovation Center (Heidelberg, Germany) to find new treatment approaches for early intervention of psychiatric dise … more ➔
New target for lung fibrosis discoveredCanadian and Finnish researchers have demonstrated that long immune cell contact to lung tissue turns tissue repair into fibrosis. more ➔
Valneva inks $59m JE vaccine supply contractFrench vaccine specialist Valneva SE has inked a supply contract with the US Department of Defense for IXIARO its Japanese encephalitis (JE). more ➔
VTT turn waste into biofuels and chemicalsResearchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd have presented a new gasification-based technique to turn forest industry byproducts into transport fuels and chemicals. more ➔
