Curetis bags EIB debt financing and expa... Dutch-German molecular diagostics specialist Curetis has bagged debt finanancing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to expand its automated multiplex PCR platform Univero. The company will receive … more ➔
Crenezumab data support Amyloid-beta tar... While competitor Eli Lilly has abandoned commercialisation of its Alzheimer’s therapy solanezumab due to lack of efficacy in a pivotal Phase III study, Genentech has tabled data supporting further … more ➔
TxCell gains Treg rightsFrench immunotherapy company TxCell has teamed up with Inserm Transfert, the tech transfer subsidiary of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research Inserm, to develop immuno-suppressive … more ➔
Researchers report ubiquitous cancer tar...UK researchers have identified a highly conserved target structure that can be directed to rush dividing cancer cells into premature division and cell death. more ➔
Merck expands portfolio of liquid biopsy...Merck KGaA has expanded its portfolio of blood-based RAS diagnostics for use in patient stratification. After kicking off testing with Sysmex Inostics’ CE-marked OncoBEAM RAS CRC liquid biopsy … more ➔
TiGenix launches IPO in the USEuronext Brussels-noted adipose stem cell player TiGenix NV wants to offer 2.75 million American Depositary Shares (ADS) in an IPO at Nasdaq Global Market representing 55 million of its ordinary shares … more ➔
Roche licenses Novimmune’s anti-TL...Roche’s US subsidiary Genentech has acquired an exclusive option to commercialise Novimmune’s TLR4 antibody NI-0101, the very first personalised approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The compound has … more ➔
Mediolanum licences Apeptico’s TNF... Viennese Apeptico Forschung und Entwicklung GmbH and Milan-based Mediolanum Farmaceutici S.p.A. have signed a research & development cooperation and license agreement for Apeptico’s compound so … more ➔
A fresh take on biotech?For the second time, biotech communication start-up Labiotech hosted its event LBRefresh, this year in Paris, France. Participants enjoyed panel discussions, a start-up battle and intimate fireside chats… more ➔
Bioplastics industry grapples with ignor...EU consumers have minor knowledge on bioplastics but unrealistically high expectations that can not be fulfilled, researchers said at 11th European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin. more ➔
