Avantium gets EU grant Avantium NV will get a €3m EU funding for a feasibility study of the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to consumer products. more ➔
Enzymaster raises $45m in Series C roundBiocatalysis expert Enzymaster (Germany, China, Singapore) has cashed in $45m to expand its production capacity of engineered biosynthetic enzymes. more ➔
EU starts consultation on novel plant bree...The EU Commission has launched its final consultation on the deregulation of new breeding techniques in agriculture. more ➔
Evotec and BMS intensify R&D on prote...Hamburg-headquartered Evotec SE has extended and expanded its three-year-old partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb in targeted protein degradation ("molecular glue degraders") for an additional … more ➔
Replacing beef with cellular protein halve...Replacing 20% of global beef consumption with fermentation-derived microbial protein by 2050 could halve annual deforestation and associated carbon dioxide emissions. more ➔
Hot of the press: BIOTECH Insight Newslett...Deutsche Börse report key growth figures of the German biotech sector in 2021 in BIOTECH Insight, its new online information service published in collaboration with BIOCOM AG. more ➔
Engimmune Therapeutics raises CHF15.5m in...Cancer specialist Engimmune Therapeutics has raised CHF15.5m in a seed financing to expand its pipeline of T-cell receptor therapeutics. more ➔
Switzerland shows sustained growth of biot...The Swiss Biotech sector has again attracted record-breaking investments in 2021, according to the Swiss Biotech Report that was presented at the Swiss Biotech Day 2022 in Basel. more ➔
Commission to establish EU health data spa...Digital medicine holds great opportunities. The EU Commission is therefore presenting a draft law this week that defines rules for a European Health Data Space. more ➔
Four new autoantigens trigger multiple scl...Swiss and Swedish researchers have uncovered four previously unkown autoantigens that trigger multiple sclerosis in mice. more ➔