DNA Script bags US$200m financingModerna’s US-French partner DNA Script has raised additional $35m as a second tranche of a Series C financing to advance its Enzymatic DNA Synthesis platform, Syntax. more ➔
Sound Bioventures Fund I AB closes at €1...Novo Holdings, together with Saminvest, Vækstfonden, the European Investment Fund and its three co-founders have put €110m in the first fund of Sound Bioventures AB. more ➔
Novo Holdings invests €86m in 21st.BIONovo Holdings is set to invest €86m in 21st.BIO A/S – a new Danish bioindustrial scale-up company – to boost the production of proteins. more ➔
Novartis AG snags Gyroscope for US$1.5bnOcular gene therapy specialist Gyroscope Therapeutics Holdings plc is to be acquired by Novartis AG for up to $1.5bn. more ➔
NorthSea Therapeutics completes US$80m Ser...Dutch metabolic disease specialist NorthSea Therapeutics NV has baged US$80m in a Series C fundraising co-led by Ysios Capital and Forbion Growth. more ➔
Depixus raises €30.6m in Series A financ...French-British magnetic trap specialist Depixus has raised €30,6m to develop a commercial instrument based on the companys MAGNA technology. more ➔
Ichnos Sciences in licence deal with Almir...Ichnos Sciences Inc. has licenced the gobal rights on its IL-1RAP antagonistic antibody ISB 880 to Almirall SA for the treatment of autoimmune disorders. more ➔
Vifor Pharma Ltd to be acquired for CHF10....Biologicals and vaccine specialist CSL Ltd is set to acquire Swiss Vifor Pharma Ltd for CHF10.9bn. more ➔
Apogenix gets €25.8m cash injection for...German Apogenix AG has received a €26m in funding for a pivotal Phase III study of its CD95 ligand blocker asunercept for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. more ➔