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Danish fibrosis and cancer specialist Galecto Inc. has raised US$64m in a Series B round led by Soleus Capital.

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Maastricht-based cultured meat producer Mosa Meat NV has raised $55m in a Series B financing, bringing its funding to $63.8m.

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In September, Unilever announced a €1bn investment to improve the sustainability of its cleaning brands from the ground up. European Biotechnology spoke to Dr Neil Parry, R&D programme director of biotechnology and biosourcing at Unilever about the goals of Clean Future.

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Sino Biological is a world-leading manufacturer of recombinant protein and antibody reagents for life science researches and drug discoveries. In response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we have developed a series of active reagents (virus proteins, antibodies, and pseudoviruses) to facilitate serologic tests and anti-viral drug developments.

Since September Gregory Oakes is a new Member of the Vifor Management Board and President North America of the Swiss pharmaceutical company.

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Newly formed venture capitalist Pureos Bioventures has set up a US$170m fund dedicated to Swiss and European drug developers.

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German biotech companies and their industry association BIO Deutschland have called for appropriate investments into clinical  COVID-19 therapies.

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Sino Biological Inc. has developed a complete toolkit for SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests, including a large panel of antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 S&N proteins and antibody pairs that can be used to assemble detection assays for the corresponding antigen.

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Swiss auto-immunity specialist Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals AG has received CHF14m from HBM Healthcare Investments.
 

Dutch Amarna Therapeutics has appointed Dr Steen Klysner. The new CEO has been active in the bio­tech industry for more than 30 years