4Teen4's antibody procizumab might be a way not not only resueing patients with cardiogenic shock and burns from organ failure but also patients with other conditions caused by massive cell death such as COVID-19-triggered ARDS. © 4Teen4 Pharmaceuticals GmbH

4TEEN4 Pharmaceuticals GmbH published data suggesting that high plasma levels of dipeptidyl peptidase 3 were indicative for upcoming multiple organ failure in burn patients.

Aviv Regev will follow Michael Varney as Head of Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED) at Roche subsidiary Genentech. Varney will retire from the company at the end of July.

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The funding pot of the Innovation Medicines Initiative has been boosted to €117m. IMI has also selected eight projects to fund.

Austrian start-up Rebel Meat presented its hybrid meat balls during the EFIB 2019 conference in Brussels.
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Manufacturers are keen to get involved in the alternative meat market. Investors and incubators are pushing forward start-ups.

Mosa Meat aims at producing a cultured meat hamburger by 2022. Source: Mosa Meat

A first wave of cultured meat companies is pushing forward. European start-ups such as Mosa Meat and Peace of Meat are part of the game.

Montpellier-based Deinove has named a new Chief Executive Officer. Alexis Rideau took over the helm of the company in the beginning of May.

University of Goergia researchers have decribed the shielded versions of the viral S-protein. a. Side view (upper panels) and Top view (lower panels) of the SARS-CoV-2 S protein (grey surface) with homogeneous Complex glycosylation (magenta) showing aligned antibody fragments (ribbons) from co-complexes with the S glycoproteins from SARS-CoV-1 (orange) and MERS (cyan) 48,50-61 . b. Glycans present on SARS-CoV-2 S glycoprotein that are incompatible with known antibody positions due to steric overlap are shown in yellow. a. Side view (upper panels) of the SARS-CoV-2 S protein (grey) with homogeneous complex glycosylation (magenta) showing aligned antibody fragments (ribbons) from co-complexes with the S glycoproteins from SARS-CoV-1 (orange) and MERS (cyan). b. Glycans present on SARS-CoV-2 S glycoprotein that are incompatible with known antibody positions due to steric overlap are shown in yellow. c. Potential antibody poses after elimination of epitopes blocked by S protein glycosylation. © Doi: 10.1101/2020.04.07.030445

British researchers have deciphered the glycosylation pattern of the viral spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 laying the foundation for vaccine development.

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Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A.‘s Sarizotan failed to meet efficacy endpoints in the Phase III STARS study.

German Health Minister Jens Spahn at Roche's Penzberg site. © Roche

Roche Diagnostics has received FDA Emergency use approval for its highly specific Elecsys antibody test.

96-well EchoLUTION RNA/DNA extraction - flowchart. Just one centrifugation step is required to obtain highly pure inhibitor-free nucleic acid. If throat swabs are stored in a denaturating buffer, the processing time for 96 samples is reduced to only 5 minutes. Bioecho recently received the award „innovative through research. Picture: BioEcho

BioEcho develops single-spin and 96/384-well kits based on the proprietary single-step EchoLUTION nucleic acid extraction process. Highly superior to the commonly used Silica-based solutions (bind-wash-elute), the whole procedure is extremely fast. Washing steps are not required and the isolated inhibitor-free RNA/DNA is detected with increased sensitivity. Due to the expertise of its founders and employees, BioEcho also uses their know-how to support companies with limited research capacities or specialized scientific knowledge. Especially in times like these, BioEcho helps to accelerate accurate tests on certain RNA/DNA viruses or pathogens.