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RNA therapeutics specialist MiNA Therapeutics plc has secured £23m in a Series A financing to push development its first-in-class small activating RNA (saRNA) candidates.

In October Juan Carlos Jaramillo will take over the business from Wolfgang Bender as new Chief Medical Officer and member of the Valneva Management Board.

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Nine CEOs of COVID-19 vaccines have assured  that safety of vaccinated individuals remains their top priority in development of the first COVID-19 vaccines.

Andrew Topen is the new Chairman of the European Association for Bioindustries EuropaBio.

The conditionally patented Bacteromic platform allows susceptibility testing by offering automated quantitative evaluation of all clinically relevant antibiotics in a single test. Additionally, a synergy panel identifies synergistic pairs of antibiotics. © Scope Fluidics SA Capital Group

The European Investment Bank has lend up to €10m to Polish microbial diagnostics specialist Scope Fluidics AS.

Antigen tests such as SD Biosensor‘s SARS-CoV-2 chromatographic assay do not need any instrumentation or additional reagents and thus can be performed at the point of care. © SD Biosensor Inc

Roche has announced to launch a SARS-CoV-2 point-of-care antigen test this month co-developed with SD Biosensor Inc. (South Korea).

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Unilever has announced to invest €1bn globally to eliminate fossil fuels as a source of carbon in its cleaning products by 2030. 

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15min to detect bacterial infections – that’s what British diagnostics company FluoretiQ Ltd is offering in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. A short interview with CEO Neciah Dorh.

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With around 450 attendees, the five-day digital conference particularly focused on market conditions and financing. SMEs and global partners urged for more pull incentives.

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Swiss BioVersys AG has secured a CHF19m Series B financing to push clinincal development of two antiinfectives against drug-resistant pathogens.