In the largest expansion in the company’s 150-year history, the Laupheim-headquartered CDMO Rentschler Biopharma SE has launched a new production line at its site in Milford, USA.

SciRhom management: Jens Ruhe, COO, Jan Poth, CEO, und Matthias Schneider, CSO. © SciRhom/ Paul Paulsen

German iRhom2-targeted antibody specialist SciRhom GmbH has closed an oversubscribed €63m Series A financing that will be used to provide clinical proof of concept in autoimmune disorders.

Peter Llewellyn-Davies, CEO of Apeiron Biologics and co-founder of the Austrian Biotech Association (right) with Dr Romana Gugenberger as Chief Medical & Scientific Officer (CMSO) and Dr Andreas Gerber,, Chief Operating Officer (COO) in 2021. @ Apeiron Biologics AG

Austrian Apeiron Biologics goes to Ligand Pharmaceuticals for US$100m.

EuroscreenFast’s headquarters in Charleroi: @ EuroScreenFast

Belgium-headquarted GCPR-screening specialist EuroscreenFast and Asian distributor GW Vitek have inked a strategic collaboration.

Prof. Dr. José Maria Fernández Sousa-Faro, Chairman of PharmaMar's Board of Director.© PharmaMar SA

The European Commission has fully upheld the complaint by PharmaMar SA due to conflicts of interest of leading EMA experts in the (non-)authorisation of Aplidin.

Myricx Bio's pipeline of novel ADCs. @ Myricx Pharma Ltd

Danish Novo Holdings A/S and Abingworth co-led the largest European Series A financing round this year. Together with existing and new investors, they put £90m into cancer ADC specialist Myricx Bio Ltd.

Gerben Menschaert and Griet Nuytinck © Anthony Van Driessche

Merger within Ghent, Belgium: Anacura acquires OHMX.bio (both residing in neighborhood), adding multi-omics for drug discovery and diagnostics to its services.

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EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended ten medicines for approval at its June 2024 meeting.

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Nyxoah SA (Euronext Brussels/Nasdaq: NYXH), located in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium announced that it has signed a €37.5m loan facility agreement with the European Investment Bank (“EIB”). The agreement is backed by the European Commission’s InvestEU program. Nyxoah plans to use the funding for research and development, and for scaling-up its manufacturing capacity to meet demand in Europe and the U.S.

Rendering of the site expansion of Novo Nordisk in Clayton ©BE&K Group

Novo Nordisk realises a major expansion in Clayton, NC (USA). The project will enhance Novo Nordisk’s manufacturing capabilities with more than 1.4 million square feet of new space​.