Picture: ScandiNova Group

Uppsala-based ScandiNova Systems AB appoints Pernilla Enkler as the new Head of Sustainability, Quality and Communication – a newly established division.

© Calluna Pharma, edited by BIOCOM

Forbion has spearheaded a €75m Series A financing in Norwegian biotech Calluna Pharma. The clinical-stage company resulted from the merger of Oxitope Pharma and Arxx Therapeutics.

AC Immune at the EPFL Innovation Park © AC Immune

Genentech, Roche’s US subsidiary, is ending its decades-long collaboration with AC Immune SA after disappointing study results. It has handed the global rights to Crenezumab and Semorinemab back to the Lausanne-based biotech.

Janusz Wojciechowski, European Commissioner for Agriculture from Poland, and David Clarinval, Belgian Minister of Agriculture at the AGRI Council in November 2023 © UE

After the EU Parliament’s Agriculture (AGRI) Committee called for a patent ban on NGT-1 breeds on 8 January, the ENVI Committee will give its input to the EU Commissions draft law on new genomic techniques.

AMsilk GmbH's headquarters in Neuried. The company, in which Novo holds a €29m equity stake,  has no manufacturing facility but works with contractors such as 21st.BIO. © AMSilk GmbH

AMSilk GmbH and Danish 21st.BIO A/S announce partnership to accelerate the production of advanced materials made from spider silk-based proteins.

Ruben de Francisco, Founder & CEO Onera Health. © Onera Health NV

Sleep diagnostics specialist Onera Health NV has closed a €30m (US$32m) Series C financing round co-led by EQT Life Sciences and Gimv.

Basilea headquarters in Alschil, Switzerland. © Mohamd Ghani - wikipedia.org

Macrocycle library secialist Spexis AG is set to sell a preclinical antibiotics programme afor CHF2m to Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd.

© Enifer

Microbial production specialist Enifer has secured a €12m grant from Business Finland to build a mycoprotein ingredient factory with a capacity of 300,000 tonnes annually.

Mogu Panels are made from soft, foam-like mycelium materials and of upcycled textile residues. © Mogu Srl

Italian mycelium specialist Mogu Srl has closed a €11m Series A financing co-led by CDP Venture Capital and the  European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF VC)

Antibiotic resistance tests; the bacteria in the culture on the left are sensitive to the antibiotics contained in the white paper discs. The bacteria on the right are resistant to most of the antibiotics. © Dr Graham Beards  wikipedia.org

Novo Nordisk Foundation has partnered with CARB-X investing US$25m to help SMEs to fight drug-resistant infections.