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Although the EU Commission wants to abolish the internal combustion engine in individual transport through eMobility, biofuels are far from dead, according to a new study.

Emmanuel Ladent, CEO of Carbios. © Carbios SAS

In an oversubscribed capital increase, Carbios SAS has raised €141m, the largest on Euronext growth since 2015.

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Paris-based gene therapy vector specialist EG 427 SAS has closed a Series A financing at €18m raising additional €5m in the final closing.

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Conventional meat production contributes to 15% of the global greenhouse gas emissions, high energy consumption and land use change. Belgian Paleo NV produces alternative protein from myoglobins of different species.

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Toulouse-based Flash Therapeutics has appointed Jerome Bedier as its new President.

Mechanism of action (MOA) of sCD83. © Alexander Steinkasserer/Univ. Erlangen

Mallia Therapeutics GmbH has raised seed money to accelerate preclinical research and start Phase I testing of a baldness cure with unique MOA named soluble CD83.

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German CRO Evotec SE enters licence agreement Bristol Myers Squibb within its neuroscience partnership providing US$40m upfront, milestones and double-digit sales royalities.

 

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Paris-based Nanobiotix SA has signed a potential US$1.8bn oncology deal with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV for the global commercialisation rights of its radioenhancer NBTXR3.

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Exeliom Biosciences, a French company focused on the microbiome-immunomodulation axis to develop next-generation immunotherapies, has announced the closing of its €24m (US$26m) Series A financing to advance the clinical development of its therapeutic pipeline, including several clinical trials of EXL01, a novel bacterial immunotherapy with applications in cancer and infectious diseases.