The Supervisory Board of Bayer AG has appointed Roche Pharmaceuticals CEO Bill Anderson (56) as new Chairman of the Management Board of Bayer AG with effect from 1 June 2023.

The eye disease specialist Oculis Holding AG has been listed on Nasdaq following the merger of Oculis SA with European Biotech Acquisition Corp.

Antiverse Ltd.’s AI identified eight antibodies with therapeutic potential for humans and raised €2.8m in funding for continued in-house development.

Drug developer Confo Therapeutics and Eli Lilly & Company have inked a worldwide licensing agreement to co develop Confo’s neurophatic pain candidate CFTX-1554.

There is increasing interest in delivering a range of drugs via inhalation because of the benefits it can offer patients. Lonza’s Kim Shepard looks at the advantages of pulmonary delivery, and the prospect for inhaled biologics.

The fourth fund of High-Tech Gründerfonds has reached a final fund volume of €493.8m

Former Rentschler-CEO Dr Frank Mathias officially takes up his new position as CEO and board member of Oxford Biomedica at the end of March.

British anti-aging therapeutics developer 5 Alarm Bio Ltd has raised £500K in a seed financing for testing its lead compound FAB001 for healing chronic wounds.

Interferon-gamma overexpression leads to hypertension-induced damage to the blood-brain barrier by reprogrammed macrophages.

French Abivax SA has raised €130m capital led by TCGX to accelerate Phase III testing of its ulcerative colitis candidate obefazimod extend its cashflow.