adobe stock - peterschreiber.mediaThe British company Semarion Ltd and US start-ups n6 Tec Inc and Portal Biotechnologies Inc were honoured with the New Product Award at the SLAS Conference 2025 in San Diego. The award, presented by the Society for Automation & Drug Screening, recognises pioneering technologies with the potential to transform the industry.
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SLASItalian InSimili Srl has been awarded the Ignite Award for the most innovative start-up company in the lab automation sector. The US$5,000 prize was presented by the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) to the company at SLAS 2025, the leading international conference for lab automation and drug screening
UCB SABelgian UCB SA and British Cancer UK have started a second clinical study within their multi-year partnership to evaluate the safety and tolerable dose of UCB4594 in patients with advanced cancers.
ImmunOs Therapeutics AG Swiss cancer and auto-immunity specialist ImmunOs Therapeutics AG has closed a Series C financing round of US$11m led by existing investors Gimv, Pfizer Ventures, Mission BioCapital, BioMed Partners and supported by new investor Double Point Ventures.
AstraZenecaA Phase III trial evaluating AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s potential “blockbuster” lung cancer drug Dato-DXd showed no significant improvement over standard chemotherapy. Investors reacted quickly: AstraZeneca’s share price dropped 5% following the announcement.
King's CollegeA new £12.5m Series B expansion brings Elipsogen Ltd’s total Series B funds raised to £43.25 million. The IgE antibody specialist will use the roceeds to support the delivery of clinical Proof of Concept for MOv18 IgE.
Medilink TherapeuticsGood news for BioNTech SE: The safety study of the ADC BNT326/YL202 developed by MediLink Therapeutics, which was suspended by the FDA in mid-June, will continue.
Adaütimmune LtdThe US Food & Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to Adaptimmune’s Tecelra as the world’s first therapy with genetically engineered T cells to fight a solid tumour.
SIATWith an investment of its venture arm (BI-VF), Boehringer Ingelheim underlines its committment to expand the reach of cancer immune therapies. The Series A financing in Chinese Synthetica Pioneering that engineers oncolytic bacteria to deliver toxic payloads or modulators of the tumour environment to solid tumours follows an investment in T3 Pharmaceuticals.
ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE has raised €188m ito boost radiopharma pipeline, contract manufacturing cpacity, and launch ITM-11.