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Novo Nordisk is putting down up to US$362m to tap into Ascendis’ TransCon technology for treatments in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. The pharma powerhouse has its sights set on developing a once-monthly GLP-1 receptor agonist.

Italian obesity gene therapy developer Resalis Therapeutics srl has gained an equity investment from French pharma major Sanofi SA sufficient to finance its miRNA-22 antisense blocker RES-010 through Phase II proof-of-concept.

Viennese biotech QUANTRO Therapeutics identifies small molecule targeting an onkogenic transcription factor in Boehringer Ingelheim collab.

ALS specialist NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd announces it will be collaborating with Swiss Lonza AG to identify exosome-based biomarkers to advance theranostics in neurodegeneration.

Boehringer Intelheim is expanding its antfibrotics pipeline licencing a first-in-class treatment for fibro-inflammatory diseases from  Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.

Following its announcement from Oktober 2023 to take over the filgotinib business from Galapagos NV, Bologna-based Alfasigma SpA has signed the €170m deal.

Swiss LimmaTech Biologics and AbVacc Inc have agreed to co-develop AbVacc’s preclinical Staphylococcus aureus vaccine LBT-SA7 (formerly IBT-V02) in case of Phase I success.

Due to the global niche character of pharmaceutical biotechnology, research collaborations and market entries on an international level are essential. Agility and market ­knowledge are ­required to maintain an overview in a rapidly evolving environment and to initiate a ­sustainable internationalisation process.

SpliceBio has licenced its intein technlogy to Roche’s gene therapy subsidiary Spark Therapeutics to develop a gene therapy targeting an undisclosed inherited retinal disease.

Antiverse Ltd and GlobalBio Inc. have extend their cancer antibody partnership to progress two PD-1 modulators to preclinial development