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EpiTcer platform. Neoantigen-loaded beads are phagocytised by DCs and present antigens to T-cells which in turn are activated. © NEOGAP Therapeutics

Swedish personalised immunotherapy specialist Neogap Therapeutics AB has acquired the remaining shares of its subsidiary, TCER Oncology AB through two new shareholders.

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GI specialist Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced to acquire Swiss VectivBio Holding AG for $17 per share in an all-cash transaction.

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Munich-based Wacker Group has purchased all shares of the Spanish CMO ADL BioPharma from financial investor Kartesia for €100m.

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From its all-time high in August 2021 the largest and most important index for the biotech industry also in Europe (NBI) lost around 25%. After a period of excessive capital inflows, money is much harder to come by these days. The answer can only be more creativity in structuring deals.

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Pfizer strengthens its oncology portfolio by acquiring Seagen, the biotech specialist in antibody-drug conjugates technology.

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BioNTech SE will pay £562m in cash to acquire its former partner InstaDeep Ltd. to expand its capabilities in AI-based drug discovery.

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The European Commission has now recommended concrete steps that, while not yet final, would require Illumina to "swiftly" reverse its controversial $7.1bn acquisition of Grail.

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AstraZeneca announced an agreement to acquire Neogene Therapeutics Inc. (Neogene), a global clinical-stage biotechnology company spezialised in next-generation T-cell receptor therapies (TCR-Ts) that offer a novel cell therapy approach for targeting cancer. The acquisition delivers an initial payment of $200m on deal closing, and a further up to $120m in both contingent milestones-based and non-contingent consideration.

In 2020, Catalent took over Bone Therapeutics' tcell therapy manufacturing subsidiary, Skeletal Cell Therapy Support SA, including all of its assets located in Gosselies, Belgium. © Bone Therapeutics

Bone Therapeutics has merged with French inflammatory/autoimmune company Medsenic in a €40m deal and changed its name into BioSenic.