
Valneva in talks with EU about 60 million vaccine doses
VLA2001 is currently the only inactivated vaccine candidate in clinical trials against COVID-19 in Europe. The vaccine candidate entered Phase I/II...

Swiss Noema Pharma raises CHF54m in Series A financing
It is one of the largest Series A rounds in Europe: Led by Sofinnova Partners and Polaris Partners, rare neurological diseases start-up Noema Pharma...

Siemens launches COVID-19 antigen lateral flow test
As testing capacities for the SARS-CoV-2 gold standard RT-PCR are going to be exhausted upon the looming second wave of infections with the novel...

Cell and gene therapy specialist Minaris expanding
In Europe, the Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. subsidiary will invest US$40.7 million to build a new state-of-the-art facility in proximity to an...

Evotec expanding at Milton Park campus
According to Evotec, adding a new building by the end of the year, will bring together all the key functions for small molecule discovery and up to...

EU approves second COVID-19 vaccine
The EU has secured a total of 160 million doses of mRNA-1273 from the US-American manufacturer Moderna, which has outsourced production sites on the...

COVID-19 jab: EU signs contract with JNJ
Both parties didn't announce a price for the jab. However, according to JNJ’s deal with the US government, which ordered 100 million doses, the...