
GSK acquires Sierra Oncology for 1.9bn
GSK is paying $1.9 bn in cash ($55 per share) for the deal. This is a 39 per cent premium to the Sierra share price on 12 April and a 63 per cent...

Ellipses Pharma licences SRB22 from SunRock Biopharma
Under the agreement, British Ellipses Pharma Ltd has been granted global rights to develop and commercialise SBR22 (which it renamed to EP0017) from...

TWB announces winners in industrial biotech start-up contest
Hosted for the fifth time by Toulouse White Biotechnology, the TWB Start-up Day showcased what industrial biotechnology can already do today to...

EU starts consultation on novel plant breeding methods
he EU Commission has launched its final consultation on the deregulation of new breeding techniques in agriculture. A study commissioned by the...

Cannabis players Canify AS and Bavaria Weed merge to form Canify AG
The merger combines Canify AS’s expertise in the production of pharna-grade medical cannabis with the market position of Bavaria Weed GmbH, as...

CSL Behring files for MAA of haemophilia B gene therapy
Marburg-based CSL Behring has filed for accelerated EU marketing authorisation of Etranacogene dezaparvovec (EtranaDez), the first haemophilia B gene...