
Janssen to pledge COVID-19 vaccine to African Union
The announcement follows a contract signed last year with the global vaccine alliance Gavi to deliver up to 500 million doses of JNJ’ adenoviral...

Biomarker identifies high-risk COVID-19 patients
The findings of virologists headed by Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stöckl from the Medical University Vienna may pave the way to early identification of...

Immunocore bags US$75m in Series C round
The round included support from existing investors and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock. Immunocore said it will use the proceeds to ...

MosaMeat BV closes US$85m Series B financing
While EU policymakers are yet discussing the green deal or farm to fork strategies, Dutch MosaMeat BV is launching a new era of biotechnologically...

Roche in take-over deal with GenMark Diagnostics
The US$1.8bn cash merger – US$ 24.05 per share – is set to close in Q2/2021. The price represents a premium of approximately 43% to GenMark’s...

Oxular Ltd raises US$37m
Oxford-based Oxular said it will use the proceeds to finance Phase II studies evaluatingO the company’s lead asset, OXU-001, for the treatment of...

Omnix Medical bags €10.8m from EIC Accerator Fund
The money for the trial comes from the EIC Accelerator, for which last year 38 companies with potential breakthrough innovations were selected to...