
Avantium NV bags money for demo plant
The new grant is part of a €30m financing mix that Avantium and the Groningen consortium announced this January. FDCA is the key building block for...

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...

Novel strategy targets chronic liver diseases
The approach published in Nature Cancer leads to a cell-toxic accumulation of saturated fatty acids that drives tumour cells into apoptosis. HCC...

Two companies aim for 2nd-gen COVID vaccines
As scientific papers provide hints that mutants of SARS-CoV-2 that carry the N501Y and E484K mutations are able to reproduce more rapidly as the...

EMA greenlights BioNtech's COVID-19 vaccine
It's the first time, that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended a mRNA vaccine. On Monday, the drug agency cleared the way for...

LSP reports first closing of dementia fund
The LSP Dementia Fund is the first fund globally dedicated to fight neurodegenerative diseases with help of drug and medtech solutions. The fund will...

Angelini Pharma to take over Arvelle Therapeutics
Under the terms of the agreement, Angelini Pharma will acquire Arvelle Therapeutics in an all-cash transaction for a total consideration of up to...