
Study shows advantages of cellular agriculture
Replacing animal-source foods (ASFs) with novel or future foods (NFFs) – such as cultured milk, insect meal or mycoprotein – or plant-based...

Avantium closes financing for FDCA plant
Polyethylene furanoate (PEF) is 100% fossil-free when made from 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with fructose as a carbon source und...

EMA delays Valneva vaccine approval
The CHMP’s action puts pressure on the French-Austrian vaccine developer, which wanted to market the vaccine from April on as the UK has already...

Curevac NV sues BioNtech for IP infringement
On Monday, CureVac filed a lawsuit in the German Regional Court in Düsseldorf against BioNTech SE and two of its subsidiaries, seeking compensation...

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...
Commission to establish EU health data space
The EU Commission is set to present a draft law on a "European health data area" this Tuesday, which could be a big thing for digital...

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...