Novo Nordisk to acquire Cardior Pharmaceuticals
The take-over agreement includes Cardior’s lead compound CDR132L, currently in Phase II clinical development for the treatment of heart failure....
Novozymes and Chr. Hansen Complete Merger, Forming Novonesis
In a significant development in the biosolutions sector, Novozymes A/S and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S successfully completed their merger, forming a new...
Spanish Ferrer SA pays €122.5m for ALS candidate
Ferrer inked a €112.5m deal with the US-headquartered AI drug discovery specialist Verge Genomics to commercialise the PIKfyve (1...
Obesity: Arecor Therapeutics partners with TRx Biosciences
The collaboration of the biopharma and drug discovery specialists targets a potential US$80bn market of obesity drugs, according to Bloomberg...
Gut bacteria seed autoimmunity-inducers
A unique mechanism, reported by an Irish-French research team underscores an emerging theme in microbiome research: that disruptions to gut bacteria...
Genmab broadens ADC pipeline with $1.8bn acquisition of ProfoundBio
The acquisition will give Genmab access to ProfoundBio's portfolio of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), three of which are in clinical trials. The...
Protein flags Car-T cells for digestion by NK cells
The protein B7H6, which is highly expressed on activated human T cells, can flag the cells for clearance by natural killer (NK) cells, weakening the...