
EC advisors call for update of GM legislation
The seven advisiors of the EU Commission (SAM) call on the European Commission (EC) to revise the existing GMO directive 2001/18/EC because the...

Policymakers take no action after ECJ mutagenesis ruling
Calls of the seven chief scientific advisors of the EU Commission and by the signatories of a position paper of EU researchers supporting a...

Roche targets asthma with inhalable JAK1 blocker
The team headed by Nico Ghilardi targeted of Janus Kinase 1 (JAK1) with an inhalable small molecule inhibitor for two reasons:...

Driver of GVHD after blood stem cell transplantation identified
The results of the team headed by Sonia Tugues from ETH Zürich solve a paradox in the field of allogenic blood stem cell...

Afyren raises €21m to launch production plant
Together with its historical shareholders AFY Partners and Sofimac Régions Afyren has raised more than €60m to move its zero-waste fermentation...

Medicxi put €40m into two Sosei spin off companies
The newly created companies Orexia Ltd and Inexia Ltd aim to develop orally or intranasally administered drug candidates to treat...


BioFIT: innovation and investors
Around 1.500 people came to Lille to participate in the event. BioFIT is hitting a nerve, says Etienne Varvaecke. The general manager of Eurosanté,...