
More marine plastics than expected
Researchers led by Mikael Kaandorp from German FZ Jülich and colleagues from Utrecht University report that plastic pieces larger than 2.5 cm, which...

Centogene and Lifera kick-off joint venture
Under the contract the joint venture will use German Centogene NV’s multiomics biobank that represents data of 750,000 patients, and Lifera’s...

Lilly presents impressing results for Alzheimer's drug donanemab
Donanemab is the second antibody, after Eisai’s/Biogen’s accelarated approved lecanemab, that can slow the progression of dementia in early-stage...

Bavarian Nordic A/S bags US$120m for smallpox vaccine
Under a deal with the US agency BARDA, Bavarian Nordic A/S (Copenhagen) will cash in US$96m in 2023 ffor the manufacturing of a n new buk product of...

Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA in €17m licencing deal
Donesta is the first Estetrol-based hormone substitution therapy for the relief of menopausal vasomotor symptoms (VMS). Under a licencing deal with...

Sanofi licences vaccine against bacterial sepsis
Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) is a leading bacterial cause of sepsis, causing approximately 10 million cases of invasive E. coli...

Evotec earns US$40m in global licence deal with BMS
Under a potential US$4bn iPSC-based drug discovery partnership in neurodegeneration with Evotec SE, originally signed in 2016 through Celgene,...