
How microplastic particles get into the body
Microplastic particles exposed to freshwater or saltwater environments for several weeks are about ten times more likely than pristine particles to...

Immunocore bags US$75m in Series C round
The round included support from existing investors and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock. Immunocore said it will use the proceeds to ...

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...

EU life science PPPs face less budget in Horizon Europe
The EU’s Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), which have been under fire by the European Parliament and were renamed into ‘European Partnerships‘, are...

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...

Rentschler Biopharma to produce 100m doses of CureVac vaccine
Rentschler Biopharma SE is preparing large scale cGMP production and formulation of Curevac’s mRNA vaccine CVnCoV. Under a contract, signed in...

Global bioeconomy in the spotlight
Whereas first editions of the summit took place in Berlin in 2015 and 2018, the third edition was organized as a digital conference week from 16th to...