
Evotec signs contracts with Almirall and Sernova
Under the alliance Evotec is set to discover novel targets or therapeutics for skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis or basal cell carcinoma....

Enzymaster raises $45m in Series C round
The Series C financing round was led by Yuanbio Venture Capital with While Bayland Capital, Puhua Capital, C&D Emerging Capital, Hansoh...

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...

Bavarian Nordic bags $225m for licence to RSV vaccine
Under the terms of the agreement, Bavarian Nordic A/S (Copenhagen) will receive an upfront payment of US$12.5m and potential milestone payments of up...

Vigeneron updates gene therapy collab with Daiichi Sankyo
Under the new agreement, Planegg-based AAV specialist ViGeneron GmbH will provide its novel engineered recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors...

Bayer invests into synthetic TCRs for cell therapy
Sometimes it's not bad to have old contacts like Jak Knowles, CEO of Boston-based Affini-T Therapeutics Inc., which left stealth mode at the J.P....