Metrion Biosciences closes £3.7m equity financing
The company announced that the funding will be used to expand Metrion’s new (2021) laboratories in Cambridge, UK, invest in specialist...
Bioplastics production capacity to quadruple by 2028
Global production capacity for bioplastics will almost quadruple within the next five years, according to estimates of the Nova Institute on behalf...
Gene therapy supplier MIP Discovery closes £7M Series A financing
The £7m Series A financing of British gene therapy vector specialist MIP Discovery Ltd was led by lMercia Ventures.Existing investor Calculus Capital...
SynaptixBio Ltd gets FDA ODD for leukodystrophy
Using antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) to silence the beta tubulin 4a gene, Oxford-based SynaptixBio Ltd received its first ODD in early 2023 for a...
EU parliament backs deregulation of New Genome Techniques
With the MEPs' approval of the amendments to the European Commission's draft legislation, the way is now clear for a regulation that distinguishes...
Germany blocks deregulation of NGT breeds
The Spanish EU Council Presidency wanted to speed up a decision on the new regulation that foresees to allow a faster market approval of breeds made...
Swiss vaccine developer Limma Tech get CARB-X grant
LimmaTech said, it will use the grant to advance preclinical development of its hexavalent vaccine candidate targeting Neisseria gonorrheae. Using...