New law to speed up clinical trials
The draft Medical Research Act (Medizinforschungsgesetz) presented by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach in Berlin before Easter is the centrepiece of...
Cambridge university spin-out HutanBio Ltd bags £2.25m seed financing
HutanBio, a Malaysian spin-out from scientists at Cambridge University, UK, has bagged a first tranche of seed investment from London-based Clean...
German companies to revolutionise lab plastics market
Plastic consumables used in pharmaceutical and biotechnological research must meet high quality standards. A German start-up has now launched the...
Unitaid awards Medincell US$6m to fight malaria
The funding commitment for MedinCell Corp’es reformulation of the antipararsitic ivermectin comes after great progress in malaria vaccines: The...
Ipsen puts US$1.8bn in pipeline expansion in movement disorders
Under the agreement, Skyhawk will provide its discovery platform for RNA-targeting small molecules across several therapeutic areas, including rare...
Pacifico Biolabs raises US$3.3m in pre-seed round
Riding the wave of mushroom mycelium-based foods, which are advertised as a climate- and animal-friendly alternative to meat, Pacifico Biolabs GmbH...
Curve Therapeutics raises £40.5m in Series A financing
New investors Columbus Venture Partners and British Patient Capital and founding investor Advent Life Sciences as well as seed investor Epidarex...