
Abivax SA raises €130m to advance obefazimod to Phase III
Existing investors Invus, Deep Track Capital, Sofinnova Partners, Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, as well as from new investors Great Point...

Pfizer-Seagen: Acquisition in the works
As announced earlier this week, Pfizer Inc. plans to purchase Seagen for US$43bn. The Boards of Directors of both companies approved the transaction...

Algal enzyme synthesizes gasoline building blocks
Deciphering the mechanism of the photoenzyme Fatty acid photodecarboxylase (FAP), a research team co-headed by Frederic Beisson from University...

BioNTech bags Instadeep for £562m
According to Biontech, the acquisition is part of its strategy to "build world-leading capabilities in AI-driven drug discovery and the...

Roche withdraws checkpoint blocker from the market
Switzerland’s Hoffmann La Roche AG no longer markets its cancer immunotherapy atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for the treatment of urothelial carcinoma in...

Secarna Pharmaceuticals partners with SciNeuro Pharmaceuticals
According to the agreement, Secarna Pharmaceuticals GmbH & Co KG (Planegg, Germany) will identify and validate antisense locked nucleic acid...

Ultra-processed foods increase risk for cancer
According to a long-term data from the UK biobank, high consumption of ultra-processed foods are linked to bad health outcomes such as diabetes,-...