
Insempra and Axxence launch alpha-ionone
Insempra GmbH has launched its first functional ingredient, a biotechnologically produced, 100% natural alpha-Ionone flavour and fragrance ingredient...

Confo Therapeutics and Lilly partner to advance CFTX-1554
Under the agreement, Confo Therapeutics BV got a $40m upfront and milestone payments totalling $590m for licencing its clinical stage angiotensin II...

Upscaling AAV gene therapy
Mid-March marks the start of the collaboration of Remedium Bio Inc. and Biovial Oy on an AAV gene therapy for osteoarthritis. Rheumatology and...

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...

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...

The innovative power of the chemical industry assembled
From cosmetics to medical treatments, from agriculture to the fabrics that make out our clothes – chemistry is ubiquitously needed in countless...

European VCs join US$105m financing of US Mediar Thx
Fibrosis, triggered by inflammation or injury, results in an abnormal production of scar tissue that can lead to organ failure. Luckily, not all...