
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...

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...

INDUSTRIA BIOTEC 2023 with a broader perspective
At this year's INDUSTRIA BIOTEC – a European industry meeting that took place at the KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art in Berlin at the beginning of...

500 experts at the 7th AMR Conference in Basel
That antimicrobial resistance can no longer be considered a silent pandemic became abundantly clear at the AMR Conference in Basel from March 16-17....

HOOKIPA bags US$10m cancer milestone
The Vienna-based arenavirus specialist got the non-dilutive milestone payment for advancing its drug programme HB-700, a novel arenaviral...

Vésale Bioscience wins R&D grant
Under the grant provided by the EIC Accelerator Fund for the PhageDiag project, Belgian Vésale Bioscience BV (Namur) will develop a phage therapy...

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...