
Avantium closes financing for FDCA plant
Polyethylene furanoate (PEF) is 100% fossil-free when made from 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with fructose as a carbon source und...

Study shows advantages of cellular agriculture
Replacing animal-source foods (ASFs) with novel or future foods (NFFs) – such as cultured milk, insect meal or mycoprotein – or plant-based...

Switzerland shows sustained growth of biotech sector
Capital investments in Swiss biotech companies reached the second-best amount ever with CHF3.33bn in the second year of the pandemic, according to...

G7 heads call for decarbonisation of industry
The G7 ministers underlined the importance of efforts to improve energy efficiency, the need for increased investment in renewable energy, tracking...

French Ipsen falls after Epizyme take-over announcement
Even if Ipsen succeeds in halving the losses at Epizyme Inc, this would reduce the group's profit by nine percent by 2024, Credit Suisse analysts...

GSK acquires Sierra Oncology for 1.9bn
GSK is paying $1.9 bn in cash ($55 per share) for the deal. This is a 39 per cent premium to the Sierra share price on 12 April and a 63 per cent...

Curevac NV sues BioNtech for IP infringement
On Monday, CureVac filed a lawsuit in the German Regional Court in Düsseldorf against BioNTech SE and two of its subsidiaries, seeking compensation...