
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...

High blood pressure reprograms immune system
German scientists headed by Suphansa Sawamiphak from MDC Berlin have discovered in a zebrafish and mouse model of salt-induced hypertension that...

Evonetix extends Series B financing to US$54m
According to Evonetix Ltd, a benchtop gene synthesis specialist, the investment, which also includes existing investors such as Molten Ventures,...

Germany’s Curevac offers common shares
In addition to these ordinary shares, Tübingen-based CureVac is enticing investors to give up another 15% of the number of ordinary shares under the...

New EU stakeholder platform to speed up clinical trials
Following strong criticism ahead of the mandatory launch of the CTIS electronic clinical trial reporting portal by the European Medicines Agency...

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...

Evidence of deliberate climate damage
For decades, some members of the fossil fuel industry tried to convince the public that a causative link between fossil fuel use and climate warming...