
From biorefineries to consumer goods
During the World Bio Market Conference, held in Amsterdam from 20 to 22 March, more than 400 experts from different industries discussed how to...

Bacterial duo triggers colorectal cancer
In Science, the researchers from John Hopkins University and Radboud University Medical Centre report that they found patches of biofilms enriched...

Lundbeck acquiring Prexton in €905m deal
Under the deal, Merck-Serono spin-out company Prexton will receive an upfront payment of €100m and is eligible to bag up to €805 million in...

Locking malaria parasites into red blood cells
The findings reported in Nature could help prevent over 400,000 deaths per annum that are caused to widespread drug resistance of the parasite, whose...

Stroke alarmin spurs further embolies
In Science Translational Medicine, the team headed by Arthur Liesz from LMU Munich report that the alarmin...

Motif Bio to submit NDA for iclaprim
In the US, 3.6 million patients of this population are hospitalised annually. Motif Bio said the antibiotic may be suitable for first-line...

European biotech stocks: 2017 with strong results
Following the more cautious year 2016, the European biotech sector witnessed a significant volume increase in IPOs and follow-on financings in 2017....