New law to speed up clinical trials
The draft Medical Research Act (Medizinforschungsgesetz) presented by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach in Berlin before Easter is the centrepiece of...
Novo Nordisk to acquire Cardior Pharmaceuticals
The take-over agreement includes Cardior’s lead compound CDR132L, currently in Phase II clinical development for the treatment of heart failure....
Bioplastics production capacity to quadruple by 2028
Global production capacity for bioplastics will almost quadruple within the next five years, according to estimates of the Nova Institute on behalf...
Shock: Adrenomed AG gets FDA fast track designation
After Adrenomed AG has demonstrated that its septic shock treatment led to a 60% reduction in relative 28-day mortality vs. placebo in a stratified...
Bayer SE secures rights to in €310m deal
Under the licence deal, BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. will pass the commercialisation rights for the transthyretin stabiliser acoramidis in Europe where...
Innate immunity merger raises €75m
Dutch Oxitope and Norwegian Arxx announced their merger to form Calluna Pharma Inc with the goal to develop therapies for inflammatory and fibrotic...
Innocent Meat bags €3m financing
The three-year-old startup announced it will use the new proceeds to optimise components of its automated plug-and-produce solution for mass...