
Scotland boosts bio-based manufacturing with £75m fund
Scottish Enterprise and Innovate UK will deliver the Launchpad programme, designed to focus on Scotland’s strengths in the sector. The packages,...

German company aims for the first EU approval for cell-cultured meat
The Cultivated B (Heidelberg, Germany) is the first company in the world to pre-register a partially cell-based meat product with the European Food...

BioLamina AB bags €19m funding for expansion
The tenth investement from Lauxera Capital Partners through its Lauxera Growth I fund will be usesd by the Swedish company to expand the development...

Majority of EU agri-council supports NGT deregulation
On the occasion of an informal meeting of EU agriculture ministers on NGT plant varieties (3.–5. September), a majority of ministers said they would...

Roche acquires Telavant Holdings to win TLA1 race
The takeover of Telavant, a 75:25 jont-venture of Roivant Sciences and the US pharmaceutical group Pfizer, however, may cost Roche up to US-$7.25bn....

French team BioAroma awarded with BISC-E 2023 prize
In front of around 200 invited guests, the French team received the cash prize for first place in the BISC-E 2023 competition and a one-year free BIC...

Orakl Oncology SA raises €3m to advance tumour modelling
French precision oncology start-up Orakl Oncology has raised €3m in a seed financing round led by Speedinvest with additional investment from...