
BI initiates Phase II testing of COVID-19 drug
A new potential weapon against severe complications such as ARDS caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 have been advanced by Boehringer Ingelheim...

How stress brings cancer to life again
An international research team led by AstraZeneca’s oncology expert Dmitry I. Gabrilovich report that that stressed neutrophils might act as a...

EU approves second COVID-19 vaccine
The EU has secured a total of 160 million doses of mRNA-1273 from the US-American manufacturer Moderna, which has outsourced production sites on the...

Cell and gene therapy specialist Minaris expanding
In Europe, the Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. subsidiary will invest US$40.7 million to build a new state-of-the-art facility in proximity to an...

Centogene and Anylam launch clinical programme
ATTRv is an autosomal dominant condition caused by a pathogenic variant in the TTR gene coding for transthyretin (prealbumin)....

Servier and MiNA Therapeutics sign €220m deal
Under the agreement, MiNA Therapeutics will use its small activating RNA platform (saRNA) to identify candicate saRNAs that can restore normal cell...

Vifor Pharma in US$100m licence deal with Cara Therapeutics
Under the licence deal with the US company Cara Therapeutics Inc., Swiss Vifor Pharma has acquired the US commercialisation rights for intravenous...