
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...

Pfizer/BioNTech sign vaccine contract with EC
The deal includes an option for the European Commission to request an additional 100 million doses of BNT-162-b2. That's the largest initial order of...

Drug set to rescue COVID-19 patients at ICUs
Initial data from an US expanded access (EA) use of RLF-100™ (aviptadil) in 90 ICU patients with critical COVID-19 and severe comorbidities...

Angelini Pharma to take over Arvelle Therapeutics
Under the terms of the agreement, Angelini Pharma will acquire Arvelle Therapeutics in an all-cash transaction for a total consideration of up to...

BioNTech reports high efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine
BioNTech/Pfizer are the first COVID-19 vaccine developers who provided the definitive proof-of-concept that it is possible to protect people from an...

EU COVID-19 antibody ready for clinical trials
CORAT Therapeutics reports the start of production of the first batch of the therapeutic human COVID-19 antibody COR-101 for Phase I testing....

Avantium NV bags money for demo plant
The new grant is part of a €30m financing mix that Avantium and the Groningen consortium announced this January. FDCA is the key building block for...