
Roche withdraws checkpoint blocker from the market
Switzerland’s Hoffmann La Roche AG no longer markets its cancer immunotherapy atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for the treatment of urothelial carcinoma in...

AMsilk scaling up through Evonik collaboration
Just one week after AMSilk inked a collaboration agreement on protein engineering of its silk protein to target new applications with Brain Biotech...

New polymer can stop biofilm formation
The acrylate co-polymer reported by Jean-Frédéric Dubern and colleagues in Science Advances (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add7474) have the potential to...

Neurodegenerative disorders are being fought with €28m
The Danish biotech Teitur Trophics ApS, aiming to treat chronic neurological disorders, has completed a €28m Series A funding. With the money, Teitur...

Abionyx Pharma announces success in fighting sepsis-triggered AKI
After AM-Pharma’s human recombinant alkaline phosphatase, ilofotase alfa, missed the endpoint of improving overall survival in patients with...

Free sugar linked to higher cardiovascular disease
The findings of a group headed by Rebecca Kelly at University Oxford (doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02712-7) strengthen the evidence for the global...

Oculis lists at Nasdaq through SPAC merger
Upon closing of the $104m SPAC deal with European Biotech Acquisition Corp, Oculis had a pro-forma enterprise value of approximately $220m and a cash...