
Germany orders antibody therapies from USA
Although there is no centralised approval required for biologics from the European Medicines Agency, Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn has...

Cellectis and Cytovia in US$760m licence deal
Cytovia Therapeutics, Inc. and French Cellectis SAS have struck a licence deal to combine their different expertises in allogenic cancer cell...

German Health Ministry to invest €6.2bn in vaccines
With the request to the national budget committee, which will decide on it tomorrow, Germany more than doubles the amount of money to be invested...

Cellink AB acquires Ginolis Oy for €70m
Under the agreement, Cellink AB is set to acquire all shares for a purchase price on cash- and debt-free basis of €70m. Forty per cent of the...

Janssen to pledge COVID-19 vaccine to African Union
The announcement follows a contract signed last year with the global vaccine alliance Gavi to deliver up to 500 million doses of JNJ’ adenoviral...

French biotech investors launch spin-out alliance
Argobio SAS has been kicked off with €50m of committed capital from Kurma Partners, and the state bank Bpifrance. Co-investors include Angelini...

EU life science PPPs face less budget in Horizon Europe
The EU’s Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), which have been under fire by the European Parliament and were renamed into ‘European Partnerships‘, are...