Pacifico Biolabs raises US$3.3m in pre-seed round
Riding the wave of mushroom mycelium-based foods, which are advertised as a climate- and animal-friendly alternative to meat, Pacifico Biolabs GmbH...
SynaptixBio Ltd gets FDA ODD for leukodystrophy
Using antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) to silence the beta tubulin 4a gene, Oxford-based SynaptixBio Ltd received its first ODD in early 2023 for a...
Novo Nordisk to acquire Cardior Pharmaceuticals
The take-over agreement includes Cardior’s lead compound CDR132L, currently in Phase II clinical development for the treatment of heart failure....
Researcher find potential target for atherosclerosis
Researchers have found a new way to reverse atherosclerotic plaque formation at the early stages. In Nature Cardiovascular Research, Alma...
AMPLY Discovery Ltd bags £1.4m funding to tackle complex diseases
The 2021 spin-out from the Queen’s University Belfast announced it will close a seed financing round this year.vAMPLY is speeding up the discovery of...
Gut bacteria seed autoimmunity-inducers
A unique mechanism, reported by an Irish-French research team underscores an emerging theme in microbiome research: that disruptions to gut bacteria...
Innate immunity merger raises €75m
Dutch Oxitope and Norwegian Arxx announced their merger to form Calluna Pharma Inc with the goal to develop therapies for inflammatory and fibrotic...