
Italian Enthera Pharma raise €35m in Series A extension
Roche Venture Fund joined seed investor Sofinnova Partners and AbbVie Ventures and co-investors including the JDRF T1D Fund, an investor group...

Media hype on Denmark’s decision to halt AZD1222 vaccination
Since Denmark suspended vaccination with AstraZeneca’s bashed Covid-19 vaccine, AZD1222 is facing questions over its safety. Denmark’s...

Step Pharma SAS raises €35m in Series B
The financing round of the French drug development company was co-led by new investors Hadean Ventures and Sunstone Life Science Ventures with...

Two companies aim for 2nd-gen COVID vaccines
As scientific papers provide hints that mutants of SARS-CoV-2 that carry the N501Y and E484K mutations are able to reproduce more rapidly as the...

Rentschler Biopharma launches gene therapy subsidiary
Monoclonal antibody specialist Rentschler Biopharma SE is moving forward with the expansion of its geographic footprint and technological porttfolio....

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...

Next-gen COVID-19 vaccine good in preclinical tests
In contrast to injectable vaccines, the nasal jab seems capablet to induce mucosal immunity which is crucial to eliminate the virus instead only...