Bayer's Ask Bio unit starts Phase II heart failure gene therapy
The Phase II trial called GenePHIT is the largest adaptive, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, multicentre trial ever to evaluate the...
Spanish plant-based protein producer Heüra Foods closes Series B financing
Barcelona-based food tech start-up Heüra Foods Srl has cashed in €40m in a Series B financing round supported by Dutch Upfield Holdings BV, Unovis...
AmphiStar BV secures €6m to expand production
The infusion of €6m in new capital from ECBF, Qbic III and FFTF will empower AmphiStar to kickstart commercial biosurfactant production in...
Obesity: Arecor Therapeutics partners with TRx Biosciences
The collaboration of the biopharma and drug discovery specialists targets a potential US$80bn market of obesity drugs, according to Bloomberg...
EU parliament backs deregulation of New Genome Techniques
With the MEPs' approval of the amendments to the European Commission's draft legislation, the way is now clear for a regulation that distinguishes...
Deregulation of new genomic techniques before decision
Although the required approval of 15 agriculture ministers was achieved in mid-December, the hotly debated proposal of the EU Commission to relax...
Amsilk partners with 21st.BIO
Advanced materials specialist AMSilk GmbH (Neuried, Germany) and biotech production specialst 21st.BIO (Copenhagen) have announced to join forces to...